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FibreCAT TXF

An innovative, flexible solution for all rack families like PRIMECENTER as well as third-party products. With up to four bays for backup devices, the FibreCAT TXF can be used to simultaneously connect up to four servers.
With its wide range of supported backup devices with SCSI, SAS or USB interfaces it is best suited for rack-based servers in which applications are consolidated on a few powerful servers.
In short, an economical and scalable solution for the flexible use of your backup capacities.

Features and Benefits

Features Benefits
High availability through individual switchover of a backup device and replace while system is running Front installation of the drives per "warm replace"
Intelligent power management for remote switch on/off of individual drives or the systemPower switch in the front panel and power management for all interfaces (SCSI, SAS and USB)
Simple monitoring of the system, status LED for all drives and chassis temperatureLED displays status on the front
Replace a drive in the housing without switching off the entire subsystem. Assembly (without tools) of internal componentsServiceability

Technical details

Accessible drive baysDDS Gen5, 3 MB/s, 36 GB, USB 2.0
DDS Gen6, 6 MB/s, 80 GB, USB 2.0
LTO3HH Ultrium, 60 MB/s, 400 GB, SAS 3Gb/s
LTO4HH Ultrium, 120 MB/s, 800 GB, SAS 6Gb/s
LTO5HH Ultrium, 140 MB/s, 1500 GB, SAS 6Gb/s
RDX Drive, 25 MB/s, 160 GB, 320 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB , USB 2.0
LTO2HH Ultrium, 24 MB/s, 200 GB, SAS 3Gb/s
Active power (max. configuration)140 W
Weight15.5 kg (depending on configuration without LW)
Special featuresThe FibreCAT TXF is an innovative, easy-to-use, flexible and economical rack enclosure for backup devices. With its wide range of supported backup devices with SAS or USB interfaces, it is best suited to consolidate data backups for rack-based servers in PRIMECENTER and third-party racks.

Components

PRIMERGY DAT Streamer DDS Generation 5
The DDS Gen5 tape drive offers transfer rates of 6 MB/s at a compression of 2:1. The DDS Gen5 drive is supplied with USB interfaces. The USB internface is connected without a controller directly to the internal USB port. This version is therefore independent of an additional controller and thus represents a data backup solution that is even less expensive.
PRIMERGY DAT Streamer DDS Generation 6
PRIMERGY Tape drive DDS Gen6The DDS Gen6 tape drive is the 6th generation in the well-known and proven DDS tape technology. The drive offers top capacity and performance as well as a reliable and low-priced data backup solution.
PRIMERGY LTO-2 HH Ultrium
LTO2With the second generation of the LTO (Linear Tape Open) half-height drive, we are offering a reliable product with dual mode compression, dynamic data rate matching and a 64 MB memory.
PRIMERGY DAT Streamer DDS Generation 5
The DDS Gen5 tape drive offers transfer rates of 6 MB/s at a compression of 2:1. The DDS Gen5 drive is supplied with USB interfaces. The USB internface is connected without a controller directly to the internal USB port. This version is therefore independent of an additional controller and thus represents a data backup solution that is even less expensive.
PRIMERGY DAT Streamer DDS Generation 6
PRIMERGY Tape drive DDS Gen6The DDS Gen6 tape drive is the 6th generation in the well-known and proven DDS tape technology. The drive offers top capacity and performance as well as a reliable and low-priced data backup solution.
PRIMERGY LTO-2 HH Ultrium
LTO2With the second generation of the LTO (Linear Tape Open) half-height drive, we are offering a reliable product with dual mode compression, dynamic data rate matching and a 64 MB memory.