Tape Storage

Does your data storage capacity outstrip your backup, disaster-recovery, and archive capability? The HPE T950 Tape Library combines field-proven reliability with storage innovation and gives you access to a full suite of enterprise storage capabilities. It delivers powerful library management, superior and proactive data integrity administration, and the outstanding total cost of ownership (TCO) of any tape solution. Once data expands beyond the limits of your initial HPE T950 Tape Library configurations, you simply add expansion frames to keep growing. Storage can expand up to 120 drives and 10,020 LTO slots (7,614 enterprise slots) in eight frames. With versatile built-in BlueScale software interface you have intelligent command, control, and data integrity functionality at the touch of a screen. HPE T950 Tape Library, with its compact footprint, is installed in many organizations world-wide to meet their backup, archive, and deep storage requirements.

The HPE StoreEver Rack-mount Kit provides a high-density, rack-mountable tape drive and Removable Disk Backup System solution for both direct-attach USB or SAS backup and archiving applications, or a combination of both LTO drives and RDX docks in the same 1U rack-mount kit. Available in a generic format supporting both SAS and USB interfaces, the 1U HPE StoreEver Rack-mount Kit accommodates up to two half-height internal tape drives with a maximum capacity of 60 TB (compressed) using two HPE LTO-8 Ultrium 30750 drives. The 1U enclosure also supports up to two internal HPE RDX docks with a maximum capacity of 8 TB per backup session when using two HPE RDX 4 TB USB removable hard disk drives.

The HPE StoreEver 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader provides cost-effective, easy-to-install, unattended automated tape storage ideal for archiving and for entry-level or remote office automated data backup. The autoloader combines incredible storage density and features into a compact 1U form factor. Capable of storing up to 240 TB [1] in a 1U form factor, the HPE StoreEver 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader is well equipped to offer solutions for data growth. Web-based remote management offers the capability to quickly and easily access, configure, monitor, and troubleshoot the autoloader that will reduce dependencies on local IT staff while allowing multiple sites to be supported centrally. Protect confidential business information with native encryption, ensuring that if a tape is lost or stolen your data is protected from unauthorized access. Proactively monitor utilization, operational performance, as well as life and health information for both the drive and media with HPE TapeAssure Advanced.

Does your data storage capacity outstrip your backup, disaster recovery and archive capability? The HPE TFinity ExaScale Tape Library delivers up to 1.6 exabytes (EB) of proven storage density packaged in a small footprint and offers scalability and speed to meet the requirements of the most demanding environments. Additional flexibility is provided through support of mixed media, both LTO Tape Technology and TS11xx technology, in the same library. Customers can also access and migrate data from legacy Oracle T10000 media to both technologies. Using LTO technology, it can expand from 50 to 53,460 slots for 1.6 EB of compressed data. Using TS1155 technology, the library can expand from 45 to 40,680 slots for 1.52 EB of compressed data. The tape library can support up to 144 drives with transfer rates of 186.6 TB/hr (362.9 TB/hr compressed) using LTO-8 or TS1155 technology.

Is the global trend of exponential data growth affecting your business? The highly scalable HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library provides small to mid-sized organizations with flexibility for long-term data protection and retention of data storage assets. With its modular design and ability to reuse existing HPE MSL LTO upgrade drive kits, you can cost-effectively store up to 8.4PB [1] of data. The HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library offers exceptional enterprise features and functionality as standard providing advanced security features and reliability. It delivers a tape storage solution that addresses backup and long-term data management challenges such as storing medical records, video surveillance files or for business compliance.

HPE StoreEver MSL Entry-level Tape Automation products meet demanding storage requirement of businesses needing unattended backup, disaster recovery, or archive capability. The 1/8 Tape Autoloader and MSL2024 tape library offer a broad choice of storage capacity including LTO-8, LTO-7, LTO-6 or LTO-5 Ultrium drives. Web-based remote management makes 1/8 Tape Autoloader and MSL2024 tape libraries easily manageable from across the room or across the globe, eliminating the need for remote office IT staff. Simply manage tape media in and out of the library with the standard bar code reader, configurable mail slots, and removable magazines. If a tape were lost or stolen, protect important business data from unauthorized access with data encryption. Quickly increase capacity and/or performance with tool-free drive upgrades in the 1/8 Tape Autoloader or MSL2024 tape library, or move tape drive kits to the MSL3040 or MSL6480 for library scalability and additional enterprise class features.

Are your ever expanding data storage, protection and retention needs getting out of hand? The HPE StoreEver MSL6480 Tape Library is the gold standard for mid-range tape automation, delivering best-in-class scalability, density, and performance to meet your short-term backup and disaster recovery data protection needs, as well as long-term archival requirements. Keep pace with data growth by seamlessly scaling up to 7 modules—without disrupting daily data protection. You also save extensive space, as the HPE MSL6480 provides the highest tape drive density per module of any mid-range tape library. The HPE MSL6480 Tape Library reduces the time and resources needed to achieve enterprise-class manageability, equipping you with proactive monitoring on single pane of glass control. Reduce TCO by reusing current MSL tape drives and adding more capacity and performance as you need it. Competitively priced, the HPE MSL6480 Tape Library offers an outstanding return on your storage investment.

The HPE StoreEver MSL Tape Libraries meet demanding storage requirement of businesses needing unattended tape backup, disaster recovery, or low cost long-term archive capability. The MSL Libraries offer a broad choice of storage capacities and technology including LTO-8, LTO-7, LTO-6 or LTO-5 Ultrium tape drives. Web-based remote management makes the MSL Libraries easily managed from across the room or across the globe. Quickly manage tape media both in and out of the library with the standard bar code reader, configurable mail slots, and multiple 12-slot removable magazines. Protect important business data from unauthorized access with several data encryption options. MSL library investment protection and uncertain data growth are easily managed within the MSL library portfolio. Quickly increase capacity and/or performance with tool-free drive upgrades in the MSL2024/MSL4048, or move tape drive kits to an MSL3040/ MSL6480 for scalability and additional enterprise class features.

HPE StoreEver LTO Ultrium Tape Drives represent eight-generations of LTO technology capable of storing up to 30TB [1] per cartridge, with hardware data encryption, HPE StoreOpen with LTFS for ease of use at an unprecedented performance. Data hardware encryption using AES 256-bit provides easy-to-enable security to protect the most sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access of tape cartridges. Linear Tape File System (LTFS) is an open format for storing data on tape that makes LTO generation 5 and later tapes self-describing and file-based. Capable of data transfer rates up to 300 MB/s native, the Data Rate Matching further optimizes performance by matching host system speed to keep drives streaming, thus enabling a faster tape performance.