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RDX® QuikStor™ Now available:

External USB3+
Version
Rugged, Reliable and Removable
Storage for your Business

The Tandberg Data RDX QuikStor media-based

removable storage system offers rugged, reliable
and convenient storage for backup, archive, data
interchange and disaster recovery. It provides
enterprise performance and fast access, with transfer
rates up to 260 MB/s and is available with up to 2TB
per cartridge.

Enterprise Reliability
The exploding growth of mission-critical digital content combined
with government regulated retention policies has created a need for
Key Benefits
secure, reliable and portable data protection solutions at an affordable
cost. The Tandberg Data RDX QuikStor technology delivers a rugged
design for maximum data protection and secure handling. Full
backward/forward compatibility allows users to scale to higher Fast Access
capacities, without worrying about drive generations. Disk-based speed and data-access
High Performance Budget-Friendly
SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface offers high performance. With a Cost-effective solution that suits all sectors from SOHO users
choice of hard disk and solid-state disk media, unique performance to departmental users
requirements are met. From professional workstations to the
low-end enterprise, RDX QuikStor provides users with best-in-class Flexible
backup and archive capability that is ideally suited to help users get USB3.0 SuperSpeed and SATA interface, internal and external
their businesses up and running quickly in the event of data loss. drives, SSD and HDD media in different capacities
External USB3+ Version for more mobility
Rugged and Tough
The external RDX USB3+ drive only needs a USB3.0 connection to work.
Rugged, shock and electrostatic proof media with more than
It is as easy to use as an external USB disk drive but much more robust
10 years archive life
and reliable. This enables RDX for outdoor usage like scientific data
collection, in the media and entertainment environment, mobile Convenient & Secure
workforce or just for easy data distribution across locations.
Expand capacity and span backups across media. Media
Fixed Disk Mode for Windows® Backup rotation and off-site copies for archiving and peace of mind
Windows-Backup of current operating systems does not support
removable media any more. Users are constrained either to refrain
Mobile
from an operating system upgrade, or to use a third party backup The external USB3+ version can be used as a mobile
software. RDX QuikStor provides a fixed disk mode and allows a storage device
seemless integration into Windows-backup utility.
19“-Rack Integration with QuadPAK™
Capacity Expansion and Media Rotation Up to 4 external RDX USB drives can be easily intstalled
Media Spanning to multiple RDX media allows backups to grow and to in a 19“-rack
expand capacity beyond a single RDX media. All that is needed:
Multiple RDX media and supporting backup software. For best practice, Windows-Backup support
multiple media should be used for backup and stored off-site for Configurable operating mode for Windows Backup Application
disaster recovery purposes. A minimum rotation of 3 media is
recommended: 1st in drive for next backup, 2nd in transit and 3rd off-site AccuGuard™ for RDX QuikStor
for disaster recovery. Provides “set it and forget it” data protection with 20:1** data
deduplication
Additional Protection
RDX WORM enhances RDX for compliant archiving (optional
software solution). RDX Cartridge Encryptor (RCE) is free software to
encrypt data stored on RDX media.
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 Choose between 320GB, 500GB, 1TB or 2TB HDD media or
128GB, 256GB or 512GB SSD media. The backward/forward
compatibility allows users to upgrade to higher capacity
media without compromise.

Specifications
Internal RDX Drives External RDX Drives
Form Factor 3.5“ (SATA/USB3.0) 5.25“ (SATA/USB3.0) External Housing (USB3.0)
Height 41 mm (1.63 in) 41 mm (1.63 in) 52 mm (2.04 in)
Width 102 mm (4.00 in) 146 mm (5.78 in) 110 mm (4.32 in)
Length 159 mm (6.28 in) incl. bezel 170.72 mm (6.72 in) incl. bezel 178 mm (7.00 in) incl. bezel
Weight 408 g (0.9 lb) 635 g (1.4 lb) 615 g (1.35 lb)
Mounting & Operating Orientation Horizontal or Vertical
Interface SATA I USB3.0 USB3.0 USB3.0 (USB powered)
Interface Connector SATA Type-B Type-B
Interface Operation Mode Removable Disk Removable Disk & Fixed Disk Removable Disk & Fixed Disk
Transfer Rate Average Sustained Up to 45 MB/s Up to 260 MB/s Up to 260 MB/s
File Access Time (average) < 15 milliseconds
Power Specifications
Voltage +5 V +5 V +12 V +12 V +5 V (USB powered)
Current at Read/Write (Typical / Peak) 0.9 A / 1.6 A 0.9 A / 1.6 A 0.005 mA / 1.4 A 0.5 A / 1 A 0.9 A / 1.6 A
Power Connector SATA Power 4-Pin Molex 5.5 mm optional: 5.5 mm
Power Adapter 4-Pin Molex to SATA Power SATA Power to 4-Pin Molex Wall Adapter: optional Wall Adapters:
+5 V (+/- 10%) 2.4 A to
+12 V (+/-10%), 1.0 A +12 V (+/- 10%) 1.0 A

Media
Capacity 320 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB (HDD) / 128 GB, 256 GB or 512 GB (SSD)
See RDX Media datasheet for more information
Read/Write Compatibility Forward/backward compatibility to all RDX drives and systems

Reliability
Media Drop Shock (Non-operating) 1m drop to tile over concrete floor (Media)
Load-/ Unload (Minimum) Drive: 10,000 insertion / removal cycles, Media: 5,000 insertion / removal cycles
MTBF 550,000 Hours
Vibration (max) 0.5G (operating), 1.0G (non-operating)

Environmental
Temperature +10°C to +40°C (+50°F to +104°F) (operating), -40°C to +65°C (-40°F to +149°F) (non-operating)
Relative Humidity 20% – 80% (non-condensing, operating), 8% – 90% (non-condensing, non-operating)
Altitude -15 m to 3,048 m (-50 ft to 10,000 ft) (operating), -15 m to 10,660 m (-50 ft to 35,000 ft) (non-operating)

Other Features
Encryption Supports software-based encryption
WORM Enables compliant Archiving with rdxLOCK WORM Software
Compression and Deduplication Supports software-based compression and deduplication
Windows Backup Fixed Disk Mode for Windows Backup Utility
AccuGuard for RDX Backup Software Single Server or Enterprise Backup incl. Exchange & SQL backup with deduplication
QuikStation iSCSI based disk array with 8 drives

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