HP LTO-4 1840, LTO-3 960 User Manual

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HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape DrivesHP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

Overview

The family of HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives is HP's premier line of backup devices. Based on the LTO Ultrium format, an open standard with a well-defined six-generation roadmap, HP Ultrium tape drives offer customers the best choice for investment protection. With ultimate reliability and ease of use in mind, even at 100% duty cycles, HP's rugged design builds on superior LTO technology and adds advanced features like hardware data encryption to create a new level of data protection. The tape drives employ dynamic data rate matching to adjust to the speed of the host, reducing wear and tear on both drive and media and increasing performance, even on slower hosts. HP's ultra-durable soft-load feature automatically positions the data cartridge, and the highly reliable HP leader-capture mechanism virtually eliminates lost leaders, increasing the success of your backup and restore operations. Support for HP One-Button Disaster Recovery provides the easiest way to restore data in the event of a disaster. The StorageWorks family of tape drives also features support for HP Library and Tape Tools which provides a single application for drive management, diagnostics, and performance optimization. If data is critical to your business, protect it with an HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drive.

HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 Tape Drive

HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 Tape DriveHP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 Tape Drive

HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 Tape Drive sets new standards for capacity, performance and security. The Ultrium 1840 represents HP's fourth-generation of LTO tape drive technology capable of storing up to 1.6TB per cartridge while providing hardware-based data encryption to enable greater levels of security and unprecedented performance. AES 256-bit hardware data encryption provides easy-to-enable security to protect the most sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access of tape cartridges. By using Ultrium 1840 hardware data encryption, not only is data fully capable of being compressed therefore maximizing capacity, encrypted backups are completed without a loss in performance. Capable of data transfer rates up to 240MB/sec, HP's exclusive Data Rate Matching feature further optimizes performance by matching speed of host to keep drives streaming and increase to reliability of the drive and media. The Ultrium 1840 provides investment protection with full read and write support with LTO-3 media, and the ability to read LTO-2 cartridge. By doubling the capacity of previous generation Ultrium drives, HP customers now require fewer data cartridges to meet their storage needs, significantly reducing their IT costs and increasing their ROI.

Ultrium 1840 External Tape Drive

HP StorageWorks LTO-3 Ultrium 960 Tape Drive

HP StorageWorks LTO-3 Ultrium 960 Tape DriveHP StorageWorks LTO-3 Ultrium 960 Tape Drive

The HP StorageWorks LTO-3 Ultrium 960 tape drive delivers a capacity of 800 GB of compressed data on a single cartridge with a data transfer rate of 160MB/sec. The Ultrium 960 tape drive is fully read and write compatible with LTO-2 data cartridges, and offers a further degree of investment protection through its backward-read compatibility with LTO-1 media. For IT organizations with stringent, long-term data retention requirements, the Ultrium 960's WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many) media support offers a simple and secure method for archiving records as part of a compliance solution to meet the toughest of industry regulations.

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Ultrium 1840 Internal Tape Drive

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Overview

HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape DrivesHP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

Ultrium 960 External Tape Drive

Ultrium 960 Internal Tape Drive

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Models

Ultrium 1840 Tape Drive

Ultrium 1840 Tape DriveUltrium 1840 Tape Drive

Ultrium 960 Tape Drive

Ultrium 960 Tape DriveUltrium 960 Tape Drive

HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 SAS Internal

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HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 SAS External HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 SCSI Internal

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HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 SCSI External HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 SCSI Array Module

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HP StorageWorks LTO-4 Ultrium 1840 SCSI Rack-mount

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HP StorageWorks LTO-3 Ultrium 960 SCSI Internal

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HP StorageWorks LTO-3 Ultrium 960 SCSI External HP StorageWorks LTO-3 Ultrium960 SCSI Array Module

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HP StorageWorks LTO-3 Ultrium 960 SCSI Rack-mount

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HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape DrivesHP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

0D1 will appear after this part number on your sales order if factory

Single drive installed in a 3U SCSI Rack-mount kit 0D1 will appear after this part number on your sales order if factory

