HPE StoreEver MSL6480 Scalable Expansion Module QU626A

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Overview

• Gold standard: For mid-range tape automation, MSL6480 delivers 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
• Fast & Safe: Keep pace with data growth by seamlessly scaling up to 7 modules-without disrupting daily data protection
• Cost-Effective: Reduce TCO by reusing current MSL tape drives and adding more capacity and performance as you need It.

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Summary

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 archive requirements. Keep pace with data growth by seamlessly scaling up to 7 modules-without disrupting daily data protection. The MSL6480 also saves floor space by providing the highest tape drive density per module of any mid-range tape library. The MSL6480 Tape Library reduces the time and resources needed to achieve enterprise-class manageability, equipping you with proactive monitoring on a single pane of glass control. HPE StoreEver MSL6480 Tape Library Industry-leading scalability - from an 80-slot Base Library Module to 560 slots in a 42U Rack with the addition of up to 6 Expansion Modules

Key Features

• Easy scalability - pay as you grow with the fast, non-disruptive addition of Expansion Modules for expansion of tape slots.
• Start with an 80-slot 6U form-factor Base Library Module, and add up to 6 Expansion Library Modules for a total of 560 slots in a 42U rack form factor
• 16.8PB of total maximum compressed capacity with 560 slots and LTO-8 drives
• Performance scaling from 1 to 42 LTO HH Tape Drives and transfer rates of 300 MB/s per LTO-8 Tape Drive.
• Industry-leading storage density to save rack space, floor space, power, cooling, and management costs - 13 cartridge slots (390 TB) per 1U of rack space
• Best in class flexibility with up to 20 logical library partitions
• Customer installable, scalable, and serviceable with a color touch control panel and wizards for installation and configuration
• Manage multiple HPE Tape Libraries from a single pane of glass with HPE StoreEver CommandView Tape Library software
• Intelligent, proactive, and predictive reporting with HPE StoreEver TapeAssure Advanced
• Using the HPE Encryption Kit get the simplest, lowest cost encryption and key management solution available - no additional software required
• Existing customers of MSL2024, 4048, and 3040 Tape Libraries can repurpose their drives in the MSL6480 library to leverage their investment
• The HPE extensive interoperability testing means that MSL6480 integrates with industry-leading servers, operating systems and backup software
• Achieve higher levels of availability with data path failover and control path failover.

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