The family of HP Enterprise Systems Library (ESL) E-series Tape Libraries offers best-in-class drive and cartridge densities. In a single cabinet, ESL can scale up to 2136 TB of compressed (2:1) storage capacity with a transfer rate of up to 24.2 TB/hr compressed (2:1). The ESL achieves drive densities up to 205 TB of compressed (2:1) storage capacity per square foot. The ESL can be managed as a single library with up to five frames. The ESL delivers superior data availability with protection against SAN event disruptions using the built in HP Extended Tape Library Architecture (ETLA). The ESL delivers a centralized encryption key management solution through Secure Key Manager (SKM) and provides hardware encryption with LTO-5 and LTO-4 Ultrium tape drives. The ESL libraries combined with the ETLA offer customers with enterprise storage area networks (SAN) superior reliability and expandability, ease of use, and simplicity of installation and operation.

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Manageability

• The ESL library has been designed to ease the management burdens of data protection in your SAN. HP Command View for Tape Libraries Software provides remote management, diagnostics and configuration of all your HP ESL Tape Libraries from across the room or across the globe.

• TapeAssure makes managing, optimizing & archiving on the HP Enterprise libraries faster and easier. It provides comprehensive summaries & detailed information about the status, performance, utilization, & health of all tape drives & media. This data can be exported on demand or at scheduled times.

• Simplify managing complex environments with library partitioning. HP Secure Manager Tape Library Software allows the user to logically divide the library into up to six virtual tape libraries. This function is especially useful when multiple SANs or backup software packages are present.

• HP Extended Tape Library Architecture (ETLA) simplifies the installation and integration of the library into the SAN. ETLA-based libraries are self-aware, self-managed, and automatically maintained, to simplify monitoring and maintenance.

Scalability

• Best-in-Class capacity and density. In a single frame the HP ESL E-series Tape Library has the ability to scale from 322 to 712 LTO cartridges and up to 24 Ultrium tape drives. At 205 TB per square foot, the ESL minimizes floor space while maximizing storage capacity.

• The ESL can be managed as a single library with up to 3546 Ultrium 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.

• HP ESL LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 Tape Drive with 8Gb fibre channel drive interface provides higher capacity and performance capabilities.

• Superior import/export capability with up to 48 Ultrium mail slots per ESL frame.

Reliability

• The ESL delivers superior data availability with protection against SAN event disruptions using ETLA. ETLA provides improved backup and restore reliability by intercepting rogue I/O requests from applications or new servers and prevents those requests from interrupting backup or recovery processes.

• Best-in-Class single-frame and multi frame reliability with 3 million MSBF (mean swaps between failure)

• The ESL Tape Library ensures heterogeneous SAN interoperability and solution support. Certified through the HP Enterprise Backup Solutions (EBS), the ESL tape library is compatible with leading backup software packages, operating systems, servers, and disk arrays.

Security

• HP Secure Key Manager (SKM) reduces your risk of a costly data breach and reputation damage. It also improves regulatory compliance with a secure centralized encryption key management solution using HP LTO-5 and LTO-4 Ultrium Tape Drives in the ESL E-series Tape Library.

• AES 256-bit embedded hardware encryption provides a high level of AES 256-bit embedded hardware encryption security, with compression, for strong backup data privacy to secure confidential information and address compliance quickly.