4 For future growth, the VXA Packet Tape technology incorporates a decade of planned enhancements to increase capacity and transfer rates.  With a planned increase of ten times the original VXA-1 specification, and four times today’s VXA-2 capacity, future VXA products will address aggressive upcoming storage growth and data protection requirements without requiring another tape format migration. Available Today Future Products Format VXA-1 VXA-2 VXA-3 VXA-4 Availability Now Now 2005 2007 Capacity (Native) 33 GB 80 GB 160 GB 320 GB Transfer Rate 3 MB/second 6 MB/second 12 MB/second 24 MB/second 6.   Will I need new backup software? Due to the overwhelming adoption of VXA Packet Tape technology by industry leaders such as IBM, HP, Toshiba, Apple, ACER and Fujitsu, almost all backup application vendors have incorporated VXA support into their products.  It is likely that your current backup application supports VXA technology, requiring at most a revision level upgrade.  Please visit the Exabyte Web site or consult with your preferred backup software vendor for the latest compatibility and version status. 7.   My DDS drive is internally / externally mounted.  How do I install the VXA-2 Packet Tape Drive? The VXA-2 Packet Tape Drive is available either as an internally mounted device or in a freestanding external cabinet.  The choice of internal or external mounting depends on the physical configuration of your server. If your server has the physical space within the cabinet for the device, internally mounting the VXA- 2 Packet Tape Drive provides a safe environment, and eliminates the possibility that external cables may be dislodged.  However, internal mounting requires more effort, and somewhat more complicated cabling. If the VXA-2 Packet Tape Drive is intended to replace the DDS SCSI tape drive, the process is much simpler, as the drive will be inserted into the server’s cabinet in thesame position, using the same hardware utilized for mounting the DDS drive.  If the DDS tape drive was connected with a SCSI 68 pin connector, the same connector may be used to attach the VXA-2 Packet Tape Drive.   If the cable includes a different style SCSI connector, it may be possible to acquire an adapter to convert the connector to the proper format.    68 pin internal cable connector required to           View of the connector on the rear of the connect the VXA-2 tape drive              internally mounted VXA-2 Packet Tape Drive Installing the external VXA-2 Packet Tape Drive is simply achieved by connecting the device power cord to a standard AC outlet, and connecting the drive within the SCSI cabling. p1   p2   p3   p4   p5   p6   p7   p8