Tandberg 420LTO

Intelligent Data Protection

innovation

Meets todays shrinking backup windows with very fast transfer rates of up to 48MB/s* Delivers enterprise-level features at a low cost/GB with capacity up to 400GB* at a cost/GB thats 50% less than LTO1 drives Ensures reliability and low TCO with low power consumption (18W) and a unique airflow design
This half-height compact tape drive is the fastest and smallest in its class, delivering the economic value and high performance required for the SMB market. Fastest, smallest half-height LTO on the market
The Tandberg 420LTO offers extremely fast transfer rates (24MB/sec native, 48MB/sec compressed) with high capacity of 200GB (native) and 400GB (compressed) to minimize backup times. Its compact size (only 8.4 inches deep) provides simple and easy integration into all servers and workstations. enterprise-level features provide maximum data throughput and minimize backup and restore times.
Cartridge Environment Secures Data
Tandberg Datas patented Smart Gripper technology securely locks the media leader pin to help insure positive tape loading-the cartridge ejects if a nonconfirming condition exists. The drive also includes an embedded media management feature for intelligent diagnostics, tape alerts and an automatic head cleaning brush for advanced preventive maintenance and reduced down times.
Lowest power consumption for higher reliability
Offering the lowest power consumption (18W operating) among LTO tape drives on the market, the Tandberg 420LTO has a unique airflow design that eliminates the need for a noisy fan and minimizes heat dissipation throughout the drive for greater reliability and increased MTBF.
Mounts in a standard halfheight 5 1/4 inch bay with the industrys most compact LTO form factor
Affordable Low Cost per Gigabyte
The Tandberg 420LTO gives small to medium businesses an affordable entry to high performance LTO technology. The 420LTO delivers a low cost per gigabyte thats 50% less than LTO1 tape drives with double the capacity.
Easy scalability to protect investments
Fully compliant with the Ultrium LTO2 format, the drive protects a companys investment by offering full read/write compatibility with LTO1 tape drives and media. A five-generation half-height LTO roadmap and backward compatibility insures that your Tandberg LTO data protection solution can scale to future data capacity requirements. The 420LTO is also available in the Tandberg StorageLoader, the industrys first 1U LTO autoloader offering up to 3.2TB* of automated storage capacity.
Provides outstanding media environment and advanced preventive maintenance featureswith Smart Gripper, Media Management, Tape Alert and automatic head cleaning brush.

Complete Solutions

The 420LTO is available as an internal drive or external tape drive kit. The turnkey kit allow users to get started right out of the box. It includes a data cartridge, cleaning cartridge, SCSI cable, terminator and easy to use backup software.
Designed with Quality in Mind
The Tandberg 420LTO comes with a standard 3 year warranty and is backed by Tandberg Datas more than 25 years of experience in linear tape technology research, design and manufacturing.
Matches host transfer speeds and shortens backup times with Automatic Variable TransferRate
Enterprise-level Performance
The Tandberg 420LTO features an Automatic Variable Transfer Rate to match host transfer speeds and a state of the art Ultra 320 SCSI interface. Combined, these
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Technical Specifications

