HP MSL6000 manual Sdlt Technology, HP Storage Media

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HP StorageWorks MSL6000 Tape Library

Product Highlights

	WORM support is not provided, the drive will eject the WORM tape cartridge immediately upon insertion
	into to the tape drive.
SDLT Technology	DLT (digital linear tape) uses a proven linear recording technology, a highly accurate tape guide system,
	and a read after write correction system to provide high-capacity, high reliability data backup and
	restoration. DLT has fast become the industry-standard secondary storage tape format for departmental
	and enterprise backup. The new generation SDLT drive, provides enhanced capacity and backup
	performance and includes several new features such as laser guided magnetic recoding (LGMR)
	technology, pivoting optical servo (POS), magneto-resistive cluster heads (MRC), partial response
	maximum likelihood (PRML) channel technology and backward-read compatibility with earlier
	generations of DLT drives (to be able to read media written in DLT type IV format).
HP SDLT WORM	The HP StorageWorks SDLT600 Tape Drive includes support for WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many)
	functionality. WORM implementation is dependent on the backup application and more information on
	which applications support WORM can be found at http://www.hp.com/go/connect.
	WORM technology provides an enhanced level of security against accidental or malicious alteration of
	data on tape cartridges. WORM can be important when implementing data retention policies to be
	compliant with regulations regarding the storage of data on non-rewritable, non-erasable media. The
	SDLT600 tape drive ships with support for WORM and can be set to WORM mode using the backup
	application. Once the cartridge has been set up for WORM, you will be unable to erase or overwrite the
	data on it, although you will be able to append data until the cartridge is full. WORM media can be
	read as often as required. When implementing WORM an unformatted or blank Super DLTtape II
	600GB data cartridge is required.
HP Storage Media	HP recommends that you use HP-branded cartridges in the MSL6000 Tape Library to assure the highest
	level of protection for your valuable data. The test program for HP media is the most thorough and
	comprehensive in the industry.
	All HP cartridges must satisfy an exhaustive battery of additional tests that relate directly to real life
	situations, where real data and real businesses are at stake. The benefit of the HP brand specification for
	media is consistent quality. Through the testing of thousands of HP drives and HP cartridges, the ideal
	formulation for backup performance is defined and then continuously monitored. This hugely resource-
	intensive process is unique to HP and affords deep insight into the HP+HP backup solution for a wide
	range of environments and duty cycles. Your best choice for ease of support and maximum dependability
	is to use HP-branded Ultrium cartridges at all times.

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