Technical Details for Certance Scorpion 240

Certance Scorpion 240 ... tape data protection to the small and medium businesses.

The fourth generation product in a DDS roadmap extending through 2010 and backed by industry leaders, Certance DDS-4 solutions balance capacity and performance while delivering the best total cost of ownership (TCO) in its class. Accounting for 80% of all low-end tape drive shipments, DDS is the de facto standard for tape backup and archive in the small and medium market segment.

Key Features and Benefits

* Up to 40 GB capacity on a single cartridge

* Up to 240 GB total capacity in a convenient 6-slot robotic

* Up to 19.8 GB/hr backup speed

* Affordable tape automation for small and medium businesses

* Convenient desktop form factor

* Read/Write compatible with DDS-2 and DDS-3 formats

* Certance-exclusive features increase data integrity and drive/media life

* Satisfies the “archiving” component in many regulatory requirements

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

Certance Advantages

* Open-format delivered cost, quality and innovation

* Certance-exclusive TapeShield™ increases data integrity and drive and media life

* Certance-exclusive SmartShield™ ensures data is recoverable from difficult-to-read media

* Certance ships more tape drives than all other manufacturers