Single drive installed in a 3U SCSI Rack-mount kit

EH860A

EH861A EH853A

EH854A EH856A

EH926A

Q1538A

Q1539B Q1540A

Q1595B

Key Features

Key FeaturesKey Features

Large-capacity drive capable of storing up to 1.6TB of compressed storage on a single cartridge, requiring fewer data cartridges to meet their storage needs, significantly reducing their IT costs AES 256 hardware data encryption (LTO-4) helps prevent unauthorized access of data and eliminates need to purchase and manage additional devices Fast data transfer rate up to 240MB/sec to meet demands of even the tightest backup window HP's exclusive data rate matching feature automatically adjusts the drive's read and write speed based on the server and network environment, which increases performance, reduces mechanical wear on the drive, and extends tape life Fully read-and-write compatible with Ultrium drives and media from other manufacturers Internal, external, array module and rack-mounted models available Soft-load feature automatically takes the data cartridge and moves it into the load position Advanced tape leader capture design ensures fail-safe cartridge loading Active head cleaning provides automated cleaning that increases head life and reduces the need for using the cleaning cartridge Lower power consumption for maximum reliability with minimum environmental costs Includes HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Single Server Edition backup/recovery software and the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Bare Metal Disaster Recovery option HP One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR) makes it possible to quickly restore an entire system using a single tape cartridge HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools (LTT) included to help with installation, management, performance optimization, and

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HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape DrivesHP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

Models

troubleshooting Support for Write-Once, Read-Many (WORM) media providing a simple and secure method for archiving compliant data to meet regulatory agency requirements

Customer Benefits

Customer BenefitsCustomer Benefits

High-Capacity:

High-Capacity:High-Capacity: Fast:

Fast:

high-performance data transfer that reduces backup windows while reducing the use of server and network resources

Fast:Fast: Secure:

Secure:

Secure:Secure: data records Affordable:

Affordable:

Affordable:Affordable: return on investment Agile:

Agile:

Agile:Agile: inside and outside of the server Reliable:

Reliable:

Reliable: Reliable: Compatible:

Compatible:

Compatible:Compatible: Easy:

Easy:

Easy:Easy: Manageable:

Manageable:

Manageable:Manageable: install, use and support Investment Protection:

Investment Protection:

Investment Protection: Investment Protection: with backward read and write compatibility for previous drive generations Open:

Open:

Open:Open: compromising compatibility across Ultrium products

AES 256 bit data encryption and support for WORM media provide a secure method for long-term retention of critical

choice of models including internal, external, array module, and rack-mount to meet your backup configuration needs

supports One-Button Disaster Recovery (OBDR), simply the easiest way to restore data in the event of a disaster

based on the LTO technology open standard, delivering customers a greater choice of vendors and solutions without

choose from a range of drive options to fit all your data on a single cartridge

high capacity combined with low media cost delivers an exceptionally low cost of ownership and ensures a faster

high-integrity data path including read and write DRAM that protects your data

qualified/tested on all industry-leading operating systems, backup software and servers

includes superior management capabilities through Library and Tape Tools (LTT), making your drive easy to

delivers a compelling technology roadmap that offers higher capacity and performance tape solutions

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LTO Ultrium Technology

LTO Ultrium TechnologyLTO Ultrium Technology

Linear Tape-Open technology was developed by three leaders in the storage industry - HP, IBM, and Quantum - who brought together their combined expertise in tape technology to develop an entirely new format based on the best of existing technologies. Because LTO Ultrium technology was a new format, it required no cumbersome support of legacy formats, so it could be designed without compromising on reliability or performance. The LTO Program, a consortium of the three technology provider companies, has developed a well-defined six-generation roadmap.

Ultrium LTO-1 and LTO-2 tape drive technologies from HP use a linear format of 384 tracks and 512 tracks (respectively), writing eight tracks simultaneously. Ultrium LTO-3 and the new LTO-4 tape drive features a breakthrough in recording technology by writing sixteen tracks simultaneously on a linear format of 704 tracks and 896 tracks (respectively). The data is written in a serpentine pattern; the tape reverses direction after each set of tracks is written. This provides higher density recording, enabling customers to lower costs and increase efficiency by storing more data on a single tape in an industry standard format.

