Software bugs, viruses, system failures, natural disasters, unauthorized access and human errors are some of the major threats that can erase or damage your business-critical data and vital customer information. Presence of an ongoing backup storage system provides you the opportunity to bounce back in event of such catastrophic situations. The most economical, durable and high performance tape media solution for medium and small businesses is DDS (digital data storage) technology. This market-leading tape technology satisfies the demands of SMB industry more cost-effectively and efficiently than any other tape-based format.

HP Hewlett-Packard’s experience and technical expertise in tape industry are simply unrivaled. HP DDS tape solutions are best suited for small to mid-range data centers, and are specifically engineered for longer life expectancy. HP DAT160 tape represents the sixth generation of DDS, which is also known as DDS 6 media format. HP DAT160 technology helps to meet the heightened security concerns, long term data storage and regulatory compliance demands at a low cost per GB. 80GB / 160GB data can be reliably packed onto a single HP C8011A, DDS-6 tape.

HP DAT160 format provides convenient, economical and reliable backup solution to small computing systems, remote offices, financial databases, medium-sized organizations, workgroups and high end workstations. The HP DAT160 drives are carefully engineered to support the modern backup applications. The available models of HP DDS6 drives are internal & external. Additionally, the choice of USB or SCSI connectivity options enables the users to seamlessly integrate the drives into a variety of demanding business enterprises.

Data transfer speed offered by HP DDS6 drive is 6.9MB/second (native). So the IT staff can quickly backup their massive data, which makes it an attractive option for today’s busy IT environments. DDS format is supported by the tape industry’s foremost companies. DDS 6 tapes are also available from other leading tape specialists. Part numbers of few best selling DDS6 tapes are 26837 (Imation), 27822 (TDK), DGDAT160 (Sony), MR-D6MQN-01 (Quantum), 23R5635 (IBM) and 230010 (Maxell).

HP DDS6 drive secures the customers’ previous DDS investments through its two-generation backward compatibility. Now you can also read and record data to the previous two generations of DDS tapes, which are DDS4 & DDS5. In addition, the ongoing DDS roadmap provides you a solid platform to handle the exploding backup needs, while providing the luxury to use the prior DDS resources.

No matter how tough or rigorous your backup storage needs are, HP’s exceptionally rich backup media portfolio has the optimal solution for your organization. Few of the other popular HP-branded backup solutions are SDLT tape, Travan tape, RDX removable disk cartridge, LTO ultrium tape and DLT tape.

HP DAT160 drives can easily fit in array modules, external enclosures and rack mount kits. With HP DDS6 solution, the IT managers can be assured of exceptional compatibility with the leading operating systems, array controllers, backup software and demanding servers. HP DDS-6 drives’ remarkable 125,000 hours MTBF ensures rock solid reliability. Product and software names mentioned throughout this article are trademarks and are sole property of their owners.