ATAPI drive

A removable drive that uses the IDE interface. See ATAPI.

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The Seagate TapeStor Travan 40 GB is a bundled solution containing the Hornet 40 ATAPI drive, one data cartridge, backup software, an install poster and all required installation hardware.

SEAGATE RSS DEBUTS HORNET TRAVAN 40 TAPE DRIVE PRODUCTS FOR ENTRY-LEVEL SERVER ENVIR

But the $289 (MSRP) half-height ATAPI drive also reads DVD-ROMs.

In CD, The Race--And The Market--Is To The Swift

Expected to roll out of the factory in September, the ATAPI drive will retail for only $549 with the SCSI version slightly higher.

Sweet Spots

Drive Image 4.0 works with IDE, SCSI or ATAPI drives that are Multi-Media Command Set version 2 (MMC-2) compliant, which includes most new drives.

Drive Image 4.0

Unlike such products as GoBack, which operate in a somewhat similar manner, taking regular system snapshots and allowing for recovery to a selected time and date, reZOOM uses a dedicated drive that is not designed to be modified by the user and supports both SCSI and ATAPI drives.

The TAPE WARS Ain't Over, Folks!

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