SMB: Tandberg offers SMBs with tape backup

Data protection

Tandberg offers SMBs with tape backup

Launches DAT 72 and DAT 160, an entry level tape technology

Thursday, October 01, 2009

MUMBAI, INDIA: Tandberg Data, a provider in data protection solutions, announced the introduction of DAT tape drives and media products through its global distribution channel.

DAT offers small and medium sized business customers affordable and reliable tape backup and restore. Tandberg Data is working closely with HP on the release of DAT320 later this year, said a press release.
Tandberg DAT tape technology is designed to protect small and medium size business data, offering storage capacities up to 160GB of data on a single cartridge.

The tape cartridges are small, compact, light-weight and easily transported for offsite storage and are available in a choice of capacities (72GB or 160GB) with a selection of different configurations (internal, external or rackmount) and interfaces (SCSI, SAS or USB).

The flexibility and choice ensures that the DAT drives can be integrated into most customer environments.

The solution supports WORM (Write Once, Read Many) functionality, allowing users to meet regulatory compliance requirements, government regulations such as SEC and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act have established guidelines on how long data be retained, kept secure and remain unaltered.

WORM functionality would offer users cost effective, long term archiving, allowing them to store unaltered data for decades, added the release.
Tandberg Data would also sell DAT media.

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