Tape backup: 9 drives tested

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07 August 2003 11:30 AM
Tags: storage, disaster, recovery, critical, capacity, backup, business, technology

Specifications

Name Exabyte VXA-2 HP Storage Works 460 Ultrium 2 Lynx LTO 460
Drive RRP (inc GST) AU$2195 (internal drive) $15,099 $9770
Media RRP (inc GST) $195 $186 $285
Distributor DataStor Australia Hewlett-Packard Corporate Express
Telephone/URL 02 9436 4977 www.exabyte.com 13 23 93 www.hp.com.au 13 26 44 /
Drive warranty 3 years, first year advance exchange 3 years, parts exchange, next-business-day response 3 years, next day exchange
Tape type VXA 2 Ultrium 2 Ultrium 2
Drive form factor Internal External External
Interface Ultra SCSI 2 LVD 160 Ultra SCSI 2 LVD 160 Ultra SCSI 2 LVD 160
Native capacity per tape 80GB 200GB 200GB
Drives tape capacity 1 1 1
Typical compressed capacity per tape/claimed compression ratio 160GB/ 2:1 400GB/ 2:1 400GB/ 2:1
Data transfer rate 6MBps native/12MBps compressed 30MBps native/60MBps compressed 30MBps native/60MBps compressed

Name Lynx VX-7 Autoloader Lynx VXA-2 Quantum ATL ValueLoader VS80
Drive RRP (inc GST) $6800 $2890 $6807
Media RRP (inc GST) $195 $195 $113.68
Distributor Corporate Express Corporate Express ACA Pacific
Telephone/URL 13 26 44 www.lynxtech.com.au 13 26 44 www.lynxtech.com.au 03 9674 8188 www.quantum.com
Drive warranty 3 years, next day exchange 3 years, next day exchange 3 years standard
Tape type VXA 2 VXA 2 DLT IV
Drive form factor External External External
Interface Ultra SCSI 2 LVD 160 Ultra SCSI 2 LVD 160 Ultra SCSI 2 LVD 160
Native capacity per tape 80GB 80GB 40GB
Drives tape capacity 7 1 8
Typical compressed capacity per tape/claimed compression ratio 160GB / 2:1 160GB / 2:1 640 / 2:1
Data transfer rate 6MBps native/12MBps compressed 6MBps native/12MBps compressed 3MBps native/6MBps compressed

Name Quantum SDLT-320 Seagate Viper 200 STU62001LW Sony AIT SDX - D700B
Drive RRP (inc GST) $6,761 $5939 $8495
Media RRP (inc GST) $185 $97.90 $175
Distributor ACA Pacific ACA Pacific / Synnex Australia Sony Australia
Telephone/URL 03 9674 8188 www.quantum.com 03 9674 8188/1300 880 038 www.seagate.com 1300 138 246 www.sony.com.au
Drive warranty 3 years standard 3 years standard 3 years with on-site exchange
Tape type Super DLT 1 Ultrium 1 AIT-3
Drive form factor External External External
Interface Ultra SCSI 2 LVD 160 Ultra SCSI 2 LVD 160 Ultra SCSI 2 LVD 160
Native capacity per tape 160GB 100GB 100GB
Drives tape capacity 1 1 1
Typical compressed capacity per tape/claimed compression ratio 320GB / 2:1 200GB / 2:1 260GB / 2.6:1
Data transfer rate 16MBps native / 32MBps compressed 16MBps native / 32MBps compressed 12MBps native/31.2MBps compressed
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