HP StoreEver MSL6480 Quickspecs
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HP StoreEver MSL6480 Tape Library
Overview
Are your ever expanding data storage, protection and retention needs getting out of hand?
The HP StoreEver MSL6480 Tape Library is the gold standard for mid-range tape automation, delivering best-in-class scalability,
density, and performance to meet your short-term backup and disaster recovery data protection needs, as well as long-term archival
requirements. Keep pace with data growth by seamlessly scaling up to 7 modules-without disrupting daily data protection. You also
save expensive space, as the MSL6480 provides the highest tape drive density per module of any mid-range tape library.
The MSL6480 Tape Library reduces the time and resources needed to achieve enterprise-class manageability, equipping you with
proactive monitoring on single pane of glass control. Competitively priced, the MSL6480 Tape Library offers an outstanding return on
your storage investment.
HP StoreEver MSL6480 Tape Library
Industry leading scalability - from an 80-slot Base Library Module to 560 slots in a
42U Rack with the addition of up to 6 Expansion Modules
What's New
HP StoreEver MSL6480 now supporting HP Enterprise Secure Key Manager (ESKM).
Protect against connectivity failover through Control Path and Data Path failover now on the MSL6480.
Increase library uptime by providing library LUN control failover and drive port to port failover
Tape Library.
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Key Features
Setting the gold standard for mid-range library scalability - pay as you grow with the fast, nondisruptive addition of Expansion Modules
Start with an 80-slot 6U form-factor Base Library Module, and add up to 6 Expansion Library
Modules for a total of 560 slots in a 42U form factor
In-box capacity scaling from 80 to 560 cartridge slots, 240 TB to 3.5 PBs
Performance scaling from 1 to 42 LTO HH Tape Drives for a max throughput of 60.4 TB/hour* or
select 1-21 LTO FH Tape Drives.
Industry leading storage density to save rack space, floor space, power, cooling and management
costs - 13 cartridge slots (81 TB) per 1U of rack space
Best in class flexibility with up to 20 partitions
Customer installable, scalable and serviceable with a color touch control panel and wizards for
installation and configuration
Intelligent, proactive and predictive reporting with HP StoreEver TapeAssure Advanced
Manage multiple HP Tape Libraries from a single pane of glass with HP StoreEver CommandView
Tape Library software
Native drive data encryption with the simplest, lowest cost encryption and key management
solution available - no ISV support needed
Existing customers of MSL2024, 4048, 8048 and 8096 Tape Libraries can repurpose their drive
canisters in the new MSL6480 to leverage their investment
HPs extensive interoperability testing means that MSL6480 integrates with industry-leading
servers, operating systems and backup software
Achieve higher levels of availability with data path failover and control path failover.
Designed to integrate easily with HP Converged Infrastructure including HP StoreOnce and HP
StoreAll disk based retention platforms.
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*Assumes fully populated and expanded MSL6480 Tape Library with LTO-6 at 2.5:1 compression
Family Comparison
Drive Technology Supported
Maximum Number of Drives
LTO-6 Maximum Capacity
(2.5:1 compression)
LTO-5/LTO-4
Maximum Capacity
(2:1 compression)
Maximum Data Transfer
(2.5:1 compression)
Maximum Data Transfer
(2:1 compression)
Drive Interface
MSL2024 MSL4048 MSL6480
LTO-6 Ultrium 6250
LTO-5 Ultrium 3000, 3280
LTO-4 Ultrium 1840, 1760
2 4
150 TB (LTO-6) 300 TB (LTO-6)
72 TB (LTO-5)
38.4 TB (LTO-4)
2.8 TB/hr (two 6250)
2 TB/hr (two 3000)
1.1 TB/hr (two 1760)
8 Gb Native Fibre Channel
(LTO 6, 5)
4 Gb Native Fibre Channel
(LTO 4, 3)
6 Gb/sec SAS (LTO 6, 5)
3 Gb/sec SAS (LTO , 4)
LTO-6 Ultrium 6250
LTO-5 Ultrium 3000, 3280
LTO-4 Ultrium 1840, 1760
144 TB (LTO-5)
76.8 TB (LTO-4)
4.8 TB/hr (four 6250)
4.0 TB/hr (four 3000)
8 Gb Native Fibre Channel
4 Gb Native Fibre Channel
6 Gb/sec SAS (LTO 6, 5)
3 Gb/sec SAS (LTO 4)
(LTO 6, 5)
(LTO 4, 3)
LTO-6 Ultrium 6250
LTO-5 Ultrium 3000, 3280
LTO-4 Ultrium 1840, 1760
42 HH
21 FH
3.5 PB (LTO-6, 560 slots)
500 TB (LTO-6, 80 slots)
1.68 PB (LTO-5, 560 slots)
240 TB (LTO-5, 80 slots
60.4 TB/hr (42x 6250)
42.0 TB/hr (42 x 3000)
8 Gb Native Fibre Channel
(LTO 6, 5)
4 Gb Native Fibre Channel (LTO-
4)
6 Gb/sec SAS (LTO 6, 5)
3 Gb/sec SAS (LTO-4)
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HP StoreEver MSL6480 Tape Library
Scalability
Keep pace with data growth across the lifecycle with the MSL6480's industry leading scalability.
