HP MSL6000 tape library

The HP MSL6000 tape library provides flexible, manageable, and scalable centralised tape backup that can grow with your needs, while reducing IT staff involvement.

HP MSL6000 Product Overview

Features
 • Scalable: Multi-unit stacking allows the library to grow with changing storage requirements for up to 16 drives and 240 slots using either MSL6000 or MSL5000 Tape Libraries.
 Flexible: Available with a broad choice of tape technologies including Ultrium 960, Ultrium 460, and SDLT 600; and with either an Ultra320 LVD-SCSI or 4Gb Fibre Channel interface (Ultrium 960 only).
 Investment protection for performance and capacity needs: Upgrade to a new drive technology by simply installing a drive upgrade kit into an existing library chassis.
 Transition from SCSI to Fibre: A controller-based architecture allows direct-attach configurations to easily move to a SAN environment via an interface card upgrade.
 Manageable: User-friendly GUI control panel and web interface make library management easy from any remote or local location.
 Reliable: Tape libraries provide consistent backup and automatically change tapes with a robotics rating of 2 million Mean Swaps Between Failures (MSBF).
 Extensive compatibility testing: Works with industry-leading servers, operating systems and backup software. (www.hp.com/go/ebs)
 Agility in storage and movement of data: For dedicated import/export of data cartridges, each library includes one to two configurable mail slots, along with two to four removable magazines, dependent upon library configuration.
 RoHS compliant: Meets lead-free initiatives required for EU compliance.

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Business Value
Flexible, manageable, and scalable centralized tape backup that can grow with your needs, while reducing IT staff involvement.

Overview
HP StorageWorks MSL6000 Tape Libraries provide centralized backup in a single automated device, freeing valuable IT resources for more strategic work. These libraries are ideal for medium to large IT networks, with or without a storage area network (SAN), experiencing uncertain data growth. The MSL6000 Tape Libraries offer best-in-class tape technology including the HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960, SDLT 600 and Ultrium 460 tape drives. This portfolio of tape libraries offers a scalable, flexible, and manageable centralized tape backup solution that can grow with ever-changing backup and recovery needs, while reducing IT staff involvement.

The MSL6000 Tape Libraries will scale to larger configurations by enabling a single library to grow and change with capacity and technology as needs require. Not only will the MSL6000 Tape Library scale within the family, but it can also be scaled with MSL5000 Tape Libraries using a pass-through mechanism, for up to 16 drives and 240 slots. Ultrium 960, SDLT 600 and Ultrium 460 tape drives are available as upgrades to currently installed MSL5000 and MSL6000 Tape Libraries. With the MSL controller-based architecture, a direct-attach configuration can easily move to a SAN-based storage environment with only an interface card upgrade. The MSL6000 Tape Libraries are easily managed through an intuitive GUI-control panel and integrated remote web management, allowing simple management capabilities from any remote or on-site location.

What's new
 The HP StorageWorks MSL6000 Tape Library and associated kits are now RoHS compliant
 The MSL6000 now supports the e1200-320 4Gb Interface Controller which is designed to provide higher performance if used with Ultrium 960 (LTO3) tape technology
 The 4Gb interface controller is available in the MSL6000 Ultrium 960 FC libraries; it is also available as an upgrade kit replacing the existing 2Gb interface controller upgrade kit (e1200-160)

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