Datasheet
Data Rate Matching
Data Rate Matching combines sophisticated buffer management with HP's exclusive Variable Adaptive
Tape Speed technology to allow the tape drive to match its transfer rate to the host speed dynamically
and continuously across the wide range of transfer rates. This feature ensures that the tape drive continues
to stream data regardless of the environment, and brings two big advantages:
It minimizes rewinding and repositioning of the tape, reducing physical wear on drive and media,
thus increasing reliability.
It optimizes backup performance, and maximizes overall efficiency allowing the drive to respond
immediately to any speed changes from the host.
It minimizes the power requirements for the drive by reducing the number of repositions needed.
Software in the Box
The HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives include HP Data Protector Express Single Server Edition
Software. This easy to use backup application, based on Data Protector Express, robustly protects a
single Windows, Linux or NetWare server. Also included is the Data Protector Express Bare Metal
Disaster Recovery (BMDR) option which provides automated system recovery of the server following a
major hardware or software failure. The fastest method to recovery the server is to use the Data Protector
Express BMDR option and the One-Button Disaster Recovery feature of the HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape
drives. For more information about Data Protector Express Single Server Edition please visit:
http://www.hp.com/go/dataprotectorexpress/sse
.
As well as getting the Data Protector Express Single Server Edition software as part of the HP
StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives solution, purchasers can easily and economically upgrade to the class-
leading Data Protector Express backup/recovery software. This is a special part number, only available
for registered users of Data Protector Express Single Server Edition, that gives a significant discount off the
regular price of Data Protector Express, to recognize the value of the in-box software. For more
information about upgrading Data Protector Express Single Server Edition to Data Protector Express visit:
http://www.hp.com/go/dataprotectorexpress/sse/upgrade
.
If the HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drive is for a large environment that requires UNIX support and/or
enterprise class application and feature support then HP Data Protector software is the recommended
backup/recovery software. For more information and evaluation software please visit:
http://www.hp.com/go/dataprotector
.
HP One-Button Disaster
Recovery (OBDR)
HP StorageWorks One-Button Disaster Recovery is an exclusive feature of HP tape drives that provides
fast and simple disaster recovery on HP ProLiant servers. OBDR is a firmware-driven utility that can restore
a server's operating system, software applications, and data using a single tape cartridge. Depending on
the size of the data set, OBDR can provide system recovery in less than one hour, reducing the recovery
window by more than 50 percent and minimizing the risks and costs associated with downtime. There's
no longer a need to search for software disks and manuals or make a new set of disaster recovery disks
each time the network configuration is altered or a peripheral is added. The sheer simplicity of OBDR
means less human error. Backup and disaster recovery preparation, previously two separate tasks, now
become one process. For more information about OBDR, visit the HP website at:
http://www.hp.com/go/obdr
.
For a current list of servers, workstations, and software that support OBDR, check the tape backup
compatibility pages on the HP website at:
http://www.hp.com/go/connect
.
QuickSpecs
HP StorageWorks Ultrium Half-Height Tape Drives
Product Highlights
DA - 12128 Europe, Middle East and Africa QuickSpecs — Version 30 — 10.16.2009
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