Tape Storage

The powerful Sun StorageTek SL8500 modular library system delivers unprecedented value providing increased reliability, consolidation cost-savings and flexible scalability.

• Scale from 1,448 slots to 300,000 slots with no system downtime
• Supports a combination of 64 to 2,048 tape drives
• Redundant and hot-swap robotics, power and electronic components

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The Sun StorageTek SL3000 Modular Library System offers true mixed media, logical and physical partitioning capabilities, advanced management, and high availability features. So you can consolidate mainframe and open systems environments while minimising power, space, and operating cost.

• Scales up to 56 drives
• Expands from 200 to 3,000 cartridge slots
• Up to 24.2 TB/hr throughput (maximum configuration)

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The Sun StorageTek L1400 tape library brings exceptional value by reducing risk and cost while improving storage productivity.

• Centralised library management from a single console
• Seamless support means easy integration with UNIX, Linux and Windows NT environments
• Scalability to grow from 200 to 678 slots in 100-slot increments

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Award-winning scalability and value add up to the most flexible solution for mid-range data protection and archiving requirements.

• Genuine scalability and fast, reliable backups deliver performance necessary for shrinking backup windows in high-availability environments
• Saves space with rack mount configuration and dense cartridge slots
• Improves reliability and serviceability with superior robotics and easy serviceability

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The rack-ready Sun StorageTek SL48 Tape Library is the ideal choice for backup and restore, archiving, and disaster recovery, providing you with the reliability, simplicity, and value of high-capacity, automated backup and recovery in a space-efficient form factor.

• Up to 19.2 TB capacity with the LT0 3 tape drive
• Up to 160 MB/sec throughput
• Up to 576 GB/hr performance
• 4U form factor

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The Sun StorageTek SL24 Tape Autoloader provides you with the reliability, simplicity, and value of high-capacity automated backup and recovery in an easy-to-use, rack-ready, space-efficient form factor.

• Up to 9.6 TB capacity with the LT0 3 tape drive
• Up to 80 MB/sec throughput
• Up to 288 GB/hr performance
• 2U form factor

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The Sun StorageTek T10000 tape drive raises the bar on data protection, efficiency, and risk mitigation with technical advancements in capacity, throughput, reliability and media reusability. The T10000 it fast with 500 GB capacity and 120 MB/sec capacity, and offers exceptional overall value for enterprise IT departments, because it delivers large capacity and reduces complexity to improve the use of information.

• Supports top-line business growth by affordably and reliably storing greater amounts data
• Breakthrough performance of 120 MB/second shortens backup windows and saves time and money by doing more work with fewer drives
• Helps to ensure business continuity with high reliability features, such as the SafeGuide system, that mitigate risk in the datacentre
• Enhances security with crypto-ready technology now available on the T10000 tape drive

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The StorageTek T10000B tape drive lets you cost-effectively add capacity in the same footprint, enabling you to easily and dynamically scale your infrastructure.

• 1 TB native data capacity
• 120 MB/sec throughput
• Built in encryption technology
• Supports FICON and Fibre Channel using the same hardware

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The Sun StorageTek T9940B tape drive brings uncompromised value by affordably and reliably storing greater amounts of historical data for critical business applications.

• Supports top-line business growth by affordably and reliably storing greater amounts of critical business data
• Data can be simultaneously vaulted to remote sites for recovery in case of disaster
• Reduces total cost of ownership by storing data on high-performance, capacity-centric tape

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The Sun StorageTek T9840C tape drive is the logical choice for enterprise customers requiring extremely rapid data access, unmatched reliability and power at a significantly lower price point than disk-based solutions.

• The fast access meets data storage needs affordably and minimizes the need for higher cost disk
• Mix and match tape drives in Sun StorageTek libraries and achieve the optimum balance of access and capacity
• Robust design delivers enterprise-class ultra-reliability and minimizes the risk of downtime
• Improves resource and space utilisation with high data capacities on a single cartridge

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The Sun StorageTek T9840D tape drive provides fast data access and recall and high throughput, enabling you to improve response times, shrink backup windows, and increase system and application availability.

• 16.5 seconds access time
• 75 GB native capacity
• Supports Fibre Channel, ESCON, FICON interfaces
• 30 MB/sec data transfer rate

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Sun StorageTek LTO drives provide fast data transfer and large capacity for midrange tape automation environments. Plus, WORM (write once, read many) -capable media integration allows you to meet stringent regulatory demands. The result is an economical and high-performance tape drive delivering value to midrange IT operations.

• 400 GB cartridge native capacity
• 60 MB/sec native transfer rate
• Backward read/write compatible with LTO 2 media
• Rackmount SCSI & SAS configurations

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The SDLT and DLT-S4 tape drives offer high-capacity, cost-effective tape storage to meet the growing business and performance requirements of the mid-range customer.

• 800 GB capacity
• 60 MB/sec performance
• Local backup in either a desktop or 2U rackmount
• Backward read to SDLT 600 drives

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The Sun StorageTek DAT 72 tape drive provides a balance of dependable backup capacity and performance for mainstream, value-conscious customers needing local backup. It has a native capacity of 36 GB per cartridge and a native throughput of 3 MBytes/sec. The Sun StorageTek DAT 72 tape drive comes in either a rackmount or desktop format, or as an internal option for many Sun servers.

• Ideal for direct attach, local backup
• Large file transfers accomplished with portable, durable media
• Read/write compatibility with DDS-3 and DDS-4 products
• Desktop, 1U rackmount, or internal server options

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Too much data, increasing every day, can slow one-tape-at-a-time transfers and cause backup failure delays. The restore side could use some acceleration, too. The Sun StorageTek Virtual Tape Library Plus 2.0 (VTL Plus 2.0) provides immediate relief.

• Higher availability assures completed backups and protected data
• Enhanced performance assures faster backup, smaller backup windows, and more successful backups
• Advanced configuration: up to 2 servers active/active, 8 FC front-end ports, 32 host connections (series 3000)

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Sun's StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) system is the market-leading virtual tape solution for mainframe environments. VSM improves operating efficiencies and lowers total cost of ownership by maximising value of storage investments and minimising the use of mainframe production resources.

• Up to 64 TB raw capacity
• Up to 400 MB/sec throughput
• Up to 30 TB SIR repository
• Supports up to 64 libraries

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StorageTek VTL Prime utilises powerful Sun Fire servers and Sun StorageTek arrays to provide you with the high performance, scalability, and reliability you need to meet your remote backup and data de-duplication requirements.

• Up to 64 TB raw capacity
• Up to 400 MB/sec throughput
• Up to 30 TB SIR repository
• Supports up to 64 libraries
• Supports Fibre Channel and iSCSI connectivit

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