StorageTek tape libraries
Oracle’s StorageTek tape libraries allow customers to use offline storage to protect crucial data from cyberattacks and archive petabytes of data with low total cost of ownership (TCO). Highly scalable, automated designs enable IT teams to protect data in demanding enterprise, high-performance computing (HPC), and cloud environments. StorageTek tape libraries enable customers to lower TCO versus disk-only archives by greatly reducing energy usage and using automation to lower administrative costs.
Product features
Scalability
Scalability simplifies capacity growth
Scalable designs with up to 57.6 EB of uncompressed tape capacity under a single pane of management make it easy for IT teams to archive and protect data for the largest organizations.
Modularity lowers entry cost
Modular architectures allow customers to increase capacity in small increments, enabling them to optimize implementations to meet current and future needs.
Multi-generation support increases flexibility
Mixing multiple generations of tape technologies in the same library makes it easy for customers to adopt the fastest and densest possible solution without obsoleting existing investments.
Small footprints reduce costs
Compact designs reduce the amount of data center space required for offline data protection and archiving, reducing overall costs.
High availability
Redundant designs eliminate unplanned downtime
StorageTek tape libraries’ high-availability architecture with redundant components enables IT teams to reduce unplanned downtime by operating across component failures.
Hot-swappable components enable continuous operations
Redundant, hot-swappable robotics and power supplies allow customers to eliminate downtime associated with repairs.
Multi-path networking increases uptime
Dedicated TCP/IP networking with optional dual or multi-control path connectivity increase the availability of customer data during control-path failovers.
Tape Analytics increases availability
Proactive monitoring and analysis of more than 300 health attributes allows storage administrators to identify and correct errors before they impact data availability.
StorageTek SL150 modular tape library
Scalable capacity supports growth
Easily scales from 30 to 450 tape cartridges with 8.1 PB of uncompressed capacity so customers can support data growth without fragmenting their archives across multiple libraries.
Scalable performance accelerates access
Supports 1 to 30 tape drives so customers can meet high-throughput backup and archiving requirements with up to 32.4 TB/hr of uncompressed data throughput.
Modular architecture simplifies expansion
StorageTek SL150 auto-discovers new modules via USB, allowing customers to easily upgrade their own systems with plug-and-use capabilities.
Intuitive software simplifies management
Easy-to-use management software with a graphical user interface enables storage administrators to rapidly set up and easily monitor tape libraries.
StorageTek SL4000 modular library system
Scalability streamlines growth
Nondisruptive scalability up to 162 PB of uncompressed capacity enables enterprises to increase data protection and archive capacity without impacting data availability.
Redundancy eliminates unplanned downtime
A high-availability architecture with redundant, hot-swappable robotics, power supplies, and drives enables customers to continually access data despite component failures or maintenance activities.
High-performance design accelerates access
The StorageTek SL4000’s centerline design reduces access latency to customers’ backups and archives because robots travel one-third to one-half the distance of those on competitive libraries.
Intelligent partitioning reduces costs
Combine heterogeneous data sources and multiple applications to increase library utilization and reduce customer costs.
Using any cartridge in any slot improves flexibility
Any-cartridge/any-slot technology enables storage teams to increase the tape library consolidation efficiency and lower costs by locating tape drives and media in any available location.
Oracle StorageTek SL8500 modular library system
Scalability supports data-intensive needs
A highly scalable environment with up to more than 3,200,000 tape cartridge slots under a single pane of management allows customers to store 57.6 EB of uncompressed data for high performance computing, big data, and cloud environments.
High availability eliminates unplanned downtime
High-availability architecture with full redundancy, hot-swappable components, and online servicing provides customers with continuous access to their data.
Incremental scalability simplifies real-time growth
Pre-installed library capacity with on-demand enablement allows customers to minimize upfront investments and economically expand capacity without disruptions.
High-performance design accelerates access
The StorageTek SL8500’s centerline design reduces access latency to customers’ backups and archives because robots travel one-third to one-half the distance of those on competitive libraries.
Sharing and partitioning reduces costs
Combine heterogeneous data sources and multiple applications to increase library utilization and reduce customer costs.
