HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library
Tape Storage

Features:

Highly Scalable for Greater Flexibility

The HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library allows you to grow your storage capacity seamlessly with a single, scale-out architecture solution that addresses both your short-term and long-term storage needs.

Scale vertically from 40 to 280 cartridge slots to store up to 8.4PB in a single 19-inch rack simply adding additional modules to boost performance and capacity without the need to invest in a whole new library.

Add between 1 and 21 LTO-8, LTO-7 or LTO-6 half height SAS or Fibre Channel (FC) drives. Drives and expansions are easily installed and configured, these upgrades are fast and non-disruptive.

Cost Effective Tape Storage Solution

The HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library offers 13 cartridge slots or 390 TB¹ of capacity per 1U of rack space, scaling from 40 to 280 slots with a single expandable library, there is no need to replace it as your requirements grow.

For investment protection, you can reuse LTO-6, LTO-7 or LTO-8 MSL2024, 4048 and 6480 tape drives in the HPE MSL3040 Tape Library.

Partitioning allows each partitioned library to be presented to the host as an independent library, separate from other partitions in the library.

Enterprise-class Manageability and Reliability

The HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library reduces human intervention and error by freeing up your resources with automated, consolidated and simplified data protection and archive capabilities adding more to your bottom line.

With the unique Hewlett Packard Enterprise Web-based remote management and diagnostics tools, the HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library can be managed, configured and used from across the room or across the globe.

HPE TapeAssure Advanced will proactively and intelligently monitor utilization, performance and overall life and health of the library, drives and media.

Reduce Risk with Advanced Security Features and Reliability

The HPE MSL3040 Tape Library offers multiple options to safeguard your data in the library or offsite with data encryption, depending on the requirements for policy, regulation, compliance, and centralized key management.

HPE Secure Manager License provides an additional level of security that lets you control access to the tape library by authorizing specific servers. It increases reliability by blocking disruptive traffic from unauthorised hosts to the library.

High availability path failover uses host drivers in conjunction with library and drive firmware to manage multiple paths across multiple SANs. It presents a single drive or robot path to applications and automatically transfer commands to an alternate path if the original one is lost.

¹ 13 slots with LTO-8 media compressed 2.5:1

Specifications:

HPE StoreEver MSL3040 Tape Library Specifications
Drive type	LTO-8 Ultrium 30750 LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 LTO-6 Ultrium 6250. Available with SAS and Fibre Channel interfaces
Capacity	Up to 8.4 PB, maximum assuming 280 slots with LTO-8 compressed 2.5:1
Host interface	Supports 8 Gb/s Fibre Channel or 6 Gb/s SAS tape drives
Transfer rate	Up to 72.45 TB/hr with 21 LTO-8 drives compressed 2.5:1
Number of cartridge slots	40 slots for the base module 40 slots per expansion module Scale from 40 to 280 slots in a fully expanded HPE MSL3040 Tape Library
Encryption capability	Depending on drive type purchased
Form factor	3U per module to a maximum of 21U
Warranty	1-year parts, 1-year labor, 1-year onsite support coverage. For more warranty information refer to https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/wc/public/home.

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Documentation:

Download the hpe storeever msl3040 tape library datasheet (.pdf)