Product Overview

• Reliable entry level tape solution with superior restore integrity
• Capacity of up to 160GB*
• Transfer rates of up to 12MB/s
• Award Winning, Disaster Tested VXA Packet Technology

The VXA-2 is the second-generation drive based on the award winning VXA packet technology, providing 160GB of data storage. VXA-2 is fully compatible with all VXA drives, media, and automation products currently available from IBM, Compaq, Apple, Fujitsu, Toshiba and others.

VXA Technology for reliability

Tandberg Data's award-winning Technology enables VXA™ drives to read and write data on tape using digital packets, just like the internet. The VXA technology provides far superior restore integrity, exceptional transfer speeds and scalable capacity. With CheckAfter Write™ and 4 level Reed-Solomon Error Correction, VXA products are the only tape devices that are up to 180x more likely to restore your data – even from a damaged tape.

Over three successive generations, VXA products have been disaster-tested by Tandberg Data and independent labs under the most severe conditions – including violent vibration, immersion in volcanic dust, boiling water and hot coffee, and even freezing cartridges in ice – to assure reliable and complete data restores.

Turnkey Solution

The Tandberg VXA-2 ships with Symantec's Backup Exec QuickStart software and comes with 3 years warranty and support.

Media Compatibility

Tandberg Data's VXA™ tape cartridges are the perfect complement to VXA technology. They provide the necessary features needed for Tandberg VXA tape drives, autoloaders, and libraries. Imation Corporation is the exclusive worldwide distributor of VXA tapes. For more information on media compatibility, click here.

*assumes 2:1 data compression

Specifications

Capacity (native) 80 GB Capacity (compressed) 160 GB Transfer Rate (native) 6 MB/s Transfer Rate (compressed) 12 MB/s Buffer Size 2 MB File Access Time 10 System Interface SCSI Ultra2 LVD/ FireWire IDE Tape Alert Compliant no Drive Warranty 3 years Recording format VXA-2 Backward write VXA-1 Backward read VXA-1 Hard Read Error Rate (less than) 10^-17 Reed Solomon ECC yes MTBF 300,000 hours Height (Internal Drive) 41.2 mm Width (Internal Drive) 146 mm Depth (Internal Drive) 203 mm Weight (Internal Drive) 1 kg Height (External Drive) 86 mm Width (External Drive) 227 mm Depth (External Drive) 285 mm Weight (External Drive) 3 kg Power Consumption (operating mode) 8 W Power requirements (External drive) 100 - 240 V Average load to BOT 10 Aggregate sustained data rate (native) 21,6 GB/h Aggregate sustained data rate (compressed) 43 GB/h Data Cartridges X23, X10, X6 Temperature (operating) 5 - 45 Temperature (non-operating) -40 - 60 Relative Humidity, operating 20 - 80 % Relative Humidity, Non-operating 20 - 80 % Regulatory Agency Approvals UL, CSA, IEC (bare drive),UL, CSA, IEC, FCC, CISPR, VDE,

Models

Partno. Model Description 11400500 Tandberg VXA-2 SCSI internal Drive Tandberg VXA-2 Tape Drive, 80/160GB, 6/12MB/s 68-pin Ultra2 LVD/SE SCSI, internal, black, installation guide, 3 years warranty, 1 year Advanced Replacement Service 11400508 Tandberg VXA-2 Internal Drive IDE - ATAPI Tandberg VXA-2 Internal bare drive, black, IDE - ATAPI, installation guide, 3 years warranty, 1 year advanced replacement service 11402502 Tandberg VXA-2 SCSI internal Drive Kit Tandberg VXA-2 Tape Drive Kit, 80/160GB, 6/12MB/s, 68-pin Ultra2 LVD/SE SCSI, internal, black, X23 data & cleaning cartridge, Symantec Backup Exec QuikStart, installation guide, 3 years warranty, 1 year Advanced Replacement Service 11502500 Tandberg VXA-2 SCSI external Drive Kit Tandberg VXA-2 Tape Drive Kit, 80/160GB, 6/12MB/s 68-pin Ultra2 LVD/SE SCSI, external, white, X23 data & cleaning cartridge, Symantec Backup Exec QuikStart, installation guide, 3 years warranty, 1 year Advanced Replacement Service 11502502 Tandberg VXA-2 Firewire external Drive Kit Tandberg VXA-2 Tape Drive, Firewire, 80/160GB, 6/12MB/s X23 tape, cleaning tape, black, external, X23 data & cleaning cartridge, EMC Retrospect Backup Software, kitted, installation guide, 3 years warranty, 1 year Advanced Replacement Service

Images

Name Description Thumbnail Detail Highres VXA-2_Internal VXA-2_Internal (1.34 KB) (25.43 KB) (739.63 KB) Name Description Thumbnail Detail Highres VXA-2 External Drive Image (5.9 KB) (48.85 KB) (4.5 MB) Name Description Thumbnail Detail Highres VXA-2 External Drive - Left Image (4.93 KB) (44.91 KB) (4.22 MB) Name Description Thumbnail Detail Highres VXA-2 External Drive Right Image (4.83 KB) (43.99 KB) (3.9 MB)

Downloads

Filename Description Version Type vxa2_v12153.zip VXA-2 Firmware, version V12153 2153 Firmware vxa_win32_v1.10.1.zi p Signed 32-bit driver for VXA family. Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 1.10 Driver vxa_win64_v1.00.1.zi p Signed 64-bit driver for VXA family. Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 1.00 Driver VXA_WIN32_V1.13.0.zi p VXA 32 bit Driver for Windows 2000/XP/2003 1.13 Driver VXA_WIN64_V1.03.0.zi p VXA 64-bit Driver for Windows XP/2003 1.03 Driver vxaTool_Linux_V4.62. tar.gz 4.62 Utility vxaTool_Linux_V4.62_ readme.txt 4.62 Utility vxaTool_Solaris_V4.6 2.tar.gz 4.62 Utility vxaTool_MacOSX_V4.62 .sit 4.62 Utility vxaTool_MacOSX_readm e.pdf 4.62 Utility exatool_NW_V700d.zip 7.00d Utility exatool_NW_V700d_rea dme.txt 7.00d Utility vxa_win32_v1.14.0.zi p 1.14. Driver vxa_win64_v1.04.0.zi p 1.04. Driver vxatool_windows_v2.5 4.zip VXATool for Windows V2.54 2.54 Utility

Documents

File Description Type Language VXA-2 Product Manual Manual VXA-2/VXA-1 Bezel/Faceplate Replacement Manual VXA2 SCSI Reference Manual Manual VXA-2 Drive Datasheet (EMEA) Datasheet VXA-2 Drive Datasheet (US) Datasheet VXA-2 Drive Datasheet (APAC) Datasheet Service Overview Datasheet (EMEA) Datasheet Service Overview Datasheet (US) Datasheet Service Overview Datasheet (APAC) Datasheet Drive Matrix Reference Tandberg Data Corporate Brochure Brochure

Compatibility
Software Compatibility List (PDF)