| VXA is a tape backup system utilizing Packet | | | | tracks, the drive can actually match the host |
| technology to store and retrieve data. With VXA | | | | transfer rate without back hitching-even to the |
| Packets, you enjoy peace of mind with | | | | point where the drive can stop completely, and |
| unmatched reliability, speed and capacity. | | | | start up again without ever having to back hitch. |
| The VXA Packet Technology offers greater | | | | This dramatically reduces the wear and tear on |
| advantage compared to the outdated track-based | | | | the data storage media and ensures greater |
| technology utilized in other tape formats, Packet | | | | reliability and longer tape life. |
| Technology and VXA drives have many | | | | VXA X Tapes are the only tape cartridges |
| advantages such as the elimination of "back | | | | extreme-tested by independent labs under the |
| hitching". Back hitching occurs when the data rates | | | | most severe conditions-including violent vibration, |
| between the drive and the host computer | | | | immersion in volcanic dust, boiling water and hot |
| system get out of sync - as computers tend to | | | | coffee, and even freezing cartridges in a block of |
| send data in short bursts, while tracking tape | | | | ice-to assure reliable and complete data restores. |
| drives must transfer data to/from the tape | | | | VXA is 183 times more able to restore data-even |
| speeds. This means the drive must stop | | | | from a damaged tape-than any other tape |
| transferring data, rewind, and then move at fixed | | | | format. You will find the full range technology tape |
| forward to 're-sync' with the data tracks on the | | | | cartridges including IBM 3480, IBM 3490E, IBM |
| tape. | | | | 3590, IBM 3590E, IBM 3570, IBM 3996, SDLT |
| Since VXA Packet drives read packets and not | | | | DLT, LTO 100GB, LTO 200GB, LTO 400GB. |