COMPAQ C5686A

  • Part Number: C5686A
  • Category: Tape Drives
  • Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
  • Quantity: 1

HP DAT drives offer outstanding reliability, simplicity and speed. Tape drives make backup Fast Speed is critical because your data is constantly growing while the time available for backup is shrinking. Even the slowest tape drive writes 1 MB per second and the fastest 30 MB per second that means a 200 GB backup can be completed in less than two hours.Unlike other storage methods, tape drives offer a range of media that allows you to back up all the data on a small to medium-sized server up to 200 GB on a single cartridge. And tape backup captures your system setup information, as well as your data, allowing you to restore your entire system when disaster strikes. The compact size of tape cartridges also helps keep down your storage costs.

Technical Information

Drive Type: DAT 40
Compressed Storage Capacity: 40 GB
Native Storage Capacity: 20 GB
Recording Method: Helical Scan

Drive Performance

Maximum Native Data Transfer Rate: 3 MB/s
Maximum Compressed Data Transfer Rate: 6 MB/s

Physical Characteristics

Form Factor: Internal
Drive Width: 5.25"
Drive Height: 1/2H
Height: 1.6"
Width: 5.8"
Depth: 6.4"
Weight (Approximate): 2.20 lb

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