Description
Product overview
In today’s world, data backup and storage are crucial for businesses and individuals alike. Tape drives are still a reliable option for data storage, and HP is a well-known brand that produces high-quality tape drives. The EH900A HP Storageworks LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 SAS-2 External FH Tape Drive is one such example. In this article, we will explain what this tape drive is, how it works, and what its features and benefits are.
The EH900A HP Storageworks LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 SAS-2 External FH Tape Drive is an external tape drive that uses the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology. It has a capacity of 1.5 terabytes (TB) for native storage and 3.0 TB for compressed storage. The SAS-2 interface is used for data transfer, which has a maximum transfer rate of 6 gigabytes per second (Gbps) for compressed data.
LTO technology is a tape storage technology that was developed jointly by IBM, HP, and Seagate in the late 1990s. The first LTO tape drive was released in 2000, and the technology has since gone through several updates. LTO technology is widely used in data backup and archival storage. It uses an open format, which means that LTO drives from different manufacturers can read and write to each other’s tapes.
The EH900A HP Storageworks LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 SAS-2 External FH Tape Drive works by writing data to a magnetic tape. The tape is wound around a spool and moves past a read/write head, which magnetically writes the data onto the tape. To read the data, the read/write head moves back over the tape and reads the magnetic fields to retrieve the data.
Features and Benefits
The EH900A HP Storageworks LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 SAS-2 External FH Tape Drive has several features and benefits that make it an excellent choice for data backup and archival storage.
- Large Storage Capacity: With a native storage capacity of 1.5 TB and a compressed storage capacity of 3.0 TB, the EH900A tape drive can store a large amount of data.
- Fast Data Transfer Rates: The SAS-2 interface used by the EH900A tape drive has a maximum transfer rate of 6 Gbps for compressed data. This allows for fast backups and restores, which is essential in today’s business environment.
- Compatibility: The EH900A tape drive is compatible with a wide range of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Unix.
- Encryption: The EH900A tape drive supports hardware-based AES 256-bit encryption, which helps to keep your data secure.
- Reliability: HP is a well-known brand in the tape drive market, and the EH900A tape drive is no exception. It has a mean time between failures (MTBF) of 250,000 hours, which means that it is a reliable choice for data backup and archival storage.
- Ease of Use: The EH900A tape drive is easy to set up and use. It comes with a user manual and all the necessary cables and software.
General Information about the HP EH900A
- Manufacturer: HP
- Model Number or SKU# EH900A
- Product Type : Tape Drive
- Interface Type : SAS
Technical Features
- Tape Type : LTO 5
- Native Drive Capacity : 1.50TB
- Enclosure Type : External
- Native Data Transfer Rate : 140 MBPS
- Compressed Data Transfer Rate : 280 MBPS
- Compressed Drive Capacity : 3TB
- Interface Type : SAS
- Form Factor : 5.25 X 1H External