Tape Drive
Technology: Capacity Native/Compressed: Transfer Rate Native/Compressed: Burst Transfer Rate: Memory Buffer Size: Data Compression: Interface: Data Cartridge: Recording Format: File Access Time: Tape Alert Compliant:
LTO Ultrium 2 Half Height Ultrium 2; 200 GB / 400 GB* Ultrium 1; 100 GB / 200 GB* Ultrium 2; 24 MBs/48 MBs* Ultrium 1; 16 MBs/32 MBs* 320 MBs 64 MB LTO-DC (enhanced version of ALDC), In-line hardware compression Ultra320 LTO Ultrium 1 LTO Ultrium 2 LTO Ultrium 1, LTO Ultrium sec Yes 250,000 @ 100% duty cycle 1 x 10-000 tape running hours Self test, error logging and Media Management Diagnostics Smart Gripper, Intelligent head cleaning brush LTO Ultrium 2: 166ips; LTO Ultrium 1: 172ips 200ips 41.3 x 146 x 214 mm (1.625 x 5.75 x 8.4) 1.4 kg (3.08 lb) 59 x 198 x 257 mm (2.32 x 7,8 x 10.12") 64.5 x 205 x 257 mm (2.54 x 8.07 x 10.12") 2.9 kg (6.38 lb) 10 to 40 C (41 to 104 F) -30 to 60 C (-22 to 104 F) 20% to 80% (5 to 90%) +10C /hour no condensing 9 W motor not running without/with cartridge inserted (sleep), 18W typical, motor running with cartridge inserted 5V - 2.1A, 5V (sleep) - 1.2A, 12V motor running - 0.8A, 12V motor not running (sleep) - 0.1A 100-240 V ac / 0.6-0.3A, 50-60 Hz FCC, Part 15 Class B; EN55022, Class B; IECS-003, Class B: CISPR22; Class B, EN 55024 CE, UL, C-UL, GS/TUV, VCCI, C-Tick UL-60950/C-UL C22.2 No. 60950; TUV EN years warranty

Reliability

MTBF (hours): Hard Read Error Rate: Head Life: Safety Features Embedded: Loading Mechanism:

Tape Motion

Tape speed read/write: Wind/rewind both formats:

Dimensions

Internal drive (H x W x D): Weight: External drive (H x W x D): incl. rubber feet: Weight:
Environmental Specifications
Temperature operating: Temperature storage: Relative humidity operating (storage): Maximum Wet Bulb Temperature:

Power Requirements

Power dissipation: Internal Drive: External Drive:

Certification

EMC: Certification Marks: Safety:

Warranty and support

Internal + external drive: *assuming 2:1 Data Compression
Tandberg Data Corporation
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LTO Ultrium 2 Half-Height Tape Drive
The Missing Link For SMB Tape Drives To Reach Enterprise Level Requirements
Executive Summary: LTO technology based tape drives have typically been used by large enterprise level companies who require advanced features, higher capacity and performance. The rapid growth of mission-critical digital content throughout all segments of business, the focus on disaster recovery strategies and the increased burden of government regulated data retention policies has highlighted the need within the SMB (Small and Medium Business) market segment for more sophisticated backup solutions. The high price tag for these enterprise devices has prohibited SMB customers from incorporating LTO tape drives into their storage framework. The recent introduction of the Tandberg 420LTO half-height LTO2 tape drive has now made the entry into LTO technology based data protection solutions affordable for this segment. When compared with the alternatives available today, this new drive clearly stands out, bringing great value, high performance, world renowned reliability and the lowest TCO to the SMB market. Introduction: Small and Medium Business (SMB) needs have evolved rapidly over the past few years as the internet has stressed the need for digital data use and server uptime and, when needed, recovery. The spread of viruses and worms and stricter data retention policies has only increased the sensitivity to data loss. There have been many studies that show the majority of businesses that suffer severe or complete data loss will go out-ofbusiness soon there after. The most common protection against data loss and downtime due to computer problems is to back-up the servers and their data. This is true for the Enterprise level companies as well as the SMBs. Tandberg Data recognized the need of the SMB market to expand their capabilities when it comes to data storage and protection. In order to meet this need Tandberg has become the fourth manufacturer of the LTO format tape drive. Joining IBM, HP and Quantum in this area is no leap for Tandberg. Tandberg Data has been designing and manufacturing data tape drives for over 25 years and is world renowned for their quality and reliability. Tandberg leaned heavily on this vast experience to produce the best performing LTO2 drive in the most compact package using the least power of any LTO
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drive available today. By using the LTO format, Tandberg has guaranteed the investment protection of its users with full interoperability as designated by the LTO consortium specifications. The Tandberg Data 420LTO offers an upgrade path to those who have already invested in LTO1 technology and guarantees compatibility with LTO3 and future generations of LTO. The open format of LTO technology ensures compatibility and provides greater investment protection. An Overview of Linear Tape Open: Announced in November 1997 by Certance (formerly Seagate Removable Storage Solutions), Hewlett-Packard, and IBM, the LTO open specification was made to address a set of common tape storage needs that were perceived in the marketplace. Prior to LTO the market was generally dominated be single-source, proprietary technologies. These single-source technologies posed serious concerns for large system and server OEMs selling them. Product allocation and competitive pricing were the foremost concerns since the product was controlled by a single vendor. An open specification with multi-vendor support and products was the answer to these concerns. It was believed that this method would produce competition between suppliers for pricing, availability, quality, service and even development. The open specification also included interchange capabilities between all the licensed manufacturers of LTO thereby ensuring that OEMs and end-users had a choice of tape drive and cartridge suppliers from which to buy. For investment protection the LTO roadmap now includes 6 generations of LTO extending many years into the future. The Linear Tape-Open specification includes drives and cartridges and no manufacturer is allowed to use the LTO symbol or advertise LTO compliance without meeting the test and interchange specifications put forth by the consortium and tested by a consortium specified third party testing facility. The bottom line is that the end-user is guaranteed investment protection and long life of the LTO products that he purchases. The Tandberg 420LTO (Half-Height LTO2): Small to Medium businesses face exploding data growth and thus more complex storage management issues. Loss of this data more often than not means loss of business and ultimate business failure. Some of these companies look to NAS and SAN products to consolidate their storage for ease of use and manageability. The consolidation of information, while very cost effective, can also be catastrophic if this centralized repository of business critical information is compromised, either by mechanical / electrical failure, virus, or even human error. Data consolidation lends itself extremely well to the use of centralized backup, i.e. a high performance tape drive or even an autoloader or small tape library. The backup, while right next to the disk storage in the network virtual sense, can be far away physically and the media removed to another location remote from even the tape backup hardware, thus allowing multiple levels of protection against compromise. In the recent past, the cost of these tape drives and automation units have been very high, and out of reach for many SMBs.

