HP RDX Removable Disk Backup System - Quick Specs (updated with RDX 3TB and Yosemite Backup Software)

HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System is a disk-based back up and recovery solution with critical security layers, unmatched portability, fast recovery and easy integration into any small business environment. Its also rugged, removable, easy-to-use, and cost effective for remote or branch office locations, small offices or home offices with little or no IT resources. HPE RDX works exceptionally well in harsh work environments where businesses need to protect, manage, transport or capture large amounts of data in less than ideal locations.

What's New:

HPE RDX 3TB cartridge and backup systems offer the highest available RDX capacity on the market today, increasing back up and recovery 50% over the previous available 2TB capacity.

Yosemite Server Backup offers enhanced security, with automatic scheduling and software data encryption.

There is a choice of disk capacities ranging from 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and now 3TB

Key Features:

• Hardware read -only option preventing data from being accidently erased
•  Free download of Yosemite Server Backup Basic software, providing automated scheduling and data encryption, keeping data both safe and backed up.
• Low power ruggedized design offer s flexibility to plug it in anywhere and feel confident the data is always available and safe
• Cartridge style hard drive has a 97% survival rate compared to 0% for ordinary USB drives in a independent drop test.
•  Built in static protection eliminates server or workstation failures due to statically charged peripherals
•  Ability to recover quickly with disk to disk backup performance reaching speeds of up to 360 GB/hr.
•  Supports drag and drop file access making backup as simple and convenient as the click of the mouse.
•  No need to worry about backups being larger than disk space, with disk spanning just add cartridges during the backup process, dynamically increasing the backup.
•  Inner buffers built into the system lower disk drive vibration, increasing read/write disk performance.
•  Hewlett Packard Enterprise qualified and tested , making it easy to integrate into your server storage and networking environments.
•  With fixed disk mode capability, RDX easily integrates into multiple small business operating system environments.
•  Internal dock option makes it easy to configure with ProLiant and StoreEver products

Customer Benefits:

The simple way to protect your business data

• Drag and drop file access makes backup as easy and convenient as the click of a mouse
•  Use with software of your choice or in fixed -disk mode
•  Less time spent on backups with fast disk based file transfer/retrieval performance
•  Flexibility to meet budget and capacity requirements with choice of cartridge capacities
•  Usage model fits traditional backup architecture (e.g. ISV software) if required

Reduces total cost of protecting your business data

• Long usage life span of cartridges lowers media replacement costs
•  No need to replace docking station when future higher capacity cartridges are available

Simply and securely store backups off-site for complete data protection

• Portable/durable disk cartridges enable easy off site archiving and disaster recovery
•  Rugged cartridge protects data from drops, ESD and harsh environmental conditions for secure archiving/transportation/archiving
•  Plug and play USB dock allows flexible media rotation and easy future scalability

Product Highlights

Combines the best of tape and disk

The HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System is based on removable disk technology that handles and operates like a traditional tape drive and media, yet has all of the advantages of disk-to-disk backup. The HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System allows backups to be accomplished with standard ISV backup applications, fixed disk mode, or data can be dragged and dropped directly to the rugged removable storage media. To the host computer, the HPE RDX Removable Disk Cartridge appears as a Windows drive letter with the high performance benefits of a disk based backup system.

Easy to implement and use

Many small business customers have limited time, knowledge, experience or desire to dedicate to backup and therefore currently have no or very rudimentary backup processes in place. The HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System offers these customers a complete backup solution that is simple to implement and easy to use.

Installation is an easy and quick process of connecting the industry standard form factor HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System USB docking station or externally as a tabletop.

Backing up is a simple matter of inserting a removable disk cartridge into the docking station. The cartridge will automatically show up as a letter drive in Windows explorer with no extra formatting or extra steps required. Simply select the files that need to be protected and drag them into the removable drive folder. To restore files, just reverse the process.

Included with the HPE RDX drive is the option to download Yosemite Server Backup Basic software, providing an encrypted backup and recovery application to protect a single server. HPE RDX USB 3.0 Removable Disk Backup Systems can also operate in a “Fixed Disk” mode. This allows Windows Operating Systems to view HPE RDX/RDX+ USB 3.0 drives as a valid disk target, allowing the drives to be used with integrated Windows Backup Applications (rather than requiring third party software). Details of operation can be found in the HPE RDX Utility software.

Fast backup and restore

Staff productivity and thus customer service can be negatively impacted by the lengthening backup window and restore/recovery times associated with optical backup solutions. The HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System provides a backup solution that backs up and retrieves data quickly and reliably thus optimizing application availability and staff productivity.

Data can be backed up to HPE RDX Removable Disk Cartridges at hard drive speeds (up to 360 GB/hour). HPE RDX Removable Disk Cartridges are randomly accessed and read so critical single files and selected file stores can be restored in seconds instead of hours.

Affordable cost of ownership

Many small business customers have limited IT budget available for data protection with business owners wanting to reduce IT capital and operational expenditure and protect IT investments to optimize business profitability. The HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System provides a complete backup solution that has low initial acquisition costs and low on-going media and upgrade costs.

