HP Ultrium Storage Media
HP recommends that you use HP-branded cartridges in your HP Ultrium tape drive to assure the highest
level of protection for your valuable data. Our test program for HP Ultrium media is the most thorough and
comprehensive in the industry.
All HP cartridges must satisfy an exhaustive battery of additional tests that relate directly to real life
situations, where real data and real businesses are at stake. The benefit of the HP brand specification for
media is consistent quality. Through the testing of thousands of HP drives and HP cartridges, the ideal
formulation for backup performance is defined and then continuously monitored. This hugely resource-
intensive process is unique to HP and affords deep insight into the HP+HP backup solution for a wide range
of environments and duty cycles. Your best choice for ease of support and maximum dependability is to
use HP-branded Ultrium cartridges at all times.
Diagnostics
HP LTO Ultrium tape drives and automation are supported by HP Library and Tape Tools (LTT). This tool is
intended to help in the installation and maintenance of HP tape drives and devices, including:
Verifies installation of the drive
Test/verify the health of the drive and media
Provides HP support with detailed device information
Multiple options for finding and upgrading new firmware
Performance optimization and recommendations
Included with each Ultrium tape drive and available via free download supporting all HP tape
products
Instructions and downloads of HP Library and Tape Tools are available at:
http://www.hp.com/suppport/tapetools
HP Library and TapeTools includes HP TapeAssure monitoring for Windows users from LTT 5.0 onwards.
QuickSpecs
HP StoreEver LTO Ultrium Tape Drives
Product Highlights
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