Overview

The HP StorageWorks family of Ultrium tape drives is HP's premier line of tape backup devices. Based on LTO Ultrium format, an open standard with a well-defined six-generation roadmap, HP Ultrium tape drives offer customers the best choice for investment protection relative to their backup and archival requirements. HP pioneered the half-height Ultrium drive, as the only manufacturer offering both full-height and half-height models of the first-generation Ultrium drives. While HP Ultrium half-height drives deliver the same capacity and the same level of reliability as our full-height Ultrium drives, they trade off lower performance for a much lower price, making them ideal for those who need the capacity and reliability of a superdrive without paying for the blazing speed of a full-height LTO drive. Three generations of half-height drives are available from HP, offering a wide portfolio to meet the backup requirements for entry to midrange servers.

With ultimate reliability and ease of use in mind, even at a 100% duty cycle, HP's rugged design builds on superior LTO technology and adds advanced features to create a new level of data protection. HP Ultrium tape drives employ dynamic data rate matching to adjust to the speed of the host, reducing wear and tear on both drive and media and increasing performance, even on slower hosts. HP's ultra-durable soft-load feature automatically positions the data cartridge, and the highly reliable HP leader-capture mechanism virtually eliminates lost leaders, increasing the success of your backup and restore operations. Support for HP One-Button Disaster Recovery provides the easiest way to restore data in the event of a disaster. If data is critical to your business, protect it with an HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drive.

HP StorageWorks Ultrium 232
The HP StorageWorks Ultrium 232 tape drive is entry into the LTO portfolio. This affordable superdrive delivers enterprise-class capacity, performance, and reliability at a midrange price. With a compressed capacity of 200 GB per data cartridge and a compressed data transfer rate of 115 GB per hour, this LTO-1 drive is read- and write-compatible with all first-generation Ultrium drives and media, and its media can be read by any LTO-1, -2, or -3 drive from any manufacturer.

Box content:
HP StorageWorks Ultrium 232 Internal Tape Drive; HP StorageWorks Tape CD-ROM (contains HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools utilities and localized user manuals); HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Single Server Edition backup/recovery software CD and the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Bare Metal Disaster Recovery option; HP Ultrium 1 Data Cartridge (200 GB); internal SCSI cable; documentation.

Sustained transfer rate, native: 16 MB/s
Sustained transfer rate, compressed 32 MB/s
Media Compatibility LTO Ultrium 1 (Read and Write)
Capacity 100 GB / 200 GB (native / compressed)
SCSI connector Internal: 68-pin LVDS, External: 68-pin HD LVDS
Data access time 64 s typical for a 100 GB tape (native)
Average load time 17 s, average unload time 16 s
Rewind tape speed 5.0 m/s

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