DLT Solution

For those in the market for a DLT solution, consider Tandberg Data's VXA Packet Technology - the new standard in tape backup and restore and the perfect replacement for the aging DLT technology.

DLT solution / tape drive costs have been low (drives are generally under $1,000) in the past and the tape cost has been low (about $10-$25 per tape cartridge).

But DLT solution / DLT tape drive users have made steep concessions to enjoy low prices: capacity (20GB to 36GB) has not kept pace with market needs, speed has suffered (3MB/s, 10GB/h max.), and because of old fashioned track-based technology and head-to-tape alignment issues, media error rates have been high and restore dependability has been much lower than expected.

With four times the capacity of any DLT solution, about twice the data transfer rate, and far greater reliability, VXA Packet Tape drives and autoloaders from Tandberg Data offer DLT drive tape users a significant upgrade in capacity, performance, and dependability over their current DLT solution.

DLT vs. VXA

VXA Packet Technology is simply a smarter, more efficient way to store and retrieve data than any DLT solution. VXA Packet Tape technology is nothing short of a revolution in data recording and retrieval. Prior to the introduction of VXA Packet Technology, the fundamental architecture and format of tape drives had not changed in more than twenty years.

Tandberg Data's award-winning Packet Technology enables VXA Packet drives, autoloaders and tapes to read and write data in packets just like the Internet, providing far superior restore integrity, exceptional transfer speeds and scalable capacity.

VXA Packet drives and autoloaders deliver transfer speeds up to 43 GB per hour, allowing network administrators to backup 160 GB of data (equal to one VXA-2 tape) in less than four hours. With PerfectWrite and 4-level Reed-Solomon Error Correction, VXA products are up to 180x more likely to restore your data - even from a damaged backup tape.

View this short multimedia tour to learn more about how VXA Packet Drives beat out recognized by several professional publications and associations, such as PC Magazine, MacWorld and Business Wire.