Innovations in Hp Lto-2 Technology

The ratio of compression of the LTO-2 tape drives is same as that of 1st generation LTO-1 ultrium tape drives. The LTO2 tape drive has 8-channel mechanism for data recoding which is similar to the LTO1 drives. The average speed of the LTO-2 ultrium drives is faster but its media length is same as that of the LTO1. The top transfer speed of LTO2 tape format reaches 40MB/sec.  HP LTO2 has the advanced exclusive features of HP. HP LTO2 technology is preferred and is the ideal and ultimate choice of the companies over the world. The main feature of the HP LTO2 tape’s popularity is its cost effectiveness while its data transfer speed is the other major reason. The transfer speed of full height LTO-2 is 252 Gigabytes per hour and that of the half height LTO2 is 173 Gigabytes per hour. The cost efficiency of the HP LTO2 technology is excellent in terms of dollar per GB. LTO-2 technology is being adopted by the leading enterprises all over the world. HP LTO-2 technology is very simple, user friendly and its cost is also low. The technology of LTO is combination of the benefits of bi-directional, multi channel and linear tape format with advancements in the vital areas of performance, output, timing, data compression and operational cost.Data loss not only results in loss of revenue but it also has effect on the company’s reputation. So it is very much important that the companies adopt the best, efficient LTO 2 tape technology to avoid such kind of losses.  The users of LTO technology are growing rapidly as it is the leading technology for data backup.