VXA backup data tape is a reliable source of storing and retrieving data. VXA tape provides unmatchable speed and the benefits of maximum capacity for its users. The VXA tape was first time popularized in 1999.

The VXA1 data tape drive provides 100 percent reliability of data storage. VXA1 has a greater achievement and is known as the first data tape drive to format the data in the similar way as it could be done on the internet. The VXA tape has proved to store and retrieve data in the safest way. VXA tapes have a capacity of 33GB (native). The 3MB/second data transfer speed of VXA data tape drive means that the data will be transferred within a very short period of time. The hardware compression, read-after-write and the correction of errors are those properties of VXA tape drive that gives you relief after storing your data in VXA tape. For more details you can visit

You can have a advantage of VXA tape drive with any kind of hard drive or Firewire’s IDE interface of your own choice. The VXA data tape drive is friendly with all main operating systems and softwares which include Microsoft Windows, MacOS, Linux, Novell Netware, and all the main versions of UNIX. The VXA tape can be operated with a large number of backup applications as well. The technology of AME is utilized by VXA tape specially to make the tape durable and to enhance the capacity of tape. A Sturdy foundation provided by the VXA data tape technology, helps eliminate risk of any kind of data loss which results due to the media breakdown.

The cartridge with 160 GB capacity of storage (compressed) is supported by the 7206 model VX2 tape. With the new ULTRA 2 Hard drive LVD technology, 7206 model VX2 data tape drive installs very quickly. This model of VXA tape drive has a data transfer speed of 6 MB/second or 40 GB/hour which is two times as compared to the other 4mm data tape drives. A new recording format which is named as Discrete Packet-Recording format is used by the VXA2 technology to make its performance and reliability far more than the other 4mm data tape drives. By this new format technology the VXA 2 scans data multiple times. The VXA-2 tape has also got the ability to migrate to the greater storage capacity which is not the property of most of the other data tape drives. For latest prices & fact sheets visit

The VXA-X type of VXA data tape technology has got the ability to scale 3 different capacities of cartridges, and it can reliably store the data in ultimate conditions.

The main competitors of the VXA tape technology are DDS, AIT, SLR, and DLT-V formats. The VXA has proved to be one of the best against its competitors.
There are 2 different products which have been introduced by the VXA3 technology i.e. VXA 320 which was released in 2005 and the other is VXA 172 which was released in 2006. The VXA 172 data tape drives has a limit of storing data up to 86GB/tape cartridge, but its capacity can be extended (by paying fee) to remove its small data storing capacity.

VXA has been launched by the premier companies around the globe and these companies have declared the VXA data tape drive as a newly released standard for the backing up and storing of data.


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