The LTO standard for backward compatibility is to write back one generation and read back two generations; therefore:

First-generation Ultrium drives (HP Ultrium 230, HP Ultrium 232) read and write LTO 1 media Second-generation Ultrium drives (HP Ultrium 460, HP Ultrium 448) read and write LTO 1 and LTO 2 media. Third-generation Ultrium drives (HP Ultrium 920, Ultrium 960) read and write LTO 2 and LTO 3 media and also read LTO 1 media. Fourth-generation Ultrium drives (Ultrium 1840) read and write LTO 3 and LTO 4 media and also read LTO 2 media.

HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape DrivesHP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

As part of the LTO open standard, all HP tape drives and media offer the same standards of compatibility with tape drives and media manufactured by other LTO vendors.

LTO data compression (LTO-DC) is an enhanced version of Advanced Lossless Data Compression (ALDC) hardware compression. Compression is automatically turned off if the compressed data would cause an overall expansion in data size, hence optimizing the available capacity on the media. Data compression is also turned off if data is found to be uncompressible; thus, allowing for better data scans. The system is used in all Ultrium tape drives.

The decision about which tape technology you should buy next should be based on your future, not your past, investment. Choose the Ultrium format when you need the following advantages:

Maximum reliability, capacity and performance Compatibility with a broad range of operating systems and servers (e.g., a mixed system environment) A legacy-free technology that uses the best attributes from a wide range of tape technologies without any compromises for backward compatibility requirements A solid roadmap for future generations of the technology An open format available from multiple vendors Lowest media cost of any 'superdrive' tape technology

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Product Highlights

Data Rate Matching

Data Rate MatchingData Rate Matching

WORM (Write-Once,

WORM (Write-Once,WORM (Write-Once, Read-Many) Drive and

Read-Many) Drive and

Read-Many) Drive andRead-Many) Drive and Media Support

Media Support

Media SupportMedia Support

Data Rate Matching combines sophisticated buffer management with HP's exclusive Variable Adaptive Tape Speed technology to allow the tape drive to match its transfer rate to the host speed dynamically and continuously across the wide range of transfer rates. This feature ensures that the tape drive continues to stream data regardless of the environment, and brings two big advantages:

It optimizes backup performance, regardless of the speed of the host or the network It minimizes rewinding and repositioning of the tape, reducing wear and increasing reliability

Critical to the success of data retention policies in highly regulated environments is the ability to store and manage data in an unalterable state. Following stringent guidelines set forth by regulatory agencies such as the SEC and HIPPA, IT organizations must now integrate new solutions and policies that can verify the integrity of stored data for periods that can extend well beyond seven years.

Ultrium 960 and Ultrium 1840 tape drives feature the ability to archive and store data in a nonrewriteable format that meets the most stringent regulatory guidelines. Using a combination of integrated fail-safe features in the drive firmware, cartridge memory, and tape formatting, Ultrium drives can archive large amounts of data for periods of up to 30 years in a secure, untampered state. Since all Ultrium 960 and Ultrium 1840 tape drives include support for both rewritable and WORM media, IT organizations can now easily integrate a secure, long-term archiving solution into their current data protection strategy. As compared to other technologies that feature support for WORM storage, the Ultrium 960 and Ultrium 1840 offers the advantages of:

HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape DrivesHP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

A single drive to support all backup and archiving needs Two distinctive tape cartridges to easily distinguish and manage both rewriteable and WORM data cartridges A specially designed WORM data cartridge with multiple integrated fail-safe features to prevent accidental or intentional overwriting of data High-capacity, low-cost HP WORM media that can store 800GB (LTO-3) or 1.6TB (LTO-4) of data on a single data cartridge Support from many backup and archiving software vendors, providing the most comprehensive and mainstream support in the industry The LTO open standard that offers greater choice and compatibility across all third-generation Ultrium products

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While all HP Ultrium 960 and Ultrium 1840 tape drives support LTO Ultrium WORM media,

NOTE:NOTE: some third-generation LTO Ultrium tape drives from other manufacturers may not include read and write support for LTO Ultrium WORM media. For non-HP LTO-3 and LTO-4 tape drives, please check the manufacturers' specifications to ensure this support is provided if you are using your WORM media. If WORM support is not provided, the drive will eject the WORM tape cartridge immediately upon insertion into to the tape drive.

