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Scalability to meet
uncertain data growth
Buy only what you need today for backup and archive, and then expand the library for higher capacity and
performance as your data grows.
The HP ESL G3 Tape Library provides a modular architecture in a standard 19" rack form factor to scale up
over 50x from the initial capacity without disrupting ongoing performance and delivery; it is scalable from
100 to over 12,006 slots or from 80TBs to 75 PB in increments of 100 slots.
The library configuration can accommodate:
1 control module
0 to 15 expansion modules or high density expansion modules.
100 to 12,006 possible cartridges slots maximum
1 to 192 LTO-6 or LTO-5 Ultrium Tape Drives
The HP StoreEver ESL G3 Tape Libraries offer two different expansion modules to best suit your data
protection and/or archiving needs.
Expansion Module Options
Slots
Drives
ESL G3 Expansion Module
Each expansion module has 456
storage slots
1-12 tape drives can be installed
into an Expansion
*Available storage slots will
reduce as drives are added
ESL G3 High-Density Expansion
Module
Each HD-EM provides a slot only
upgrade. Each HD-EM has 780
storage slots
No tape drives can be installed into
a High-Density Expansion Module
NOTE: Adding extra drives often reduces the total slot count unless Expansion Modules and/or Capacity
Upgrade Licenses are added. The ESL G3 is designed for easy scalability to meet a variety of needs, and
your HP sales representative can provide additional details.
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Failover
To make the most of your library performance, the HP ESL G3 includes a number of other failover features:
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
Configure a Primary and Failover Drive
Partitioning: Failover for each partition
Data Path Failover: reduces read/write issues due to SAN issues
Full failover on each tape drive, each drive has two FC ports
QuickSpecs
HP StoreEver ESL G3 Tape Libraries
Features in more detail
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