HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 Tape Drive

HP Updated: 2008-02-26
HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 Tape Drive

The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 tape drive is HP third generation LTO technology which delivers a capacity of 800 GB of compressed data on a single cartridge with a data transfer rate of 160MB/sec. The Ultrium 960 tape drive is fully read and write compatible with LTO-2 data cartridges, and offers a further degree of investment protection through its backward-read compatibility with LTO-1 media. For IT organizations with stringent, long-term data retention requirements, the Ultrium 960's WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many) media support offers a simple and secure method for archiving records as part of a compliance solution to meet the toughest of industry regulations.

What's new

• The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 external tape drive is now 100% RoHS compliant.

Features & benefits

• Data Rate Matching (DRM): Allows the tape drive to dynamically and continuously adjust the speed of the drive, from 27MB/s to 80MB/s, matching the speed of the host or network.
• LTO Open Standard: Drive technology based on an open standard that provides for media compatibility across all brands of LTO Ultrium products.
• Server Compatibility: Qualified on HP ProLiant, Integrity, 9000, NonStop, and AlphaServers platforms, as well as many servers from other leading vendors such as Dell, IBM, and Sun.
• Software Compatibility: Extensive list of supported backup and archiving software applications from HP, CA, VERITAS, Yosemite, Legato, Tivoli, and many more.
• Support for WORM Media: Able to read and write to new Write-Once Read-Many (WORM) HP Ultrium Data Cartridges.
• Management and Diagnostics Software Included: HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools software provides a single application for managing and troubleshooting your tape drive, media and configuration.
• Backup Software Included: Includes HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Single Server Edition backup/recovery software and the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Bare Metal Disaster Recovery option.
• One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR) Supported: Firmware-based disaster recovery feature that can restore an entire system using a single Ultrium 960 tape drive and data cartridge.