Looking for an inexpensive, reliable and high-performance backup solution for your small or medium business? Then the right solution for your evolving backup requirements is the HP RDX backup disk cartridge technology. This new breakthrough disk technology provides reliable protection for network servers, workstations and SMBs. Data storage and archival with HP RDX disk format is pain-free and very simple because it offers the advanced features of hard disk and the tape media format. You can easily drag & drop the data files and confidently move the RDX disk cartridges to remote sites.

HP RDX disk cartridge system features an innovative "continuous data protection" software that sharply reduces the operator interventions and provides reliable automated backups. Good news is that you won’t need expensive up-gradation for future generation RDX disk cartridges. The HP docking station is forward & backward compatible with the removable RDX cartridges. This is really amazing; the customers can utilize all versions of RDX removable disk cartridges and hence be confident of investment protection. So, when the future generation RDX disk cartridge will be released, you won’t need to replace the HP docking station. That’s not all; you can also use the HP RDX cartridges with other branded RDX systems as well. HP RDX disk technology provides exceptionally high speed read-write operations at an incredible transfer rate of 108 GB/hr (uncompressed).

HP RDX disk cartridges are highly robust, portable and are ideal for long term data preservation. These backup disk cartridges feature longer working life and provide up to complete 5,000 load/unload insertions. HP RDX cartridges’ extended working life helps to lower the media replacement costs. HP backup disk cartridges are intelligently designed for lower operating costs with the ability to backup 160, 320, 500 and 750GB data. Q2040a, q2043a, q2042a and q2041a are part numbers of HP RDX cartridges.

The backed up data should be stored off-site to assure robust data protection against natural disasters and site destruction. HP RDX cartridges are shock-proof, that is why they are ideal for off-site backups, and can withstand rough handling and un-intentional drops. LTO 2 ultrium tape, vxa-2 tape, dds-3 tape, dat160 tape, lto 1 tape, dat72 tape, dds-4 and sdlt-2 tape technologies are the close competitors of HP RDX disk technology.

HP docking stations can be easily integrated either internally or externally. Rack mount configuration and USB connectivity options further ease the installation process. HP RDX cartridge technology provides its customers greater flexibility to satisfy their backup needs with choice of rack-mount configuration and cartridge capacities. HP RDX format allows random data accessibility, which empowers the data administrators to store and retrieve the data files within few seconds. RDX disk cartridge technology makes data management easy and convenient.

HP RDX cartridge system is the optimal solution for budget-conscious customers. HP RDX cartridges are built tough for long term protection against dust, heat, humidity, unfavorable environmental conditions and ESD (electrostatic discharge). HP’s exhaustive testing program verifies the performance and compatibility of HP RDX disk devices with the major backup software, operating systems and network servers. Life expectancy of HP docking stations extends beyond 10,000 load/unload cycles. Product and software names mentioned throughout this article are trademarks and are sole property of their owners.