Effortlessly address both short-term and long-term storage capacity and performance needs and respond
to unpredictable data growth, variance in service, or changes to backup window and retention period.
Scale-out architecture allows you to pay as you grow - simply add in new modules to boost capacity and
performance without investing in a whole new library.
The unique modular design of the MSL6480 includes a continuous robotics feature to provide in-box
scaling for higher performance, greater scalability, and higher reliability. Upgrades are fast and nondisruptive. Scale vertically from 80 to 560 cartridge slots to store up to 3.5 PB* in a single 19-inch rack.
Several drive options are available
Half Height Drives: add in between 1 and 42x HP StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6250, LTO-5 Ultrium 3000
or LTO-4 Ultrium 1780 half-height SAS or FC drives for speeds of up to 60.4 TB/hour
Full Height Drives: add in between 1 and 21x HP StoreEver LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 FC or LTO-4 Ultrium
1840 FC tape drives for speeds up to 30.2 TB/hour.
Any mixture of HH or FH drives in the same library
Scaling up with the MSL6480 couldn't be easier:
Start with an empty Base Library and standard redundant power supplies.
Add between 1 and 6 LTO-5 or LTO-6 half-height tape drives or 1 to 3 LTO-5 or LTO-4 full-height
tape drives, and utilize up to 80 cartridge slots - a fully configured base unit with LTO-6 provides a
max capacity of up to 500 TBs and speeds of up to 8.4 TB/hour (assuming 2.5:1 compression)
Then add between 1 and 6 empty expansion modules to the Base Library - each 6U expansion
module includes standard redundant power supplies. Expansion modules can be flexibly installed
above or below the base library module.
You can then configure each expansion module with up to 6x LTO-6, LTO-5, or LTO-4 half-height
tape drives or 3. LTO-5 or LTO-4 FC tape drives, and utilize up to 80 cartridge slots
Easy Installation
*Assumes fully loaded with LTO-6 at a 2.5:1 data compression ratio
Expansion modules are customer-installable; easy to configure and remove. The MSL6480 features a color
touch operator control panel with wizards for installation and configuration.
The MSL Tape Libraries are shipped as a rack-ready unit. The rack mount hardware included with the
library allows installation in a variety of HP racks. For more information on the HP rack offerings, please
see the following URL:
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Manageability
HP Command View for
Tape Libraries
The HP StoreEver MSL6480 comes with web-based remote manageability so it can be easily monitored
and managed from across the room or across the globe. Functions included in the management tool
include:
Status information on the drive and system
System configuration operations and reporting
System error and status logs
Library and drive firmware upgrade capabilities
Diagnostic tests and information
Cartridge movement for maintenance and management purposes
Cleaning cartridge support
Security and access control
SNMP support for IP communication
Partitioning and Encryption management
HTTPS capable
IPv6 (Phase 2 and USGv6 certified) and IPv4 network protocol support
HP Command View TL for Tape Libraries aggregates multiple HP tape libraries for centralized
management. It is also the nerve center for TapeAssure data collection and analysis and, importantly it is
able to manage HP ESL G3, ESL E-Series, EML, and MSL tape libraries.
With Command View TL monitor backup logs, check drive status, receive trouble alerts, diagnose
problems, and much more -- through a simple browser interface from anywhere in the world.
