HP StorageWorks Ultrium 448 Tape Drive

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HP StorageWorks Ultrium 448 Tape Drive
The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 448 Tape Drive represents HP's second generation of half-height LTO tape drive technology. Positioned as the highest capacity half-height tape drive in the HP StorageWorks family, the Ultrium 448 Tape Drive delivers a compressed storage capacity of 400GB per data cartridge using LTO 2 media. By doubling the capacity of the current half-height HP Ultrium 215 Tape Drive, HP customers now require fewer data cartridges to meet their storage needs, significantly reducing their IT costs and increasing their return on investment. The Ultrium 448 Tape Drive also features a compressed data transfer rate of 48 MB/s, more than three times as fast as the HP Ultrium 215 tape drive. The Ultrium 448 Tape Drive is fully read and write compatible with all first and second-generation Ultrium drives and media.

HP StorageWorks Ultrium 448 Tape Drive Features and benefits

• High Capacity: The Ultrium 448 Tape Drive stores up to 400GB of data on a single data cartridge using 2:1 compression.
• High Performance: The Ultrium 448 Tape Drive transfers data at a rate of up to 48 MB/s using 2:1 compression.
• LTO Open Standard: Drive technology based on an open standard that provides for media compatibility across all brands of LTO Ultrium products.
• High capacity drive allows customer to backup more data with fewer data cartridges: High capacity drive reduces the costs associated with data protection by requiring fewer data cartridges to complete backups.
• Small form-factor drive provides for easier integration into servers: The half-height form factor of the Ultrium 448 Tape Drive allows for easier integration into standard 5.25-inch removable media bays.
• Investment protection through backward write and read compatibility: Backward read compatibility ensures that files from first-generation (LTO 1) Ultrium data cartridges can be recovered using the HP Ultrium 448 Tape Drive. Backward write compatibility allows the customer to create backups using first-generation Ultrium media with their HP Ultrium 448 Tape Drive, maximizing their ROI for media that was previously purchased.

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