Scalability
Keep pace with data growth across the lifecycle with the MSL6480's industry leading scalability.
Effortlessly address both short-term and long-term storage capacity and performance needs and respond
to unpredictable data growth, variance in service, or changes to backup window and retention period.
Scale-out architecture allows you to pay as you grow - simply add in new modules to boost capacity and
performance without investing in a whole new library.
The unique modular design of the MSL6480 includes a continuous robotics feature to provide in-box
scaling for higher performance, greater scalability, and higher reliability. Upgrades are fast and non-
disruptive. Scale vertically from 80 to 560 cartridge slots to store up to 3.5 PB* in a single 19-inch rack.
Several drive options are available
Half Height Drives: add in between 1 and 42x HP StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6250, LTO-5 Ultrium 3000
or LTO-4 Ultrium 1780 half-height SAS or FC drives for speeds of up to 60.4 TB/hour
Full Height Drives: add in between 1 and 21x HP StoreEver LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 FC or LTO-4 Ultrium
1840 FC tape drives for speeds up to 30.2 TB/hour.
Any mixture of HH or FH drives in the same library
Scaling up with the MSL6480 couldn't be easier:
Start with an empty Base Library and standard redundant power supplies.
Add between 1 and 6 LTO-5 or LTO-6 half-height tape drives or 1 to 3 LTO-5 or LTO-4 full-height
tape drives, and utilize up to 80 cartridge slots - a fully configured base unit with LTO-6 provides a
max capacity of up to 500 TBs and speeds of up to 8.4 TB/hour (assuming 2.5:1 compression)
Then add between 1 and 6 empty expansion modules to the Base Library - each 6U expansion
module includes standard redundant power supplies. Expansion modules can be flexibly installed
above or below the base library module.
You can then configure each expansion module with up to 6x LTO-6, LTO-5, or LTO-4 half-height
tape drives or 3. LTO-5 or LTO-4 FC tape drives, and utilize up to 80 cartridge slots
*Assumes fully loaded with LTO-6 at a 2.5:1 data compression ratio
Easy Installation
Expansion modules are customer-installable; easy to configure and remove. The MSL6480 features a color
touch operator control panel with wizards for installation and configuration.
The MSL Tape Libraries are shipped as a rack-ready unit. The rack mount hardware included with the
library allows installation in a variety of HP racks. For more information on the HP rack offerings, please
see the following URL:
http://h18004.ww1.hp.com/products/servers/platforms/rackandpower.html
QuickSpecs
HP StoreEver MSL6480 Tape Library
Overview
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