Fujitsu Siemens FibreCAT TX48

Fujitsu Siemens FibreCAT TX48 ... (half height) or one or two LTO-3 drives (full height). It offers space for up to an impressive 38.4TB (LTO-3, compressed) respectively 19.2TB (LTO-2, compressed). Each FibreCAT TX48 contains physically 48 media slots, but if ordered with 12 slots, only 12 of them will be operational. The remaining 36 can be activated in steps of 12 slots via soft key license short term. With two drives and a backup software like NetWorker the FibreCAT TX48 supports media cloning, i.e. a backup is written to two tapes. One of those tape is normally exported immediately to increase data protection. The FibreCAT TX48 is offering a very affordable entry into media cloning. The FibreCAT TX48 will be connected to a host using SCSI or Fiber Channel, depending on the model. The system features up to two import/export slots and a build-in barcode reader. The FibreCAT TX48 is typically used in a 19" industry standard rack, the necessary equipment is included. The transfer rate of LTO-3 is 288 GB/hr. With two LTO-3 FH drives the FibreCAT TX48 can transfer in one hour more than 1 TB - up to 1152 GB - compressed data. The FibreCAT TX48 is great for unattended backup, reducing the risk of manual errors dramatically. This makes the FibreCAT TX48 the ideal tape library for medium sized enterprises and branch offices.