Despite the declaration by the prophets of doom that tape is a dead technology and LTO is at the end of its roadmap, HP's 3000 SAS proves them wrong on both the counts as LTO-5 delivers top performance and capacity, and HP recently announced a roadmap extension with three more generations to come, making LTO a good long-term investment. It is the most safe to protect the data against any kind of data hacking by making the IP secured.

Designed for midsized and enterprise markets, the HP StorageWorks LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 Tape Drive sets new standards for capacity, performance, manageability and security.

The HP StorageWorks LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 Tape Drive represents HP's fifth-generation of LTO tape drive technology capable of storing up to 3TB per cartridge while providing enterprise tape drive monitoring and management capabilities with HP TapeAssure and AES 256-bit hardware data encryption easy-to-enable security to protect the most sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access of tape cartridges. Capable of data transfer rates up to 1TB/Hour HP's exclusive Data Rate Matching feature further optimizes the performance by matching the speed of the host to keep drives streaming and increasing the reliability of the drive and media. 

HP LTO Ultrium drives are designed for server customers in direct attached storage (DAS) environments where hard disk and system bottlenecks can impede data transfer rates. The Ultrium 3000 provides investment protection with full read-and-write backward support with LTO-4 media, and the ability to read LTO-3 cartridge. By nearly doubling the capacity of previous generation Ultrium drives, HP customers now require fewer data cartridges to meet their storage needs, significantly reducing their IT costs and increasing their RoI.

What's in the box

HP StorageWorks LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 External SAS Tape Drive, HP StorageWorks Tape CD-ROM (contains HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools utilities and localized user manuals), HP Data Protector Express Single Server Edition software and its Bare Metal Disaster Recovery option, HP LTO5 Ultrium 3 TB RW Data Cartridge, power cord, mini-SAS SFF8088 to SFF8088 cable, documentation