337699-B22 337699-B22 - HP DLT VS80 External Drive NA
The HP StorageWorks DLT VS80 Tape Drive is a mid-range backup solution.
For those who have standardized on DLT technology
Affordable backup solutions that attach directly to servers
Change-ready, cost-effective and trusted solutions providing appropriate levels of protection based on your specific business needs. Our data protection and recovery solutions are compatible and scalable—growing and adapting to your business demands.
Affordable: This drive has a price that allows midrange customers to benefit from DLT technology, the industry standard that offers reliability and scalability
Half Height Technology: For customers who are losing space inside the server, the DLT VS technology is half height compared to the full height DLT technology; This leaves more room for other options
Scalability: The HP StorageWorks DLT VS80 Tape Drive has backward read compatibility (BRC) with the DLT 4000 and the DLT 1 media; The DLT VS80 media can be read by the HP StorageWorks SDLT 220 and SDLT 320 Tape Drives
Reliability: The mean time before failure is up to 200,000 hours
Manageable: The DLT VS80 Tape Drive is easier to manage and upgrade with HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools
Rackmountable: The DLT VS80 Tape Drive can be mounted inside of a rack in a 3U or 5U module;The 3U module can hold up to 2 DLT VS drives and the 5U module can hold up to 4 drives
Technical Features
Previous to the HP/Compaq merger HP and Compaq both had VS80 drives; The pre merger HP SureStore VS80 was supported on HP-UX and other non HP systems; it used LTT for management, and shipped with a data cartridge; The pre merger Compaq StorageWorks VS80 only supported Windows, used Tape Storage Management Console (TSMC) for management and shipped with a cleaning cartridge