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HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960
Features & benefits
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Data Rate Matching
(DRM): Allows the tape drive to dynamically
and continuously adjust the speed of the drive, from 27MB/s to 80MB/s,
matching the speed of the host or network. |
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LTO Open Standard:
Drive technology based on an open standard that provides for media
compatibility across all brands of LTO Ultrium products. |
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Server Compatibility:
Qualified on HP ProLiant, Integrity, 9000, NonStop, and AlphaServers
platforms, as well as many servers from other leading vendors such as
Dell, IBM, and Sun. |
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Software
Compatibility: Extensive list of supported
backup and archiving software applications from HP, CA, VERITAS,
Yosemite, Legato, Tivoli, and many more. |
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Support for WORM
Media: Able to read and write to new
Write-Once Read-Many (WORM) HP Ultrium Data Cartridges. |
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Management and
Diagnostics Software Included: HP
StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools software provides a single
application for managing and troubleshooting your tape drive, media and
configuration. |
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Backup Software
Included: Includes a single-server version
of Yosemite TapeWare XE (CD) and HP OpenView Data Protector (license). |
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One-Button Disaster
Recovery (OBDR) Supported: Firmware-based
disaster recovery feature that can restore an entire system using a
single Ultrium 960 tape drive and data cartridge |
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High-capacity feature reduces costs, provides
greater storage consolidation and an exceptional ROIT by reducing the number of
required data cartridges.
The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 Tape Drive
represents HP's third-generation of LTO tape drive technology. Positioned as the
highest capacity drive in the StorageWorks family, the Ultrium 960 features an
800 GB compressed (2:1) storage capacity using new LTO 3 media. By doubling the
capacity of current Ultrium drives, HP customers now require fewer data
cartridges to meet their storage needs, significantly reducing their IT costs
and increasing their ROI. The Ultrium 960 also features a compressed (2:1) data
transfer rate of 160 MB/s. Using a new 16-channel recording head, an Ultra320
SCSI interface, and increases in media tracks and bit density, the HP Ultrium
960 sets a new performance benchmark as the world's fastest tape drive. For
customers that continually experience shrinking backup windows, the Ultrium 960
is the ideal direct-attach backup storage solution for enterprise and mid-range
server, as well as entry-level hard drive arrays.
The Ultrium 960 supports the industry's most
comprehensive list of compatible hardware and software platforms. Each drive
option includes a single-server version of HP Data Protector (license) and
Yosemite TapeWare (CD) backup software, as well as support for HP StorageWorks
One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR) and HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools
(L&TT). The Ultrium 960 Tape Drive is fully read and write compatible with all
second-generation Ultrium media, and adds a further degree of investment
protection with the ability to read all first-generation Ultrium media as well.
The Ultrium 960 also represents HP's first tape drive solution to deliver
support for Write-Once, Read-Many (WORM) media. This feature allows customers to
easily integrate a cost-effective solution to secure, manage, and archive
compliant data records to meet stringent industry regulations. HP customers can
now manage all of their backup and archiving data protection needs with just one
drive.
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| Recording Technology |
LTO Ultrium 3
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| Compressed Capacity
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800 GB |
| Sustained Transfer
Rate (compressed) * |
576 GB/hr |
| Buffer Size |
128 MB
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| Interface |
Ultra320 SCSI (LVDS)
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| Form Factor |
5.25 inch half-height |
| WORM Capability |
Yes |
Features
 | 800 GB Capacity: The
Ultrium 960 tape drive is a high capacity drive that stores 800 GB on a single
cartridge with 2:1 compression. |
| 160 MB/s Performance:
The world's fastest tape drive with sustainable data transfer rates to 160
MB/s at 2:1 compression. |
| Data Rate Matching (DRM):
Allows the tape drive to dynamically and continuously adjust the speed of the
drive, from 27 MB/s to 80 MB/s, matching the speed of the host or network.
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| LTO Open Standard:
Drive technology based on an open standard that provides for media
compatibility across all brands of LTO Ultrium products. |
| Server Compatibility:
Qualified on HP ProLiant, Integrity, 9000, NonStop, and AlphaServers
platforms, as well as many servers from other leading vendors such as Dell,
IBM, and Sun. |
| Software Compatibility:
Extensive list of supported backup and archiving software applications from
HP, CA, VERITAS, Yosemite, Legato, Tivoli, and many more. |
| Support for WORM Media:
Able to read and write to new Write-Once Read-Many (WORM) HP Ultrium Data
Cartridges |
| Management and Diagnostics
Software Included: HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools software
provides a single application for managing and troubleshooting your tape
drive, media and configuration. |
| Backup Software Included:
Includes a single-server version of Yosemite TapeWare XE (CD) and HP OpenView
Data Protector (license) |
| One-Button Disaster
Recovery (OBDR) Supported: Firmware-based disaster recovery feature
that can restore an entire system using a single Ultrium 960 tape drive and
data cartridge |
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Benefits
| 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. |
| Ultra fast performance can
backup more data in less time: High performance drive allows customers
to scale their backup capacities without having to increase their backup
windows. |
| Data Rate Matching
optimizes performance while reducing tape and media wear: Data Rate
Matching optimizes the performance of the tape drive by matching the host
server or network's data transfer rate, putting less stress on the tape drive
and media. |
| LTO open standard provides
customers with more choices: The LTO open standard ensures
compatibility across all brands of Ultrium tape drives, giving customers a
greater choice of Ultrium solutions without losing investment protection.
