Quantum LTO3 Half Height

Quantum LTO3 Half Height LTO Drive

LTO-3 HH Product Details

Quantum “Backup Ready” kit solutions allow you to go from box-to-backup in minutes with the highly reliable Quantum LTO-3 HH tape drive, world-class Backup Exec™ QuickStart software and durable Quantum media. “Backup Ready” solutions are cost-effective, easy to install and fully supported by Quantum.

Choose the Quantum LTO-3 HH tape drive configuration that is right for your environment: a server-installable internal, convenient tabletop or space-efficient rackmount.

Key Features and Benefits

  • Performance – Compressed transfer rates up to 432GB/hr*
  • Capacity – Up to 800GB compressed capacity*
  • Value – Cost-effective half-height design allows for more attractive price point versus full-height drives
  • Security – Ability to read and write to a Write Once, Read Many (WORM) tape cartridge
  • Compatibility – Investment protection with backward read/write compatibility to LTO-2 media and backward read compatibility to LTO-1 media

Overview

Quantum’s LTO-3 HH tape drive provides excellent performance while offering large capacity. Its simple half-height form factor and SCSI or SAS interface option allows easy installation and integration into your business. The LTO-3 HH tape drive is backward read and write compatible with LTO-2 media and backward read compatible with LTO-1 media. All with Quantum’s advanced reliability features including:

  • SmartVerify™ virtually eliminates the need for a traditional verify pass during backup, reducing the backup window and increasing data integrity
  • FastSense™ matches tape drive speed to that of the host, optimizing performance and increasing reliability

* Assumes 2:1 compression

Media Compatibility

  • Quantum LTO-3 HH tape drives write to the following media:LTO Ultrium 3 (MR-L3MQN-01 and MR-L3MQN-02), LTO Ultrium 2 (MR-L2MQN-01)
  • Quantum LTO-3 HH tape drives read the following media:LTO Ultrium 3 (MR-L3MQN-01 and MR-L3MQN-02), LTO Ultrium 2 (MR-L2MQN-01), LTO Ultrium 1 (MR-L1MQN-01)
  • Quantum LTO-3 HH tape drives utilize the following cleaning cartridge:LTO Universal (MR-LUCQN-01)

 

Chris Whitehead

Chris Whitehead is a tape drive repair and data storage expert based in Reading, Berkshire, providing tape drive repair and data storage solutions across the UK.