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StorageWorks ESL E-Series Tape Libraries
 The family of HP StorageWorks Enterprise
Systems Library (ESL) E-Series Tape Libraries offers best-in-class drive and
cartridge densities. In a single cabinet, the ESL E-Series contains from 322
to 712 LTO cartridges or 286 to 630 SDLT cartridges and has the ability to
scale to twenty-four drives. The ESL E-Series achieves drive densities up to
109 TB of compressed (2:1) storage capacity per square foot. The ESL
E-Series can be managed as a single library with up to five frames
containing up to 3546 Ultrium cartridges or 3138 SDLT cartridges and up to
44 tape drives.The ESL E-Series supports a mixture of
LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 Fibre Channel, LTO-3 Ultrium 960 Fibre Channel and SDLT
600 tape technology.
HP StorageWorks E-Series Tape Libraries
are fully integrated into HP StorageWorks Extended Tape Library Architecture
(ETLA). ETLA protects against SAN event disruptions caused by rogue I/O
requests from applications or servers. ETLA provides improved backup and
restore reliability by preventing such requests from interrupting the backup
or recovery processes. This helps to significantly reduce IT resources and
the time spent investigating and resolving backup failures. ETLA simplifies
the installation and integration of the library into the SAN by providing a
simple point-and-click integration process. It also provides remote
management of multiple tape libraries (ESL, EML, VLS) from a single pane of
glass.
The ESL E-Series Tape Library provides the
ability to easily partition the library into up to six logical tape
libraries to adapt to ongoing changes that take place in the SAN
environment. The ESL E-Series libraries combined with the HP ETLA offer
customers with enterprise storage area networks (SAN) superior reliability
and expandability, ease of integration, and simplicity of installation and
operation.
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Secure
Key Manager Support: Secure Key Manager
reduces your risk of a costly data breach and reputation damage while
improving regulatory compliance with a secure centralized encryption key
management solution for HP LTO-4 enterprise tape libraries (EML & ESL).
In addition, the SKM provides strong auditable security and reliable
lifetime key archival. |
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LTO-4
Ultrium 1840 tape drive support: Compared
to LTO-3 Ultrium 960 tape drives, LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 tape drive capacity
is doubled, performance is increased by approximately 50% and encryption
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AES
256-bit embedded hardware encryption with compression:
Provides a high level of encryption security, with
compression, for strong backup data privacy to secure confidential
information and address compliance quickly. |
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ESL
E-Series multi-unit scalability supports up to five connected frames:
The ESL E-Series can be managed as a single
library with up to 3546 Ultrium cartridges or 3138 SDLT cartridges and
up to 44 tape drives using the ESL E-Series Cross Link Kit and Cross
Link Expansion Kit. This allows for better utilization of existing tape
libraries and easier management and support. |
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Best-in-class cartridge and best-in-class tape drive density:
In a single frame the HP StorageWorks ESL E-Series
Tape Library has the ability to scale from 322 to 712 LTO or 286 to 630
SDLT cartridges and up to twenty-four SDLT or Ultrium tape drives At 109
TB per square foot, the ESL E-Series minimizes floor space while
maximizing storage capacity. |
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Provides a platform for improved backup and restore reliability (ETLA):
The HP StorageWorks Extended Tape Library
Architecture (ETLA) provides customers with improved backup and restore
reliability. Based on research conducted by Axios Partners in 2005,
customers purchasing an ESL E-Series with ETLA experienced up to 90%
reduction in annualized backup failures. |
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Simplified installation and SAN integration (ETLA):
HP StorageWorks Extended Tape Library Architecture (ETLA)
simplifies the installation and integration of the library into the SAN.
ETLA-based libraries automate and simplify the entire SAN integration
process through a simple point-and-click process. |
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Simplified backup through more automated management (ETLA):
HP StorageWorks Extended Tape Library Architecture
(ETLA) simplifies backup through better, more automated management of
the entire library. ETLA-based libraries are self-aware, self-managed,
and automatically maintained, to simplify monitoring and maintenance. |
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Partitioning support: The HP StorageWorks
ESL E-Series Tape Library provides the ability to easily partition the
library into up to six virtual tape libraries. Partitioning can be used
to easily change the tape library configuration to adapt to ongoing
changes that take place in the SAN environment. |
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Mixed
media capability: Supports a mixture of
LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 FC, LTO-3 Ultrium 960 FC and SDLT 600 tape drives in
a single cabinet. This allows customers to easily migrate their library
forward as new tape drive technologies become available. |
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| Tape Drives
Supported |
LTO-4 Ultrium 1840
LTO-3 Ultrium 960
SDLT 600 |
| Number of Tape Drives |
1 - 44 |
| Number of Cartridge
Slots |
322-3546 (LTO Ultrium-based
library)
286-3138 (SDLT-based library) |
| Maximum Capacity
(compressed) |
5673TB
Note: Assuming 2:1 data compression |
| Maximum Sustained
Transfer Rate (compressed at 2:1) |
38TB/hr
Note:Assuming
2:1 data compression |
| Form Factor |
Freestanding |
| Interface |
Fibre Channel (4Gb/2Gb/1Gb
multi-mode optical) |
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ESL 712e |
ESL 322e |
ESL 630e |
ESL286e |
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Announce Date |
February 2004
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July 2004 |
February 2004
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July 2004 |
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Drive
Technology |
LTO-4 Ultrium
1840 FC, LTO-3 Ultrium 960 FC |
LTO-4 Ultrium
1840 FC, LTO-3 Ultrium 960 FC |
SDLT 320, SDLT
600 |
SDLT 320, SDLT
600 |
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Maximum
Cartridge Count |
712 |
322 |
630 |
286 |
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Maximum Drive
Count |
44 |
44 |
44 |
44 |
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Maximum
Capacity (compressed 2:1) |
5673 TB |
515 TB |
1882 TB |
171 TB |
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Interface
Manager |
Included |
Included |
Included |
Included |
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ETLA
Components: (not included) |
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Interface Controller |
- e2400-160 FC Interface Controller (for use with SCSI drives)
- e2400-FC 2Gb Interface Controller (Use 1 for each ESL library
containing any number of LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 drives)
- e2400-FC 4G Interface Controller (Use 1 for every 4 LTO-3 Ultrium 960
FC Tape Drives)
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e2400-160 FC
Interface Controller |
| Internal Network Kit |
Use 1 for each
ESL library with LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 drive(s) |
HP StorageWorks
ESL LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 Internal Network Kit |
| Command View ESL |
Requires Purchase
of Permanent License (per library) |
Requires Purchase
of Permanent License (per library) |
| Secure Manager ESL |
Requires Purchase
of Permanent License (per library) |
Requires Purchase
of Permanent License (per library) |
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