Hardware Compatibility Data Sheet

Tape Drives Supported On: Windows NT 4.0 & later Data Capacity (uncompressed): Travan (10-20GB) DAT/DDS (12-36GB) AIT (15-200GB) LTO (200-1600GB) DLT/SDLT (40-30GB) Recommended For: Small Business (DDS3, DDS4, AIT) Medium Business (LTO, SDLT, AIT) Advantages Disadvantages Easily store tapes off-site Good for archiving purposes. Proven industry standard. Well supported by Windows. Most good drives offer hardware compression. Tapes can wear out over time and become unusable. Some tape Drives require cleaning / retentioning. Sequential Access (slow). Tape drive unit is often costly. More: Backup Strategy Guide	Iomega REV Drive Supported On: Windows 2000 & later Data Capacity (uncompressed): REV Drive Disk (35GB) Recommended For: Small-Medium Business Advantages Disadvantages 5-8 times faster than tape REV disks are durable, and last longer than tapes. No cleaning is required. IDE Solution eliminates need for SCSI. Drive provides Random Access. Cheaper than most tapes Tapes can wear out over time and become unusable. Some tape Drives require cleaning / retentioning. Sequential Access (slow). Tape drive unit is often costly. More: REV Drive White Paper
Removable Hard Drives Supported On: Windows 2000 & later with appropriate drivers Data Capacity (uncompressed): Variable: according to capacity of Hard Disk Drive installed - up to 400GB or more Recommended For: Small-Medium Business Advantages Disadvantages High Speed transfer of data (USB & FireWire) Portable for transport and can be stored offsite. Large Capacity for data. Cost Effective for single units. Easy Connectivity Size—removable hard drives are bigger than tapes . Less suitable than tapes for media rotation—having multiple hard drives for rotation is expensive and clumsy. More: External USB Backups White Paper	NAS and Network Backups Supported On: Windows 2000 & later Data Capacity (uncompressed): Variable: according to capacity of network resource Recommended For: Small-Medium Business Advantages Disadvantages Backups are stored externally and can be retrieved in the event of system failure Many servers can be backed up to the same NAS device, allowing for centralized backups. NAS can be located offsite for automatic offsite backups. Scheduled backups cannot complete if network resource is not available/offline. Slow speed: backups take longer than when to a local device (depending on network speed). Media rotation is not possible; NAS must be stored in fireproof and secure location. More: SNAP Server and other NAS Devices White Paper
Local Hard Drives Supported On: Windows 2000 & later Data Capacity (uncompressed): Variable: according to capacity of Hard Disk Drive installed (up to 400GB or more). Recommended For: Small-Medium Businesses where offsite backup storage isn’t required. Allows for fast restoration of data. More: Backing Up To File White Paper	CD/DVD-ROM Supported On: Windows 2000 & later, dependent upon packetwriting software Data Capacity (uncompressed): CD (700MB) DVD(4.7GB-17GB depending upon standard) Recommended For: Small Businesses where with small, low security data requirements. More: Backing Up To File White Paper