Tandberg Data’s award-winning Technology enables VXA™ drives to read and write data on tape using digital packets, just like the internet. The VXA technology provides far superior restore integrity, exceptional transfer speeds and scalable capacity. With CheckAfter Write™ and 4 level Reed-Solomon Error Correction, VXA products are the only tape devices that are up to 180x more likely to restore your data – even from a damaged tape.
Product Overview
- Reliable entry level tape solution with superior restore integrity
- Capacity of up to 160GB*
- Transfer rates of up to 12MB/s
- Award Winning, Disaster Tested VXA Packet Technology
The VXA-2 is the second-generation drive based on the award winning VXA packet technology, providing 160GB of data storage. VXA-2 is fully compatible with all VXA drives, media, and automation products currently available from IBM, Compaq, Apple, Fujitsu, Toshiba and others.
VXA Technology for reliability
Tandberg Data’s award-winning Technology enables VXA™ drives to read and write data on tape using digital packets, just like the internet. The VXA technology provides far superior restore integrity, exceptional transfer speeds and scalable capacity. With CheckAfter Write™ and 4 level Reed-Solomon Error Correction, VXA products are the only tape devices that are up to 180x more likely to restore your data – even from a damaged tape.
Over three successive generations, VXA products have been disaster-tested by Tandberg Data and independent labs under the most severe conditions – including violent vibration, immersion in volcanic dust, boiling water and hot coffee, and even freezing cartridges in ice – to assure reliable and complete data restores.
Turnkey Solution
The Tandberg VXA-2 ships with Symantec’s Backup Exec QuickStart software and comes with 3 years warranty and support.
Media Compatibility
Tandberg Data’s VXA™ tape cartridges are the perfect complement to VXA technology. They provide the necessary features needed for Tandberg VXA tape drives, autoloaders, and libraries. Imation Corporation is the exclusive worldwide distributor of VXA tapes.
*assumes 2:1 data compression
| SPECIFICATIONS |
| Capacity (native) |
80 GB |
| Capacity (compressed) |
160 GB |
| Transfer Rate (native) |
6 MB/s |
| Transfer Rate (compressed) |
12 MB/s |
| Buffer Size |
2 MB |
| File Access Time |
10 |
| System Interface |
SCSI Ultra2 LVD/ FireWire IDE |
| Tape Alert Compliant |
no |
| Drive Warranty |
3 years |
| Recording format |
VXA-2 |
| Backward write |
VXA-1 |
| Backward read |
VXA-1 |
| Hard Read Error Rate (less than) |
10^-17 |
| Reed Solomon ECC |
yes |
| MTBF |
300,000 hours |
| Height (Internal Drive) |
41.2 mm |
| Width (Internal Drive) |
146 mm |
| Depth (Internal Drive) |
203 mm |
| Weight (Internal Drive) |
1 kg |
| Height (External Drive) |
86 mm |
| Width (External Drive) |
227 mm |
| Depth (External Drive) |
285 mm |
| Weight (External Drive) |
3 kg |
| Power Consumption (operating mode) |
8 W |
| Power requirements (External drive) |
100 – 240 V |
| Average load to BOT |
10 |
| Aggregate sustained data rate (native) |
21,6 GB/h |
| Aggregate sustained data rate (compressed) |
43 GB/h |
| Data Cartridges |
X23, X10, X6 |
| Temperature (operating) |
5 – 45 |
| Temperature (non-operating) |
-40 – 60 |
| Relative Humidity, operating |
20 – 80 % |
| Relative Humidity, Non-operating |
20 – 80 % |
| Regulatory Agency Approvals |
UL, CSA, IEC (bare drive),UL, CSA, IEC, FCC, CISPR, VDE, |
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| MODELS |
| PARTNO. |
MODEL |
DESCRIPTION |
| 11400500 |
Tandberg VXA-2 SCSI internal Drive |
Tandberg VXA-2 Tape Drive, 80/160GB, 6/12MB/s 68-pin Ultra2 LVD/SE SCSI, internal, black, installation guide, 3 years warranty, 1 year Advanced Replacement Service |
| 11400508 |
Tandberg VXA-2 Internal Drive IDE – ATAPI |
Tandberg VXA-2 Internal bare drive, black, IDE – ATAPI, installation guide, 3 years warranty, 1 year advanced replacement service |
| 11402502 |
Tandberg VXA-2 SCSI internal Drive Kit |
Tandberg VXA-2 Tape Drive Kit, 80/160GB, 6/12MB/s, 68-pin Ultra2 LVD/SE SCSI, internal, black, X23 data & cleaning cartridge, Symantec Backup Exec QuikStart, installation guide, 3 years warranty, 1 year Advanced Replacement Service |
| 11502500 |
Tandberg VXA-2 SCSI external Drive Kit |
Tandberg VXA-2 Tape Drive Kit, 80/160GB, 6/12MB/s 68-pin Ultra2 LVD/SE SCSI, external, white, X23 data & cleaning cartridge, Symantec Backup Exec QuikStart, installation guide, 3 years warranty, 1 year Advanced Replacement Service |
| 11502502 |
Tandberg VXA-2 Firewire external Drive Kit |
Tandberg VXA-2 Tape Drive, Firewire, 80/160GB, 6/12MB/s X23 tape, cleaning tape, black, external, X23 data & cleaning cartridge, EMC Retrospect Backup Software, kitted, installation guide, 3 years warranty, 1 year Advanced Replacement Service |
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