Overview:
Do you need a fast disk-based backup and recovery solution that can be installed in a single server or branch office? The HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System is a reliable disk-based backup and recovery solution with unmatched portability, fast recovery and easy integration into a single server or branch office environment. It is rugged, removable, easy-to-use, and cost-effective for small offices or home offices with little or no IT resources. The HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System is designed for harsh work environments where businesses need to protect, manage, transport or capture large amounts of data in less than ideal locations.
- 4 TB cartridge and backup system, increasing backup and recovery capacity by 33 percent over the previous generation.
- Choice of disk capacities ranging from 500 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, 3 TB and 4 TB.
- Compatibility across various operating systems and virtualization platforms.
Backup and Recovery Made Easy
The HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System delivers a rugged, portable cartridge design protecting hard drive information and making transporting data between locations easy and more recoverable. Add a disaster recovery strategy to your business by simply rotating cartridges off site. off-site
Complement your cloud storage and implement best practices with a local backup copy that allows you faster access to critical data whenever you need it. Protecting your information both on- and off-premises.
Delivering hard drive data transfer speeds and built in anti-vibration buffers, to increase read/write speeds, lowering the time it takes for incremental or full backups. This leaves you free to concentrate on running your business.
As backup needs grow, you can easily and affordably expand your system by simply adding more cartridges - no new is hardware required. The HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System supports disk spanning so data can bridge multiple cartridges.
Compatibility across various operating systems and virtualization platforms makes it simple to adapt into any small business environment. You can also use Fixed Disk mode for automated backups via the native Microsoft Windows operating system.
Features:
Mobility—The rugged, portable cartridge design protects the hard drive inside and makes transporting data between locations easy and more reliable. Add a disaster recovery strategy to your business by simply rotating cartridges off-site.
Cloud—Complement your cloud storage and implement best practices with a local backup copy that gives you faster access to critical data whenever you need it. With RDX, data is always available and protected both off and on-premises.
Management—As your backup needs grow, you can easily and affordably expand your RDX backup by simply adding more cartridges—no new hardware required. RDX supports disk spanning so data can continue to grow across multiple cartridges.
Integration—Compatibility across various operating systems and virtualization platforms makes RDX simple to adapt into any small business environment. You can also use Fixed Disk mode for automated backups via the native Windows OS.
Performance—With hard drive data transfer speeds and built in anti-vibration buffers, RDX is able to increase read/write speeds, lowering the time it takes for incremental or full backups. That leaves you free to concentrate on running your business.
Security—Ransomware is an increasing threat but keeping a secure offline copy of your data is a great last line of defense. RDX accepts software based encryption so your data is safe from any unauthorized access.
Specifications:
| RDX Removable Disk Backup System Specifications |
| Capacity |
500 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB, 3 TB, 4 TB Cartridge |
| Host interface |
USB 3.0 Ports |
| Transfer rate |
Sustained 100 MB/sec
Burst 480 MB/sec |
| Media compatibility |
Forward and backward compatibility with all current and future RDX cartridges and USB 2.0 docks |
| Load/unload cycles |
5000, minimum cartridge usage life |
| Cartridge robustness |
1 m, 39.4-inch (3 feet) drop to tile over concrete floor |
| Warranty |
3/0/0 |
| Cartridge |
500 GB |
1 TB |
2 TB |
3 TB |
4 TB |
| Product number |
Q2042A |
Q2044A |
Q2046A |
Q2047A |
Q2048A |
| Compressed capacity* |
1 TB |
2 TB |
4 TB |
6 TB |
8 TB |
| Sustained transfer rate (Native)* |
100 MB/s |
100 MB/s |
100 MB/s |
100 MB/s |
100 MB/s |
| Burst transfer rate |
480 MB/s |
480 MB/s |
480 MB/s |
480 MB/s |
480 MB/s |
| Data access time |
480 milliseconds |
480 milliseconds |
480 milliseconds |
480 milliseconds |
480 milliseconds |
| Supported file systems |
FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 |
FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 |
FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 |
FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 |
FAT32, NTFS, ext2, ext3 |
| Load/Unload cycles (minimum) |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
5,000 |
| MTBF |
500,000 hours @ 100% duty cycle |
500,000 hours @ 100% duty cycle |
500,000 hours @ 100% duty cycle |
500,000 hours @ 100% duty cycle |
500,000 hours @ 100% duty cycle |
| Disk drive speed |
5,400 rpm |
5,400 rpm |
5,400 rpm |
5,400 rpm |
5,400 rpm |
| Cartridge durability |
3 ft/1m drop onto concrete floor |
3 ft/1m drop onto concrete floor |
3 ft/1m drop onto concrete floor |
3 ft/1m drop onto concrete floor |
3 ft/1m drop onto concrete floor |
* All capacities and transfer rates quoted as typical use a 2:1 deduplication ratio; this may vary since the process is data dependent.
Services:
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HPE Pointnext leverages our breadth and depth of technical expertise and innovation to help to accelerate digital transformation. A comprehensive portfolio that includes—Advisory, Professional, and Operational Services is designed to help you evolve and grow today and into the future.
Operational Services
- HPE Flexible Capacity is a new consumption model to manage ondemand capacity, combining the agility and economics of public cloud with the security and performance of on-premises IT.
- HPE Datacenter Care offers a tailored operational support solution built on core deliverables. It includes hardware and software support, a team of experts to help personalize deliverables and share best practices, as well as optional building blocks to address specific IT and business needs.
- HPE Proactive Care is an integrated set of hardware and software support including an enhanced call experience with start to finish case management helping resolve incidents quickly and keeping IT reliable and stable.
- HPE Foundation Care helps when there is a hardware or software problem offering several response levels dependent on IT and business requirements.
Advisory Services includes design, strategy, road map, and other services to help enable the digital transformation journey, tuned to IT and business needs. Advisory Services helps customers on their journey to Hybrid IT, Big Data, and the Intelligent Edge.
Professional Services helps integrate the new solution with project management, installation and startup, relocation services, and more. We help mitigate risk to the business so there is no interruption when new technology is being integrated in the existing IT environment.