Set up and configure your FC or SAS attached tape library in less than two hours with configuration wizards
and graphical interface:
Select from a list of multiple supported libraries to manage
View asset information for the library system
View health summaries for all components of the library system
View library inventory: slots, media, and drives
Search for media by barcode label
View details on drives and robotics, including WWNs, speeds, and connection types
Configure hosts/HBA-to-drive mapping and masking settings with Secure Manager
Automatically discover hosts and HBAs on the SAN or add your own for access control and security
purposes
Upgrade firmware on all library components
Configure SNMP and email trap/event destinations to receive alerts asynchronously
View persistent event logs for the library system
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TapeAssure Advanced
High density storage
The HP MSL6480 is available with HP StoreEver TapeAssure Advanced - complete tape infrastructure
analytics software designed to reduce unscheduled backup downtime, mitigate the risks in hardware
failures and increase the return on investment through higher asset utilization.
HP StoreEver TapeAssure Advanced Software provides an intuitive, easy to use dashboard, and advance
analytics feature for performance, health and utilization related to tape drives and cartridges. TapeAssure
Advanced Software is integrated into HP StoreEver Command View TL Software for single pane of glass
management, monitoring and analytics.
TapeAssure Advanced Software provides a dashboard display with pie charts, live and historical graphs for
performance, health and utilization data, and highlights issues in the tape infrastructure. Advanced
analytics feature makes use of predictive analytics to forecast the likelihood of failures, bottlenecks and
load balancing issues in the tape infrastructure. It has unique capabilities of analytics around drive and
library health and life as well as cartridge health and life. Analysis of drive/tape utilization forecast helps
to plan hardware investments in a better way.
NOTE:
HP StoreEver TapeAssure Advanced Software is licensed by tape library; one license is required for
each tape library.
Save rack space, floor space, and power and cooling costs with industry leading storage density. Offering
13 cartridge slots per 1U of rack space (or up to 81 TBs per 1U of rack space) using LTO-6 drives, the
MSL6480 provides the highest tape drive density per module of any mid-range tape library.
Partitioning
Proven Reliability
The MSL6480 Tape Library can be partitioned for greater flexibility and higher asset utilization.
Partitioning allows each partitioned library to be presented to the host as an independent library, separate
from other partitions in the library. Hosts for each partition own independent sets of media and can use
ISV software that is different from the other partitions allowing maximum flexibility and utilization of the
MSL library.
NOTE:
The MSL6480 supports up to 20 partitions.
With a rating of 2,000,000 robot load/unload cycles, the MSL Tape Libraries provides necessary high
reliability for today's demanding environment. To improve reliability and longevity, all HP Ultrium
products feature Data Rate Matching (DRM). This allows the tape drive to dynamically and continuously
adjust the speed of the drive, to match the speed of the host or network. This increases performance,
reduces mechanical wear on the tape drive and extends tape life.
HP Tape Libraries include redundancy features for high availability. Dual power supplies are standard for
increased system reliability and uptime.
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Longevity
Safeguarding data for
Disaster Recovery
High Availability
Organizations need to be confident that their data in archive is still there when they need it. LTO tape
media is specified with a 30 year shelf life in normal ambient conditions. HP TapeAssure Advanced also
analysis the results of every tape use to ensure the availability of data placed in long-term storage,
archive or DR.
HP StoreOpen with LTFS makes accessing files as easy as disk. Retrieve files from long-term storage
without dependency on backup software or hardware.
The HP StoreEver MSL6480 Tape Library can provide the 'last line of defense' for your data.
Tape is inherently 'offline to threats' - tape's removable media is off-line to the threats from
viruses, hackers and cyber-attacks that online data on disk is susceptible to. It is also a logically
clean copy that won't be accidentally overwritten by mirroring software.
LTO-5 and LTO-6 Ultrium tape drives include hardware based data encryption to prevent
unauthorized access to data at rest.
LTO-5 and LTO-6 cartridges are available with write-once-read-many (WORM) capability to prevent
accidental overwriting of data archived on the tape.
Both WORM and hardware-based data encryption features help organizations with compliance to
increased data security regulations.
To make the most of your library performance, the MSL6480 offers failover features:
Data Encryption
Dual redundant power supplies are included in each module.
Both library LUN control failover and drive port to port failover help support ongoing host and SAN
connectivity under a variety of adverse conditions:
Control Path Failover: reduces host command failures due to SAN issues
Connectivity: Integrated Fibre-channel (FC Bridging)
Configure a Primary and Failover Drive
Partitioning: Control Path Failover can be configured for each partition.
Data Path Failover: reduces read/write issues due to SAN issues
With solutions for the small to medium business through the enterprise, safeguard your data while it's in
the library, after export, and when it is offsite with integrated security features. HP offers two encryption
offerings, a native library-based data encryption and key management capabilities deliver one of the
lowest costs data security solutions and doesn't require ISV support.
