The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 448c Tape Blade, part number 440947-B21, is a tape drive designed to provide reliable data backup and archival storage solutions. This drive is built to utilise LTO Ultrium 2 technology, offering high efficiency and durability for medium to large enterprises dealing with critical data management. It connects via a SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) interface, ensuring fast data transfer rates and improved performance during backup and retrieval tasks.
One key feature of this drive is its ability to store up to 400GB of data (native) and up to 800GB with data compression. This makes it ideal for businesses that require large-scale data storage without taking up excessive space in their IT infrastructure. Additionally, the HP StorageWorks Ultrium 448c is part of HP’s BladeSystem structure, designed to slot into blade system configurations, helping maintain a compact and portable setup.
The Ultrium 448c also delivers impressive speeds with a data transfer rate of up to 48MB per second (native) and up to 96MB per second with compression. The combination of speed and capacity makes it suitable for intensive data-centric operations, such as long-term data retention or archiving. The tape blade also supports WORM (Write Once, Read Many) functionality, ensuring that sensitive data, once written, cannot be altered or overwritten, providing an additional layer of security for critical information.
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