HP ESL 9000 Series tape library

HP StorageWorks ESL 9000 Tape Libraries coupled with the HP StorageWorks Extended Tape Library Architecture -- saves time and decreases costs through best-in-class library management, ease-of-use, reliability, and advanced features.

HP ESL 9000 Product Overview

Features
 Manageable: ESL9000 with the Extended Tape Library Architecture decreases both costs and administrative work through enhanced manageability from any location.
 Upgradeable: offers investment protection with an upgrade path scalable in both drive and cartridge count.
 Serviceable: makes repairs a breeze with hot-swappable drives, power supplies, and fans.
 Reliable: high availability, enterprise features with N+2 power supplies and cooling fans.
 Open: supports multiple operating systems, including HP-UX, Windows, Solaris, AIX.
 Flexible: broad choice of drive and media technology, and scalable cartridge counts.
 Scalable: easily scale cartridge and drive count as backup needs increase.

 Datasheet ¦ E2400-160 Interface

Overview

The HP StorageWorks ESL9000 Series Tape Libraries provide a highly reliable backup and restore solution for mission critical data storage requirements of high-end enterprise customers. The ESL9000 Series Tape Libraries provide component level redundancy, high availability, and enterprise level capacity in a compact footprint for direct SCSI and SAN environments. The ESL9000 Series Tape Libraries provide years of fully automated operation for backup, save and restore, of critical data when coupled with a variety of qualified industry standard backup application solutions. With the Ultrium 460 drives, ESL Libraries offer up to 119 TB of native capacity.

HP's high-end tape libraries provide the reliability, interoperability, and advanced functionality required for your enterprise SAN environment.

What's new
 Select ESL 9000 product accessories including ESL9000 LVD SDLT 320 (293414-B21) ESL9000 HVD SDLT 320 (293415-B21), ESL9000 Ultrium 460 Drive Upgrade and license for Direct Backup ESL (343376-B21) are no longer available. If required, check with HP product management for available inventory.
 ESL Interface Manager (343372-B21) and ESL Interface Manager Upgrade Kit (343373-B21) are no longer available. If required, contact HP product management for available inventory.

HP StorageWorks Interface Manager and Command View ESL-the next step in HP StorageWorks Extended Tape Library Architecture-will save time and decrease costs through best-in-class library management, ease-of-use, reliability, and advanced features.

HP StorageWorks ESL9000 Series Tape Libraries now include a 60 day license of HP OpenView Storage Media Operations software. HP OpenView Storage Media Operations provides tracking and management of offline storage media, such as magnetic tapes, resulting in more reliable backups, faster data recovery, improved staff efficiency, and reduced costs.

Specifications

Tape Drives Supported	SDLT 320 SDLT 600 Ultrium 460 Ultrium 960
Maximum Number of Tape Drives	1 - 16
Maximum Number of Cartridge Slots	222 to 595
Maximum Capacity (native)	178.5 TB Note: Assuming 2:1 data compression
Maximum Sustained Transfer Rate (native)	2.07 TB/hr Note: Assuming 2:1 data compression
Maximum Storage Density	22.16 TB/ft2
Form Factor	Freestanding
Interface	Fibre Channel (2Gb/1Gb multi-mode optical)