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“The medium is used in many cases of error, but this is not always the case,” Formanek said Charles Ing, owner of ForMedia. “Today’s backups contain large volumes of critical business data and corporate information. A single tape in LTO (Linear Tape Open) technology can store up to 1.6 terabytes (TB). With this tool, errors are detected early and can be rectified immediately. ”

The user receives the Fujifilm DC Analyzer access to important data such as age, usage and condition of the popular cartridges of the LTO Ultrium format. May also be determined whether any problems are due to the cartridge itself or a sign of drive malfunction or problems in the backup are in the network.

The analyzer retrieves event data from the use of the tapes that are stored in the internal cartridge memory (CM) chip, each LTO Ultrium Cartridges. The CM chip stores over a certain period based on diagnostic information, such as the percentage of the recording error, the amount of data read or written and the number of loading operations, and provides information to determine the age of the cartridge.

Since the DC Analyzer to access this information through a simple radio frequency reading device using barcode scanning technology provides, the data manager important diagnostic and logistic data immediately at hand. So that he can quickly get clarity about the root causes of problems and avoid problems in the backup without having to search right on the drive itself, to draw a technician added from outside, or by passing sensitive information to third parties for evaluation.

The device can be rented or purchased at ForMedia. The specialists also offer service packages for the acquisition of the analysis.

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