TapeAssure Advanced
The HP MSL6480 is available with HP StoreEver TapeAssure Advanced - complete tape infrastructure
analytics software designed to reduce unscheduled backup downtime, mitigate the risks in hardware
failures and increase the return on investment through higher asset utilization.
HP StoreEver TapeAssure Advanced Software provides an intuitive, easy to use dashboard, and advance
analytics feature for performance, health and utilization related to tape drives and cartridges. TapeAssure
Advanced Software is integrated into HP StoreEver Command View TL Software for single pane of glass
management, monitoring and analytics.
TapeAssure Advanced Software provides a dashboard display with pie charts, live and historical graphs for
performance, health and utilization data, and highlights issues in the tape infrastructure. Advanced
analytics feature makes use of predictive analytics to forecast the likelihood of failures, bottlenecks and
load balancing issues in the tape infrastructure. It has unique capabilities of analytics around drive and
library health and life as well as cartridge health and life. Analysis of drive/tape utilization forecast helps
to plan hardware investments in a better way.
NOTE:
HP StoreEver TapeAssure Advanced Software is licensed by tape library; one license is required for
each tape library.
High density storage
Save rack space, floor space, and power and cooling costs with industry leading storage density. Offering
13 cartridge slots per 1U of rack space (or up to 81 TBs per 1U of rack space) using LTO-6 drives, the
MSL6480 provides the highest tape drive density per module of any mid-range tape library.
Partitioning
The MSL6480 Tape Library can be partitioned for greater flexibility and higher asset utilization.
Partitioning allows each partitioned library to be presented to the host as an independent library, separate
from other partitions in the library. Hosts for each partition own independent sets of media and can use
ISV software that is different from the other partitions allowing maximum flexibility and utilization of the
MSL library.
NOTE:
The MSL6480 supports up to 20 partitions.
Proven Reliability
With a rating of 2,000,000 robot load/unload cycles, the MSL Tape Libraries provides necessary high
reliability for today's demanding environment. To improve reliability and longevity, all HP Ultrium
products feature Data Rate Matching (DRM). This allows the tape drive to dynamically and continuously
adjust the speed of the drive, to match the speed of the host or network. This increases performance,
reduces mechanical wear on the tape drive and extends tape life.
HP Tape Libraries include redundancy features for high availability. Dual power supplies are standard for
increased system reliability and uptime.
QuickSpecs
HP StoreEver MSL6480 Tape Library
Product Highlights
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