Total cost of ownership is lowered by the fact that HPE RDX Removable Disk Cartridges are specified for 5,000 insertion/removal cycles, so HPE RDX Removable Disk Cartridges will not wear out (and therefore need to be replaced) over the typical life cycle of the solution. Upgrade and obsolescence costs are also reduced and investment protection guaranteed by the fact that HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System docking stations are compatible with all current and future higher capacity HPE RDX Removable Disk Cartridges. Customers will not need to purchase a new docking station when next generation higher capacity HPE RDX Removable Disk Cartridges are released. Similarly, today's HPE RDX Removable Disk Cartridges are compatible with all current and future HPE RDX and HPE RDX docking stations. Customer's existing HPE RDX Removable Disk Cartridges will work with next generation HPE RDX docking stations when they are released.

Removability and portability

To ensure complete data protection against all types of data loss - including on-site system/site destruction or natural disaster -small businesses need the ability to remove their backup and archive data off-site. The HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System provides a backup solution that enables on-site backup data to be removed, stored and rotated off-site in an easy, safe and secure way.

HPE RDX Removable Disk Cartridges are portable (palm size), durable (2.5 inch disk drive features include ramp loading heads, fluid dynamic bearings, inactive state spin down) and rugged. The robust HPE RDX Removable Disk Cartridge is also designed to protect data from potentially damaging Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) and as well as prolonged exposure to heat, dust and other environmental contaminants.

Reliability

The HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System provides a docking station specified for more than 10,000 loads and unloads and an HPE RDX cartridge specified for over 5,000 load and unloads and long life expectancy.

Easy scalability and expandability

Many growing small businesses are experiencing storage capacity growth that is outstripping the capacity/performance of current optical backup solutions. The HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System provides a backup solution that scales easily as capacity needs grow. Adding capacity is a simple matter of adding cartridges to an existing HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System USB docking station. The HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System docking Station will work with all current as well future higher capacity cartridges as they are introduced. The product's roadmap leverages the industry standard mobile 2.5" hard disk drive roadmaps with new higher capacity cartridges expected to be introduced regularly.

OS Support

Operating System	Version
Windows Server	2012R2 (x64), 2012 (x64), 2008 R2 (x64), 2008 (x86,x64)
Windows	8.1(x86, x64), 8(x86, x64), 7(x86, x64), Vista (x86, x64)
Red Hat Linux	5 (x86), 5 (x64), 6 (x86), 6 (x64), 7(x64)
Suse Linux	11 (x86), 11 (x64), 10 (x86), 10 (x64)

Backup Software Support

Yosemite Server Backup Basic Software, HPE Data Protector Express, CA BrightStor ARCServe Backup, Symantec Backup Exec, and other backup applications that support removable disk media
NOTE: Please visit: http://www.hpe.com/storage/spock for the latest compatibility information.

Warranty and Services Included with the Product

Hewlett Packard Enterprise provides a 3-year, next-day, parts exchange, limited warranty for the HPE RDX /HPE RDX + Removable Disk Backup System, plus 9x5 phone support for the duration of the warranty.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise warrants only that the Storage software media will be free of physical defects for a period of ninety (90) days from delivery.

For more information about HPE 's Global Limited Warranty and Technical Support, visit: www.hp.com/storage/warranty

Kit Contents

Model Name	Part Number
HP RDX Internal Docking Station (media not included) RDX Removable Disk Back up System Internal Docking Station installation poster/flyer, internal USB cable, power cable. Is backwards and forwards compatible with any RDX capacity media.	C8S06A
HP RDX 500GB Internal Disk Backup System RDX Internal Docking Station, installation poster, internal USB cable, HPE RDX 500GB Removable Disk Cartridge	B7B64A
HP RDX 1TB Internal Disk Backup System RDX Internal Docking Station, installation poster, internal USB cable, HPE RDX 1TB Removable Disk Cartridge	B7B67A
HP RDX 2TB Internal Disk Backup System RDX Internal Doc king Station, installation poster, internal USB cable, HPE RDX 2TB Removable Disk Cartridge	E7X52A
HP RDX 3TB Internal Disk Backup System RDX Removable Disk Backup System DL Server Module, installation poster/flyer, internal USB cable, power cable, HPE RDX 3TB GB Removable Disk Cartridge	P9L71A
HP RDX USB 3.0 Gen8 DL Server Module Docking Station RDX Removable Disk Backup System DL Server Module, installation poster/flyer, internal USB cable, power cable. Is backwards and forwards compatible with any RDX capacity media.	C8S08A
HP RDX External Docking System (media not included) RDX Removable Disk Backup System External Docking Station installation poster/flyer, external USB Y-cable. Is backwards and forwards compatible with any RDX capacity media.	C8S07B
HPE RDX 500GB External Disk Backup System HP RDX 500GB External Backup System	B7B66B
HP RDX 1TB External Backup System RDX External Docking Station, installation poster, external USB Y-cable, HPE RDX 1TB Removable Disk Cartridge	B7B69B
HP RDX 2TB External Disk Backup System RDX External Docking Station, installation poster, external USB Y-cable, HPE RDX 2TB Removable Disk Cartridge	E7X53B
HP RDX 3TB External Disk Backup System RDX External Docking Station, installation poster, external USB Y-cable, HPE RDX 3TB Removable Disk Cartridge	P9L72A

Media

HP RDX 500GB Removable Disk Cartridge	Q2042A
HP RDX 1TB Removable Disk Cartridge	Q2044A
HP RDX 2TB Removable Disk Cartridge	Q2046A
HP RDX 3TB Removable Disk Cartridge	Q2047A

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