Data encryption with HP StoreEver
The HP StoreEver LTO-6, LTO-5 and LTO-4 Ultrium tape drives utilize the Advanced Encryption Standard
(AES) with the longest and most secure keys -- 256 bits - for tape-based data encryption. AES-256
encryption is implemented using the Galois Counter Mode (GCM). This method adds Message
Authentication Codes to ensure the integrity as well as privacy of the backup data stored on tape. The HP
LTO-6, LTO-5 and LTO-4 Ultrium Tape Drives are designed to be compliant with the standard for tape
media security (IEEE 1619.1).
HP StoreEver MSL6480 Library-enabled encryption solution for the small to medium business
The HP MSL6480 offers an encryption solution that includes two USB key server tokens, product
documentation, and firmware support. One encryption kit is needed per library or autoloader.
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How it works:
The HP StoreEver MSL Encryption Kit provides a self-contained solution for MSL libraries with additional
software, PCs, or servers required or involved.
HP Enterprise Secure Key Manager (ESKM) for encryption key sharing across the enterprise
HP StoreEver MSL6480 Tape Library
One USB key server token is installed in the USB port of the library to enable encryption. The token
must remain in the tape library or tape autoloader while encryption is enabled.
The USB key server token generates and stores keys for the LTO-6, LTO-5 or LTO-4 Ultrium drives.
The USB key server token uses a hardware random number generator, a cryptographic module
running on FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validated hardware, password authentication, and digital envelopes
for strong encryption keys and security operations.
A second USB key server token is provided in the kit to be used as a backup token which can be
stored in a secure location.
The keys are transferred securely token-to-token for backup or export, with no exposure to
insecure PCs, servers, or networks. An option is also provided to save the token contents to a secure
file.
The most recently added keys on the token are able to be saved to a file to enable you to seed new
tokens with keys from other tokens.
LTO Ultrium Technology
HP MSL6480 is integrated with HP's Enterprise Secure Key Manager (ESKM) to provide centralized
encryption key management for HP ESL G3, ESL E-Series, EML & MSL6480 Tape Libraries
Automatic policy-based key generation and management supporting key/cartridge
granularity
ISV transparent key archival and retrieval for multiple libraries
Extensible to emerging open standards
Strong auditable security for encryption keys
Hardened server appliance
Secure identity-based access, administration and logging
Designed for FIPS 140-2 validation
Reliable lifetime key archival
Automatic multi-site clustering, key replication and failover
Comprehensive backup and restore functionality for keys
Redundant device components and active alerts
HP LTO (Linear Tape Open) Ultrium Tape Drives use best of breed technology.. Inclusion of innovative
features such as HP Adaptive Tape Speed (ATS) ensure that HP Ultrium drives can meet the performance
and reliability demands of a library environment. LTO technology is an open industry standard format;
thus data written on HP Ultrium Tape Drives can be interchanged directly with Ultrium Tape Drives from
other vendors.
Investment protection
HP LTO tape drives and automation products are founded on the LTO open standard and adhere to the
published LTO format roadmap which publishes the roadmap out to generation 8 at 32TB of compressed
capacity per cartridge. With in-built two generation backwards compatibility, LTO customers can be
assured of investment protection.
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Data Rate Matching
HP Ultrium WORM
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 and maximizes overall efficiency allowing the drive to respond
immediately to any speed changes from the host
It minimizes rewinding and repositioning of the tape, significantly reducing physical wear and
increasing reliability
It minimizes the power requirements for the drive by reducing the number of repositions needed
LTO Ultrium Tape Drive
HP LTO-6 Ultrium 6250
HP LTO-5 Ultrium 3280/3000
HP LTO-4 Ultrium 1840
HP LTO-4 Ultrium 1760
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.
LTO-6, LTO-5, LTO-4 Ultrium and LTO-3 Ultrium tape drives features the ability to archive and store data in
a non-rewriteable 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, the tape drives
can archive large amounts of data for periods of up to 30 years in a secure, 'untampered' state. Since all
LTO-6, LTO-5, LTO-4 and LTO-3 Ultrium 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 tape
drives offer the advantages of:
ATS data transfer rate range (native)
54 to 160 MB/s
47 to 140 MB/s
40 to 120 MB/s
35 to 80 MB/s
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
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- and fourthgeneration Ultrium products
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