SDLT II Single Tape Duplicator

Protect Your Data. Backup Your SDLT II Tape Media.

The SDLT II Single Tape Duplicator offers users a new solution for backing up crucial data.

The reliable backup and restoration of corporate data is critical to the data management strategies of every business today. Information must be reliable, secure and available. Like an insurance policy, a sound backup and disaster recovery strategy protects you against permanent data loss during events you hope will never occur.

The need to have multiple backup copies of your SDLT II data cartridges is increasingly important--research has shown that more than 80% of the businesses suffering from catastrophic data loss have gone out of business within 12 months! Experts in the data storage industry agree you should back up your data on a regular basis and keep at least one backup copy offsite at all times (fire, floods, etc). To make future planning complete, backup practices should be extended to include the duplication of media and refreshing of archival media where shelf life is nearing expiration. However, user demand for 24/7/365 computer uptime and system administrator demands for a 5-7 day work week means that backing up twice per night is impractical at best and in most cases impossible. A better solution is now available: The SDLT II Single Tape Duplicator.

The Shortest, Easiest, and Most Reliable Path to Tape Backups
The SDLT II Single Tape Duplicator is designed to produce single copies of SDLT II tape formats from a single master source tape. Each copy is an exact duplicate of the master tape. The standalone system provides a "one button" intuitive menu with an easy to read multi-line LCD control panel.

Plug and Play Operation
The SDLT II Single Tape Duplicator rapidly and reliably duplicates tapes. As a "plug-n-play" solution, simply plug in and select "copy" from the built in LCD display. The unit automatically copies tapes on a block-by-block basis, meaning it can duplicate any tape (i.e., PC, LINUX/UNIX™, Apple®, IBM® and Compaq/Digital® minis and mainframes, and more) with 100% accuracy every time. It doesn't matter what kind of data is on the original master – the duplicator's job is to make sure all the data is transferred accurately from the master to each duplicate copy.

Flexibility and Compatibility
This standalone manual duplication system can make a single copy from a master tape cartridge. The Duplicator has features that make the duplication process simple and bullet-proof: the system verifies that each copy is really an exact duplicate of the original master. The SDLT II machine handles most physical formats and logical formats in use today.

Features

• Duplicates SDLT II tape
• Stand-alone unit works independently of your computer
• Fast, efficient means of backing up your tape saves time and money
• Produce single copies of your tape media
• Every copy is an exact duplicate of the master tape
• Provides copies for off-site storage and archiving
• Important component of Disaster Recovery System
• Easy to use one button control panel

Applications

• Allows all users to copy backups for off site storage, archiving or distributing
• Off-site storage companies can permit easy migration of data from old tapes to new tapes
• Data Processing Centers can make copies quickly to send to off site storage
• Financial users do not have to run a complete backup two or three times in a row
• All Large Data Processors can instantly provide extra copies easily
• Government users can provide field copies of tapes rapidly
• Banks and Financial Institutions can easily copy archival tape
• Military Organizations can easily store and distribute back-up information