Using any cartridge in any slot improves flexibility
Any-cartridge/any-slot technology enables storage teams to increase the tape library consolidation efficiency and lower costs by locating tape drives and media in any available location.
Oracle StorageTek SL8500 modular library system
Scalability supports data-intensive needs
Highly scalable environment with up to over 100,000 tape cartridge slots allows customers to store 2.1 EB of compressed data for high-performance computing, big data, and cloud environments.
High availability eliminates unplanned downtime
High-availability architecture with full redundancy, hot-swappable components, and online servicing provides customers with continuous access to their data.
Incremental scalability simplifies real-time growth
Pre-installed library capacity with on-demand enablement allows customers to minimize upfront investments and economically expand capacity without disruptions.
High-performance design accelerates access
The StorageTek SL8500’s centerline design reduces access latency to customers’ backups and archives because robots travel one-third to one-half the distance of those on competitive libraries.
Sharing and partitioning reduces costs
Combine heterogeneous data sources and multiple applications to increase library utilization and reduce customer costs.
Using any cartridge in any slot improves flexibility
Any-cartridge/any-slot technology enables storage teams to increase the tape library consolidation efficiency and lower costs by locating tape drives and media in any available location.
StorageTek tape drives and media
LTO-9 technology increases capacity
LTO-9 tape technology stores up to 18 TB of uncompressed data per cartridge, reducing media costs and enabling customers to grow their StorageTek libraries to up to 57.6 EB of uncompressed capacity under a single pane of management.
Built-in compression optimizes resources
LTO-9 tape technology offers built-in compression which enables individual tapes to store up to 45TB of data each, enabling customers to archive more data with smaller libraries.
High throughput accelerates data access
StorageTek Tape drives access data at up to 400 MB/sec per drive so customers can create off-line backups and archive data in less time.
Built-in encryption improves security
StorageTek tape drives integrate encryption capabilities that protect customer data from unauthorized access.
Backward compatibility eliminates migrations
Backward read and write compatibility increases investment protection by enabling customers to access older archives without migrating data.
StorageTek Tape Analytics software
Tape Analytics increases availability
Proactive monitoring and analysis of more than 300 health attributes allows storage administrators to identify and correct errors before they impact data availability.
Automated validation improves data integrity
StorageTek Tape Analytics software automatically validates data written on each cartridge in the library, correcting faults and identifying suspect media so data can be migrated to new tapes without losing data integrity.
Centralized management simplifies workloads
Single-pane-of-glass management allows storage administrators to manage the health of StorageTek tape libraries across the enterprise, eliminating the need to separately check each environment.
Out-of-band architecture improves security
StorageTek Tape Analytics’ out-of-band monitoring allows storage administrators to understand device health without compromising data security.
StorageTek Automated Cartridge System Library software
Centralization simplifies administration
StorageTek Automated Cartridge System Library Software (ACSLS) shares resources with any enabled application, allowing customers to manage up to 32 libraries from a single console.
Multiple operating system support increases flexibility
Support for UNIX, Windows, and mainframe environments allows customers to utilize StorageTek tape libraries from different host environments.
Partitioning reduces costs
Partitions StorageTek tape libraries into logical libraries with restricted access so customers can improve capacity utilization and reduce costs.
Clustered design reduces downtime
ACSLS’s clustered design increases availability of customers’ tape libraries during server failures and maintenance windows.
Oracle Key Manager
Centralization simplifies security
Centrally authorizes, secures, and manages all encryption keys, allowing customers to reduce unauthorized access to sensitive data.
Scalability simplifies administration
Managing encryption keys for thousands of tape devices and millions of encryption keys on a highly available, clustered appliance reduces security administrator workloads.
Compliance easily addressed
FIPS-certified encryption key management throughout their lifecycle improves the security of customer data in data protection and archive environments.
Role-based management limits access
Access control based on six NIST SP800-60 operational roles limits the ability of IT administrators to access keys and decrypt customer data while audit logging records all events.
Clustered design reduces downtime
A highly available design with n-node clustering supports automated failover and dynamic load balancing to maximize key management availability.
StorageTek tape library customer successes
Enterprises and service providers around the world choose Oracle’s StorageTek tape library solutions to secure data with offline data protection and long-term archiving in their data centers.
