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XenData X1500 LTO-5 Workstation Archive

June 2012

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XenData X1500LTO Desktop Archive

Infinite Capacity, Very High Speed Archive

Lowest Cost Searchable Offline archive available

Industry Standard with proven reliability and durability

Ingest on site once. No need to transfer High Res content

Lowest Cost secondary system for Disaster Recovery Site

Easy Upgrade to larger XenData archive system when needed

XenData X1500Overview

XenData6 Workstation software manages one or more stand-alone LTO-5 drives on a Windows 7 workstation.

All archive and restore operations to and from LTO use Windows Explorer. This means that the archive system operation is easy and intuitive.

The system retains information about the contents of all offline tapes. It is suitable for a large offline digital video archive where the LTO tapes are handled manually.

Reports for managing the contents of the complete archive are available.

XenData X1500

X1500 system

LTO-5 external drive and cleaning cartridge

6 Gb/s SAS PCIe HBA and 2 m cable

XenData6 Workstation software

XenData X1500LTO Archive and Restore Operations

Appears as a storage device on the Desktop.

Archive to and restore from LTO uses Windows Explorer via drag and drop or copy and paste.

Intended for single Workstation use only for local archives and restores.

XenData X1500LTO Archive and Restore Operations

Easy to use

Nested folder structures can be archived and restored.

Optimized Performance

When restoring multiple files, they are read in tape order for fast restores.

High Performance

Fast transfer rates for both archive and restore operations – up to 140 MBytes/s.

XenData X1500 Browsing Contents of Offline LTO Tapes

All offline LTO tapes that the system knows about can be browsed using Windows Explorer.

Tapes can be from any XenData system

XenData X1500Reports for Managing the LTO Archive

Reports include LTO cartridge contents and file search.

LTO Cartridge Contents Report displays contents of a selected tape which includes any offline tape.

File Search identifies the tape cartridges that contain files which meet search criteria.

Report Data can be exported to other applications

XenData X1500XenData6 Workstation Licensing

Licensing assigns a specific tape drive to the software. This means that the software may be installed on multiple workstations which can then be used with the assigned tape drive.

XenData X1500LTO Cartridge Compatibility with XenData Server Solutions

LTO tapes are written with tar format and are compatible with those created by XenData server solutions.

Workstation system useful at DR location with replica LTO tapes created using XenData server.

Ideal for ingesting to LTO tapes and then transfer to a SX-10 or a SX-500 archive system.

Ideal for client copies for Media Services organizations.

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