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The Q2044A is the HPE RDX 1TB Removable Disk Cartridge, a rugged, shock-proof, cartridge-style hard drive for the HPE RDX removable disk backup system. Native capacity is 1 TB and compressed capacity is 2 TB, assuming 2:1 application-based data compression. Cartridges are interchangeable in any HPE RDX Removable Disk Backup System and are forward and backward compatible with all RDX drives and systems.
RDX cartridges deliver up to 100 MB/s native average sustained transfer speed (200 MB/s compressed) with an average access time under 15 ms. Supported file systems are NTFS, FAT32, ext2, ext3, ext4 and Mac OS Extended (HFS+). The cartridge is specified for a minimum of 5,000 load/unload cycles and a 1 m non-operating drop onto a tile over a concrete floor, and the drive MTBF is 550,000 hours.
The cartridge goes into an HPE RDX internal docking station (C8S06A) or external docking station (C8S07B), and the docks connect over USB 3.0 SuperSpeed. HPE RDX systems are compatible with HPE ProLiant DL servers, ProLiant ML servers and the StoreEver 1U rack-mount kit. Windows, Linux and Mac OS X systems are supported, and backup software includes Veeam Endpoint, Windows Backup, HPE Data Protector Express, Symantec Backup Exec and CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup.
Other capacities are the Q2042A (500 GB), Q2046A (2 TB) and Q2048A (4 TB). Another RDX cartridge on the site is the EU2T IBM 2TB RDX removable disk cartridge, and more tape and removable media are in HPE tape.
| Part number | Q2044A |
| Name | HPE RDX 1TB Removable Disk Cartridge |
| Native capacity | 1 TB |
| Compressed capacity | 2 TB (2:1 compression) |
| Native sustained transfer speed | Up to 100 MB/s (RDX family) |
| Average access time | Under 15 ms |
| File systems | NTFS, FAT32, ext2, ext3, ext4, HFS+ |
| Cartridge load/unload cycles | Minimum 5,000 |
| Drop shock (non-operating) | 1 m onto tile over concrete |
| Drive MTBF | 550,000 hours |
| Dock interface | USB 3.0 SuperSpeed (Type-B) |
| Other capacities | Q2042A 500 GB, Q2046A 2 TB, Q2048A 4 TB |
| Compatible with | HPE RDX internal (C8S06A) and external (C8S07B) docking stations, HPE ProLiant DL and ML servers, StoreEver 1U rack-mount kit |