The affordable Tandberg 420LTO now gives SMB customers access to this multiple layered data protection strategy.
420LTO Tape Drive Product Positioning
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As shown above the Tandberg 420LTO outperforms its nearest competitors with greater capacity and faster transfer rates and takes a huge leap in performance and capacity from its nearest competitor and even outperforms, with higher capacity per cartridge, the more than 50% more expensive SDLT320. Total cost of Ownership (TCO): The total cost of ownership is a key component in purchasing decisions. The costs per gigabyte, along with overall reliability are both major elements of TCO. The Tandberg 420LTO provides the lowest cost per gigabyte of any tape drive in its class. Consider that you would need almost 20% more SDLT320 data cartridges to achieve the same capacity as LTO2. Users of DLT VS160 tape drives would need 250% more cartridges. There is a clear cost benefit of a higher capacity cartridge and if customers require archiving, space issues also come into play. Limited backup windows in the typical 24/7 business environment make performance a critical decision factor to the SMB market.
The 420LTO is a full 50% faster than the more expensive SDLT320 and 300% faster than the DLTVS160! Enterprise-level features and benefits, typical of higher priced LTO devices, were not sacrificed on the 420LTO to achieve an affordable entry to LTO2 technology based solutions. In fact, Tandberg has added features and functions that further ensure the reliability, performance and longevity of the 420LTO. Automatic speed matching, in-line hardware data compression, media management, thermal sensors, patented tape threading, patented fast-seek algorithms, high speed search and rewind, low power consumption (the lowest of any LTO product produced today) all add to make the Tandberg Data 420LTO an incredible value. The Tandberg 420LTO is very compact and will fit into any standard half height bay allowing it to be mounted directly into existing and new servers from any major manufacturer. All of these features and functions contribute to making the Tandberg 420LTO the most cost effective, lowest TCO, high performance tape back-up unit available today. Conclusion: Recognizing the needs of the growing SMB market Tandberg has tapped into its more than 25 years of tape experience and combined that with the open specification of LTO to produce the Tandberg Data 420LTO. Leveraging Tandbergs world renowned quality and reliability they have brought advanced features and benefits within the reach of the SMB market at an extremely affordable cost. For more information please visit www.tandberg.com and www.420LTO.com.