OWC have recently announced ArGest Backup, a complete macOS, Windows, and Linux compatible software solution supporting LTFS bulk transfer and delivery, backup, archive, and unique storage options.
Small businesses face the same challenge: managing an ever-increasing amount of more data, higher resolution, complex audio, and diverse formats are the project norm.
The ArGest Backup software provides fast, easy drag and drop asset management utilising the reliable BRU archival format. For reliable backup and long-term, deep archival or the SNIA Bulk Transfer Standard with the Linear Tape File System (LTFS).
The Mercury Pro LTO solution provides options for both archival and large-scale data transfer. Advanced and future-ready, LTO tape is the dominant archiving medium that has continued to improve and grow in both performance and capacity since being introduced in 2000. With LTO is an open standard with many support manufacturers and vendors, users can be confident of access their data with any brand of LTO hardware for decades to come.
OWC Mercury Pro LTO Highlights:
Store more: up to 6TB native/15TB compressed1 on the LTO-7 drive or 12TB native/30TB compressed1 on the LTO-8 drive of storage capacity per tape cartridge
Flexible: The LTO-7 drive will read LTO-7, and read and write LTO-6 and LTO-7 tapes while the LTO-8 Drive reads and writes LTO-8, LTO-M8, and LTO-7 tapes
Store longer: 30-year or greater tape longevity
Instant ROI: Lowest cost storage format; as low as $0.02/GB and up to 50x less costly than online storage
Full LTFS Support: archive files/folders with drag and drop ease
Compliance ready: supports WORM cartridges required by legal/regulatory record keeping
Fast tape creation: up to 300MB/s native/750MB/s2 compressed transfer rates
Configurable drive bay: add an optional 2.5/3.5-inch SSD for up to 16TB onboard storage capacity
Expansive: second Thunderbolt 3 port for adding up to five additional Thunderbolt devices or your choice of a USB-C or DisplayPort device
See more: DisplayPort 1.4 supports up to an 8K display4
Charge while working: 85W of notebook charging
Transportable: Compact form factor with built-in handles for moving between set and studio
Worry-free: up to 3 Year OWC Limited Warranty with lifetime US-based support
ArGest Backup powered by BRU technology allows you to back up and archive folders, files, or session files in major applications to LTO-7 and 8 tapes at real-world speeds up to 300MB/s. Your archives are then fully verifiable and restorable with the maximum amount of data on nearly any OS.
ArGest Backup Highlights
Easy and familiar: backup and archive folders, files, or session files with drag and drop simplicity in major applications
Fastest: real-world LTO tape speeds up to 300MB/sec using LTO-7 and LTO-8 tape devices for the fastest Backup and Recovery available
Flexible: verify BRU™ archives at any time on macOS, Windows, or Linux
Diverse: can be used to Backup to portable USB or Thunderbolt drives, removable disk storage such as RDX and Lyve Mobile, local cloud storage, and tape media
Reliable Recovery: restore maximum possible data, even with a missing or damaged tape in a multiple tape archive
Fully auditable: Check media status any time, even on a different system or OS with ANYTIME Verify
Efficient: create two identical tapes in a single backup or archive operation with Doubler Archival Mode
Manage: automatically creates organized tape catalogues for fast searching and restore access time
Complete: after the archive is complete, create a self-contained CD/DVD/USB or network key with all components required files to restore on a non-BRU system
Diagnose: built-in functions for checking and reporting LTO equipment operational status during all Backup and restore operations
Risk-free: 30-day free trial of full-featured, fully functional demo
Pricing & Availability
The OWC Mercury Pro LTO is available to order from MacSales.com for $4,599 and now includes ArGest Backup, LTO-8 tape, and a cleaning cartridge. Additional solutions up to 16TB are also available. ArGest Backup is also available for single purchase starting at $249 on the OWC Software Store.