Overview - IBM RDX USB Removable hard drive for System x and BladeCenter S systems

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Overview

The new IBM RDX removable disk back up solution is designed to reliably and cost-effectively help protect your business's valuable assets. It uses a rugged removable disk cartridge and docking station to provide an easy-to-use, highly secure, fast and portable answer to your data protection concerns.

IBM RDX features high-capacity shock-resistant 160 GB, 320 GB, and 500 GB cartridges making your storage options extremely flexible. The RDX USB docking stations are offered in external standalone as well as internal 5.25-inch half height units to seamlessly integrate into your System x or BladeCenter S environment. The USB interface ensures a simple installation while providing high performance, with sustained transfer rates of up to 90 GB an hour.

The standard Yosemite Backup™ Basic with DR for IBM RDX application provides a powerful and intuitive wizard-based management approach to backup and recovery. Simplified process management should also come with a full-feature set and Yosemite Backup Basic with DR for IBM RDX delivers, providing such advanced functionality as bare metal disaster recovery and cartridge encryption features.

• Cost-effective and highly secure removable disk technology
• Up to 25 MB/s native USB transfer rate
• Up to 500 GB(1) native capacity
• Standard Yosemite Backup Basic with DR for IBM RDX Application
• Hot-plug capability
• 5.25-inch Internal form factor, convertible to 3.5-inch form factor in certain configurations
• External USB standalone offering or internal docks can be used with external enclosures

At a glance

The new IBM RDX removable disk back up solution can cost effectively address your growing capacity and shrinking back up window requirements, while alleviating the deployment and management complexity of traditional tape drives.

Features include:

• Affordable capacity: 160 GB, 320 GB, and 500 GB disk cartridges (1)
• Simplicity: With only the native OS, RDX provides random access to data and the convenience of drag and drop functionality through persistent drive letter access. It can also be addressed like traditional removable tape media, when used in conjunction with any of the supported backup applications.
• Flexibility: Internal and external RDX installation alternatives
• Plug-and-Play connectivity: USB 2.0 interface for increased ease of use
• Inexpensive performance: USB sustained transfer rate of up to 25 MB/s
• Portability and durability: RDX Disk Cartridges are shock-resistant, rugged, and removable for transporting safely offsite
• Investment protection: Carrier will support next generation/ capacities of cartridges
• Effortless ordering: Internal and external single cartridge bundles by capacity, additional cartridges can be ordered separately
• Powerful and intuitive backup application: Standard Yosemite Backup Basic with Disaster Recovery
• Secure: Cartridges can be password protected and software encrypted for extra security

Note: When referring to hard driveor tape backup capacity, GB stands for 1,000,000,000 bytes and TB stands for 1,000,000,000,000 bytes. User capacity may vary depending on operating environments.

Parts information

Hardware requirements

The IBM RDX USB removable hard drives are supported on the following IBM platforms:

• IBM System x3200 M2 (4367, 4368)
• IBM System x3400 (7973. 7974, 7975, 7976)
• IBM System x3500 (7977)
• IBM System x3650 (7979)
• IBM System x3655 (7943)
• IBM BladeCenter S chassis (8886, 7779)
• IBM 1U tape enclosure (8765-1UX, 8765-1NX)
• IBM half-high tabletop tape enclosure (8767-HHX, 8767-HNX)

Note: Some configurations may not be compatible. For the latest compatibility information, visit the IBM ServerProven Web site.

Software requirements

Software compatability

• Symantec Backup Exec
• CA ArcServe
• Yosemite Backup

Operating system compatability

• SUSE Linux
• Red Hat Linux
• Microsoft Windows 2003
• Microsoft Windows 2008

Physical specification

Temperature (operating):

• 10 to 40 deg (C) (50 to 104 deg (F))

Temperature (non-operating):

• -40 to 65 deg (C) (-40 to 149 deg (F))

Humidity:

• Operating: 20% to 80% (non-condensing)
• Non-operating: 10% to 90% (non-condensing)

Agency approvals

Safety Certifications:

• UL-60950
• CSA C22.2 No. 60950
• NOM-018
• IEC-60950
• TUV-GS (EN60950/IEC60950/ZH-618)
• CB Certificate and CB Test Report
• CCC China

Warranty

Internal Dock:

1-year customer replaceable unit (CRU) limited warranty, or when installed in an IBM System x Server or IBM external tape enclosure the internal dock would assume your system or enclosure s base warranty and any ServicePac upgrade.

External Dock:

Three year, customer replaceable unit (CRU) limited warranty.

Cartridges:

RDX cartridges come standard with a 1-year limited warranty, or assume your IBM System x server, IBM external Tape enclosures, or IBM external RDX docks base warranty and warranty ServicePac upgrades during the base warranty period. RDX cartridges are not covered under post warranty maintenance contracts.

For information on the IBM Statement of Limited Warranty, visit
http://www.ibm.com/servers/support/machine_warranties/

Alternatively, this information is also available by contacting your IBM representative or reseller. Copies are available upon request.