Compare Seagate Travan TapeStor 8 (STT28000A-RFT) Travan Tape Drive to Seagate STD624000N DAT Tape Drive

It's important to protect all the data that resides on your desktop by performing regular backups. Seagate's internal TapeStore Travan 8 tape drive provides a cost-effective, entry-level storage system for desktop and laptop applications, servers and high-end workstations. The TapeStore Travan 8 allows you to backup up to 8GB of data on a single cartridge, using software data compression. It has an ATAPI interface and features a compressed backup rate of 60MB per minute. It optimizes its transfer rate using the unique FastSense feature, delivering transfer rates up to 600KB per second. ??The TapeStore Travan 8 reads and writes to Travan TR-4 media and is backwards read compatible with QIC-3020, QIC-3010, and QIC-80 media. It is compatible with Windows 95/98, Windows NT, and Netware environments. It can be mounted in a 5.25-inch half height bay with the included rail kit or in a 3.5-inch low profile bay without the kit. Less

Seagate's award-winning Scorpion 24 DDS-3 external tape drive is the ideal backup product for high-performance workstations or low-end to midrange server environments. Based on the industry-standard DDS (DAT) format, it features up to 24-Gbytes compressed capacity per cartridge and backup speeds of up to 132 Mbytes per minute. Seagate Scorpion external solutions also include power cord and Resource CD. All Scorpion DDS drives are covered by both a 3-year limited warranty and qualify for Seagate's REACT Rapid Replacement program. Less