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HP OBDR (One-Button

HP OBDR (One-ButtonHP OBDR (One-Button Disaster Recovery)

Disaster Recovery)

Disaster Recovery)Disaster Recovery)

Software in the Box

Software in the BoxSoftware in the Box

One-Button Disaster Recovery is an HP exclusive feature that provides fast and simple disaster recovery through the use of an HP tape drive. OBDR is a firmware-driven utility that can restore a server's operating system, software applications, and data using a single tape cartridge. Depending on the size of the data set, OBDR can provide system recovery in less than one hour, reducing the recovery window by more than 50 percent and minimizing the risks and costs associated with downtime. There's no longer a need to search for software disks and manuals or make a new set of disaster recovery disks each time the network configuration is altered or a peripheral is added. The sheer simplicity of OBDR means less human error. Backup and disaster recovery preparation, previously two separate tasks, now become one process. For more information about OBDR, visit the HP website at

For a current list of servers, workstations, and software that support OBDR, check the tape backup compatibility pages on the HP website at:

The HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives include HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Single Server Edition backup/recovery software and the HP StorageWorks Data Protector Express Bare Metal Disaster Recovery option. Data Protector Express Single Server Edition is an easy-to-use backup application to protect a single Windows, Linux or NetWare server. With support for hardware data encryption, HP LTO4 Ultrium 1840 tape drives are able to provide a safe and secure backup without the performance hit other methods to tape encryption might provide. The Data Protector Express Bare Metal Disaster Recovery (BMDR) option provides automated system recovery of that server following a major hardware or software failure. The fastest method to recovery the server is to use the Data Protector Express BMDR option and the One Button Disaster Recovery feature of the HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives.

HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape DrivesHP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

http://www.hp.com/go/obdr

http://www.hp.com/go/connect

As well as getting the Data Protector Express Single Server Edition software as part of the HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drives solution, purchasers can also upgrade to the class-leading Data Protector Express backup/recovery software. This is a special SKU, only available for new customers of HP StorageWorks tape products that gives a significant discount off Data Protector Express to recognize the value of the in-box software. Upgrading to Data Protector Express allows network backup of servers and Windows desktops, extends the disk-to-disk backup capacity and capability and permits the additions of agents and extensions to increase scale and performance of the backup infrastructure. For more information about the in-box software please visit

http://www.hp.com/go/dataprotectorexpress/sse

If the HP StorageWorks Ultrium tape drive is for a large environment that requires UNIX support and/or enterprise class application and feature support then HP Data Protector Software is the recommended backup/recovery software. For more information and evaluation software please visit

http://www.hp.com/go/dataprotector

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HP Ultrium Storage

HP Ultrium StorageHP Ultrium Storage Media

Media

MediaMedia

Management

ManagementManagement

HP recommends that you use HP-branded cartridges in your HP Ultrium tape drive to assure the highest level of protection for your valuable data. Our test program for HP Ultrium media is the most thorough and comprehensive in the industry.

All HP cartridges must satisfy an exhaustive battery of additional tests that relate directly to real life situations, where real data and real businesses are at stake. The benefit of the HP brand specification for media is consistent quality. Through the testing of thousands of HP drives and HP cartridges, the ideal formulation for backup performance is defined and then continuously monitored. This hugely resourceintensive process is unique to HP and affords deep insight into the HP+HP backup solution for a wide range of environments and duty cycles. Your best choice for ease of support and maximum dependability is to use HP-branded Ultrium cartridges at all times.

HP Ultrium tape drives and automation are supported by HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools (LTT). This tool is intended to help in the installation and maintenance of HP tape drives and devices, including:

Verifies installation of the drive Test/verify the health of the drive and media Provides HP support with detailed device information Multiple options for finding and upgrading new firmware Performance optimization and recommendations Included with each Ultrium tape drive and available via free download supporting all HP tape products

HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

HP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape DrivesHP StorageWorks Ultrium Full-Height Tape Drives

Instructions and downloads of Library and Tape Tools are available at:

http://www.hp.com/country/us/eng/software_drivers.html

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