Tandberg Data RDX Internal bare drive, black, S-ATA interface 6010 8417 00 User Manual

In a nutshell, the following table clearly shows how the RDX drive and cartridge surpass 

existing tape technologies in overall cost and performance. 

Capacity (native) 

40 – 120GB 

20GB 36GB 

Performance (native) 

30MB/s 

3MB/s 4MB/s 

Backward and Forward 
Compatibility 

Yes 

No No 

Reliability (MTBF) 

500,000 hrs 

40,000 hrs 

50,000 hrs 

Media Uses 

5,000 

50-100 50-100 

Relative Price 

1x 

1.5x 2x 

 

Before the arrival of RDX technology, users had to choose between tape, disk, or a combination of 

both to back up their high-end desktops and low-end servers—each with architecture, 

performance, and cost issues. Now there is a viable alternative - users can choose RDX—the only 

backup technology that offers the best of both worlds: tape (removability, affordability, archivability) 

and disk (higher performance, simplicity, reliability) —  all in one cost-effective package.  

 

 

 

 

RDX® is a registered trademark of ProStor Systems, Inc 

Specifications subject to change without notice 

 

 

 

 

 

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