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| Comprehensive hardware and
software qualification increase customers agility to adapt to new environments
as needed: Support for heterogeneous hardware and software platforms
provides customers with a single tape drive solution for all environments.
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| Investment protection
through backward write and read compatibility: Backward read
compatibility ensures that files from generation one and two Ultrium data
cartridges can be recovered using the HP Ultrium 960 tape drive. Backward
write compatibility allows the customer to create backups using
second-generation Ultrium media with their HP Ultrium 960 tape drive,
maximizing their ROI for media that was previously purchased. |
| Easily integrate a secure
method for archiving compliant records using Ultrium WORM media: With a
single HP Ultrium 960 tape drive and HP's comprehensive support for hardware
and software platforms, customers can easily integrate a WORM-based archiving
solution into their current data protection strategy using LTO Ultrium
solutions. |
| Complete set of management
and diagnostics tools included with each tape drive option and available via
free download from HP.com: Tape drive management, performance
optimization, and troubleshooting is made simple using the HP StorageWorks
Library and Tape Tools application that is included with HP Ultrium 960 tape
drive. |
| Complete hardware and
software solution in the box with each HP Ultrium 960 tape drive: HP
Ultrium 960 tape drives ships with a choice of single-server backup software
applications (HP OpenView Data Protector and Yosemite TapeWare), tape drive
media, and SCSI cables, providing the customer with a complete data protection
solution in the box. |
| Simple and fast disaster
recovery with One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR) included in the drive
firmware: HP Ultrium 960 tape drives include a HP-exclusive disaster
recovery feature, One-Button Disaster Recovery, that allows the customer to
simply and quickly recover a server's operating system, software applications,
and data using a single HP Ultrium data cartridge. |
Ultrium 960, read and write LTO 2 and LTO 3 media
and also read LTO 1 media.
Capacity, performance, SCSI interface, and
support for WORM media represent the primary differences between the Ultrium 460
and Ultrium 960 tape drives. The compressed capacity of the Ultrium 960 tape
drive is 800 GB per data cartridge, a 100% increase in capacity over the Ultrium
460 tape drive. Using an Ultra320 SCSI interface as compared to the Ultra160
SCSI interface for the Ultrium 460, the Ultrium 960 tape drive increases the
maximum compressed transfer rate for Ultrium tape drives from 60 MB/s to 160
MB/s. Additionally, the Ultrium 960 tape drive supports HP's new Ultrium 800GB
WORM data cartridge.
The native performance specification for the
Ultrium 960 is 80 MB/s. Using 2:1 data compression, customers can sustain a data
transfer rate of 160 MB/s or faster. The tremendous increase in data performance
is due to HP's use of an innovative 16-channel recording head in combination
with an Ultra320 SCSI interface, while increasing both media tracks and bit
density. With small increases in tape speed and tape length, the Ultrium 960
tape drive is simply able to write and read more data per inch of tape as
compared to other tape technologies.
To achieve the best transfer rate, customers
should comply with the best practices listed within the HP Tape Storage
Performance Whitepapers and on the Ultrium tape drive Performance Training
Poster included with each tape drive. These detail a number of strategies to
obtaining the best performance for your environment and typically include: (1)
Careful use of network topology for across the network backups and for directly
attached use of tape devices as network bandwidth can limit performance; (2)
Using data sources that can deliver good streaming performance - for example,
groups of disks with a reasonable number of disk spindles employing RAID. More
disk spindles enable higher transfer rates. Single disk spindle sources will not
deliver full capability performance even when used in image mode with high disk
RPM rates; (3) When directly attaching your Ultrium 960 tape drive to clients,
use of staging technology between the backup server and tape devices to provide
a data aggregation point that can then be streamed more effectively.
| The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960 tape drive
is the latest generation of HP's Ultrium tape drive family, setting new
benchmarks for Ultrium capacity, performance, compatibility, and data
security. The Ultrium 960 delivers a capacity of 800 GB of compressed data
on a single cartridge. With the storage industry's fastest data transfer
rate of 160MB/sec, the Ultrium 960 is the best HP solution for enterprise
servers and small hard drive arrays, particularly where the backup window is
shrinking. The Ultrium 960 tape drive is fully read and write compatible
with second-generation Ultrium data cartridges, and offers a further degree
of investment protection through its backward-read compatibility with
first-generation Ultrium media. For IT organizations with stringent,
long-term data retention requirements, the Ultrium 960's WORM (Write-Once,
Read-Many) data protection feature offers a simple and secure method for
archiving records as part of a compliance solution to meet the toughest of
industry regulations. |
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HP Ultrium 960 External Tape Drive
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HP Ultrium 960 Internal Tape Drive
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| Ultrium 960 Tape Drive |
Ultrium 960, Internal (carbonite)
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Q1538A
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Ultrium 960, External (carbonite)
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Q1539A
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Ultrium 960, Array Module (carbonite)
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Q1540A
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Ultrium 960 Rack-mount (carbonite)
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Q1595A
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