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| StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6650 |
HP has launched the sixth-generation of the HP StoreEver LTO Ultrium Tape Technology – HP LTO-6 – across its complete portfolio of tape drives, tape automation and tape media. This enables HP's Tape Partners to continue to tap into this substantial market opportunity with solutions that scale to keep pace with unpredictable data growth, provide a cost-effective data retention tier, and deliver long-term durability for archiving.
What’s new with HP StoreEver LTO-6 Tape?
HP StoreEver LTO-6 delivers twice the capacity of LTO-5 in the same cartridge footprint with
up to 6.25 TB (compressed 2.5:1) on a single LTO-6 tape cartridge. As a result massive data
archives can be retained in a physically small space. Keeping pace with data growth simply
means adding in more data cartridges.
HP StoreEver Tape Libraries allow customers to easily scale both storage capacity and
backup performance, through a simple upgrade. Store up to 50 TBs with a HP StoreEver
LTO-6 Tape Autoloader, up to 600 TBs with a HP StoreEver Mid-Range Tape Library and up
to 44 PBs with a HP StoreEver Enterprise Tape Library4.
HP StoreEver LTO-6 tape drives deliver compressed speeds of up to 400 MB/second or
1.4 TB/hour and therefore enable customers to spend less time ensuring that the business
data on their server is protected. Furthermore, HP StoreEver LTO-6 in combination with HP
StoreOpen with LTFS, delivers faster access to assets stored on tape.
Increase savings with lower energy requirements:
HP StoreEver LTO-6 tape drives feature a hibernate mode
which places the drive in a low power setting when no tape
cartridge is in place. Tape drives are already renowned
for their extremely low energy use, especially compared
with disk drives. The HP LTO-6 hibernate mode means that
customers can now benefit from further energy savings
while lengthening the life of their tape drive.
Assured long-term data protection:
HP StoreEver LTO-6 builds on five generations of experience
and features enhanced technology that assures highly
reliable data restores even after long-term archival.
The launch of LTO-6 also sees the addition of a new type of
tape media – Barium Ferrite (BaFe) – which complements
the traditional Metal Particle (MP) media in HP’s LTO media
portfolio. Both media types are designed and tested against
the most stringent LTO-6 format specifications and deliver
equal levels of capacity, performance and reliability.
If you need help with any additional details
regarding LTO6 or need a solution which uses this new technology then please
contact us and we will be happy to help you.
Regards
Technical ISS Solutions Team
