Technical Details for Certance CL 400H Desktop

Certance CL 400H Desktop ... tape data protection to medium and large businesses. The latest in an LTO roadmap extending through 2010 and backed by industry leaders, the CL 400H balances price with increased capacity and performance, providing the most affordable entry into the LTO family.

All Certance LTO tape drive solutions include fully licensed BakBone NetVault WorkGroup Edition ($1,795 value) that runs on Windows, Linux and UNIX, support up to 5 heterogeneous clients and provides up to 100 GB of disk-to-disk-to-tape capacity.

Key Features and Benefits

* Complete solution including BakBone NetVault WorkGroup Edition backup software ($1,795 value)

* Up to 400 GB capacity on a single cartridge

* Up to 144 GB/hr backup speed

* Compact desktop form factor

* Backward compatible with LTO-1 tape drives from any manufacturer

* Satisfies the "archiving" component in many regulatory requirements

* Backed by a 3-year limited warranty and Certance's REACT rapid replacement program

Certance Advantages

* Most reliable LTO-2 tape drive solution from any manufacturer

* Certance-exclusive MediaShield doubles media life over other manufacturers

* Certance-exclusive SmartVerify virtually eliminates the need for a traditional verify pass during backup, reducing the backup time by 50%

* Certance-exclusive 13-Speed Transfer matches tape drive speed to the host, optimizing performance and increasing drive and media reliability

* Certance-exclusive Dynamic Powerdown protects the data cartridge during unexpected power loss

* Lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) - 60% less than VS160 and 86% less than VXA-2

* Best performance - 150% more capacity and up to 150% faster than both VS160 and VXA-2