Tape Drives and Tape Rack Enclosures

Overview
The DellTM PowerVaultTM 114T/114X rackable subsystem is a convenient 2U tape rack enclosure. It incorporates many tape technologies commonly used today and is designed to complement Dell PowerEdge rack servers and Dell PowerVault network attached storage (NAS). The Dell PowerVault 114T/114X tape rack enclosure offers superior capacity in a 2U form factor. The PowerVault 114T can be configured with one or two LTO-3 (Full-Performance), LTO-3-080, LTO-2-L tape.The PowerVault 114X can be configured with one or two LTO3-080, LTO-4-120 or LTO-5-140 tape.

Benefits:

• Deal for customers who require multi-drive, rack-optimized data protection that can be externally connected to a server
• Configurable with up to two tape drives in a space saving, 2U form factor that still allows you to connect drives externally to a server
• Provides a choice of drive technology from the most inexpensive drives with essential capacity to the highest performance drives we offer in our automation platforms
• Contains two SCSI or SAS (LTO-3-080 SAS/SCSI, LTO-4-120 SAS, LTO-5-140 SAS) ports that enable two tape drives to operate in parallel, helping to reduce overall backup time

As space becomes more critical, the demand for rack optimized servers increases and customers require rack optimized backup solutions outside their servers. The PowerVault 114T/114X tape rack enclosure is designed to meet the needs of organizations requiring value-priced, reliable, high capacity storage for rack-optimized server environments.