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information and address compliance quickly. A range of KMIP compliant encryption key management solutions add to
confidence and ease of use.
A Secure Manager option minimizes uncertainty in complex SAN environments by allowing only authorized servers to
access tape drives and critical data.
Supports WORM media (using the LTO-6 Ultrium 6650 FC, LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 FC, or LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 FC)
Providing a fail-safe method for permanently storing data records.
Family Comparison
ESL G3
Scalability
Scales horizontally with linear robot from 1 to 16 frames, 1-96 drives, and
100 to 12,006 slots.
Drive Technology
LTO-6 Ultrium 6650 FC , LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 FC, LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 FC
Capacity range
100 slots in a single frame/module
12,006 slots in a max configuration of 16 frames/modules
Maximum Drive Count
1-12 in a single frame/module
96 in maximum configuration
Maximum Capacity
(compressed 2:1)
626TB using LTO-6 media (min100 slots in1 frame)
75 PB using LTO-6 media (max 12,006 slots in16 frames)
Maximum Throughput
(compression 2:1)
17TB/hr (12 - LTO-6 drives)
138TB/hr (96 - LTO-6 drives)
12TB/hr (12 - LTO-5 drives)
96 TB/hr (96 - LTO-5 drives)
Management
HP Command View TL and library touch screen control panel
Advanced Reporting
TapeAssure & TapeAssure Advanced
Standard Form-factor
Yes: each frame (control or expansion modules) is in standard 19-inch rack
form factor
Dual robotics
Supported
Data & library security
Data encryption and a range of encryption key management solutions
QuickSpecs
HP StoreEver ESL G3 Tape Libraries
Overview
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