HP DDS/DAT Data Cartridges -
Overview & Features

Overview

New manufacturing and recording technologies have created a tough, lightweight, high capacity, high performance media that more than measures up to the uncompromising storage demands of today’s dynamic, risk-aware businesses. DDS/DAT provides a reliable, low-cost, easy-to-use backup solution for small to medium-sized businesses to meet increasing storage demands and compliance criteria. A Storage Media Kit is also available, providing a complete tape media solution in one easy to buy product.

Features & benefits

• Most widely used format of any backup solution: DAT has a global installed base of more than 1.9 million drives, making it the favorite backup solution among small and medium sized organizations
• Painless upgrade path: Latest HP DAT 320 solutions feature new tape technology for better performance and higher capacity in increasingly demanding backup environments, while retaining media compatibility and interchange with DAT 160.
• Good backup performance: HP DDS-DAT media are available with capacities from 40 GB (DDS-3) through to 320 GB compressed (DAT 320). Up to 86.4 GB/hour can be stored with DAT 320.
• Tried & trusted technology from the market leader: HP has 76% of the market and an installed base of more than 1.3 million drives.

• Very low media cost per GB: Lower cost of ownership for small and medium sized organizations compared with AIT and DLT VS with a superior cost per GB.
• More data per tape: ONew wide format (DAT 160 and DAT 320) provides a longer tape with greater capacity. Few tape swaps and higher capacity cartridges mean a smaller footprint for backup and archiving and less downtime and operator invention.
• Sustained ROI: Backwards compatibility and a confirmed development roadmap offer sustained ROI and migration to higher capacities to meet growing storage demands.

• Fast to deploy: The USB model can be out of the box and ready to go in under 60 seconds.
• HP One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR): HP One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR) Solution supports HP DAT media on HP DDS/DAT drives. With OBDR you can quickly, reliably and simply restore your entire system by inserting the most recent backup tape and pushing a button the tape drive.
• Complete backup solution: Supports the full range of HP tools and software for smooth, effective backup and rapid fault diagnosis and resolution. A Storage Media Kit is also available, providing a complete tape media solution in one easy to buy product.

• Tested to extremes: A continuous testing program in HP’s media laboratory guarantees maximum restore performance. 70,000 tests and 1.3 million test hours a year emulate real-world environmental conditions and usage to ensure every tape works reliably the first time and every time.