Tuesday 26 March 2013

Dell TL2000 Tape Library Works Seamlessly with LTO5, LTO-4, and LTO-3 Ultrium Tape Technologies


Dell backup media devices are intelligently designed to support the increasing needs of 21st century organizations in a cost effective manner.  With Dell data storage products, the I.T managers can optimize the performance of their complex IT environments and data-rich enterprises with rock solid reliability.

Now the data administrators can enjoy the benefits of reliable, economical, high-speed and automated data storage and archival operations with Dell TL2000 PowerVault tape library solution.  Dell TL2000 is a compact, reliable and user-friendly tape library solution that offers ultra-high storage capacity of 36 TB with minimal investment.

Dell TL2000 is a competitively priced tape library that is ideal for SMB customers. Dell TL2000 library has been specifically designed to support LTO tape technology, which is the most dominant tape format in small-sized to large-scale organizations.  The compatible generations of LTO are LTO-3 tape, LTO 4 tape and LTO-5. 

TL2000 PowerVault library can accommodate up to 24 cartridges. Native capacity of Dell LTO3 tape is 400 GB, and that of Dell LTO4 tape is 800 GB.  LTO5 is highest capacity tape cartridge available in Dell LTO tape family. Dell LTO-5 can house 1.5 terabyte data in un-compressed mode.  TL2000 PowerVault library helps to free the IT administrators from the manual involvement in storage and archival operations.  That means the customers can efficiently manage, archive and backup their sensitive business data with limited I.T staff.

LTO tape cartridges are being offered by the globally recognized backup tape giants. LTO consortium ensures that all LTO tape brands follow the rigid LTO specifications.  Therefore the customers can confidently use all LTO brands.  Imation, Quantum, Sony, Verbatim, TDK, HP, Fuji and Maxell are few of the market leading LTO brands. 

Dell TL2000 tape library features an innovative robotic mechanism that automatically moves the tape media, which helps to provide reliable and cost-effective backup operations.  TL2000 tape library can be easily mounted in a rack mount kit, allowing the users to pack massive volume of data in a smaller footprint.  Drive interfaces offered by Dell TL2000 library are FC (fiber channel), SAS and iSCSI.  Therefore, the tape library can be seamlessly connected to a broad range of storage area networks and servers.

Good news is that Dell TL2000 library offers two user interfaces, “Remote web management” and “Operator control panel”. Remote Web management offered by TL2000 tape library facilitates the users to upgrade firmware, monitor backup operations, set configurations, view system logs and perform setup from any standard web browser. With operator control panel, you can easily run diagnostics, verify drive operations, check system status and manage the system. 

You can secure your critical business data with library managed encryption functionality that is available with LTO-5 and LTO4 ultrium tape format. With the introduction of bar code reader, the IT managers can easily track all backup tapes and conveniently organize the overall backup system.  Additionally, the advanced optical cartridge-location mechanism further enhances the efficiency of cartridge handling.

Dell TL2000 tape library offers more functional benefits to the users and enables them to minimize human error, meet compliance requirements, free up I.T resources and create offsite archive copies at a lower cost.

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