HPE StoreEver Tape Storage
Why tape storage is in-demand for data retention
From cyber-attacks to natural disasters, the threat landscape for data loss is growing. Traditional tape storage continues to be in strong demand as a cost-effective, reliable and secure storage method to protect and retain your data in the long term.
Address all your business’ retention and compliance needs with our complete portfolio of HPE tape solutions and services. Protect your data for as little as $0.005 per GB for life1, plus gain air-gap protection against ransomware and data corruption. Make HPE StoreEver tape storage even simpler to use and manage with our unique tape library management software. Create a more efficient HPC environment by automating cold-data placement in your tiered storage system to HPE tape storage solutions using HPE Data Management Framework software.
Our latest innovations
New StoreEver MSL 1/8 0-drive tape autoloader
StoreEver MSL 1/8 0-drive tape autoloader supports one LTO drive and eight slots in a 1U form factor to provide cost-effective, easy-to-install, unattended and automated tape storage. You can now reuse your existing MSL tape drive upgrade kits for added investment protection.
Try tape management software for free
Experience the unique benefits of HPE StoreEver Tape Library Management Software with a 60-day free trial for HPE StoreEver TapeAssure Advanced. Get a free 10-cartridge slot licence for HPE StoreEver Data Verification when you download the Command View for Tape Libraries (CVTL) Software.
Deploy strong data protection
Designed for small to mid-sized organisations, the highly scalable HPE MSL3040 tape library offers a modular design and flexible capacity up to 8.4 PB. Guard your business assets with LTO-8, providing complete data protection and secure, long-term retention of business assets.3
Why choose HPE StoreEver tape backup and storage?
Low-cost, high-durability HPE tape storage with LTO-8 technology saves you money, delivers faster performance and ensures long-term data availability. Some of the most intensive HPC environments in the world rely on our trusted, secure tape storage solutions.
Protect the data assets of your small to midsized business for the long term with the HPE MSL3040 tape library. With a flexible, modular design and up to 8.4 PB storage capacity with LTO-8, the MSL3040 provides complete data protection and security.3
Data protection products for a range of use cases
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HPE TFinity ExaScale
Combines space-saving design, high-density architecture, and seamless scalability to produce the highest-capacity data storage system in the world – up to 1.6 EB of compressed enterprise data3 at 360 MB/s with LTO-8.
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HPE T950 tape library
Holding up to 300.6 PB with LTO-8 for data archive3, this elite tape library leads the field in innovation, with the highest storage density and lowest power consumption of all tape libraries in its class.
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StoreEver MSL6480 tape library
Sets the new standard for mid-range tape automation with best-in-class scalability to 16.8 PB with LTO-8. Its density and performance meet both short-term backup and disaster recovery needs as well as long-term retention requirements.3
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StoreEver MSL3040 tape library
Handle backup and long-term data management and retention challenges in small to mid-sized organisations with a secure tape storage solution. This modular design can reuse existing HPE MSL LTO upgrade drive kits, cost-effectively storing up to 8.4 PB3 of data.
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StoreEver MSL2024 tape library
Addresses the data protection and retention needs of your remote or entry-level storage environments with scalable capacity up to 720 TB with LTO-8 and simple web-based management.3
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StoreEver MSL 1/8 tape autoloader
Store up to 240 TB with LTO-8 in a compact 1U form factor. Customer-installable, configurable and upgradable 0-drive tape autoloader that’s ideal for entry-level or remote office environments.3
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StoreEver tape drives
Sets new standards as an affordable entry point for the HPE StoreEver Tape family with capacity, performance, security, usability and manageability for SMB and single-server environments up to 30 TB with new LTO-8 drives and media.3
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Storage media
HPE Storage Media combines simplicity with innovative design with more than 2.5 million hours of reliability testing to ensure you can always restore your data should the unexpected happen.
Make StoreEver tape storage even simpler to use and manage
Tape Library Management software
Proactively configure, manage and monitor an entire HPE tape library environment from a single pane of glass for maximum peace of mind.
Library and tape tools (L&TT)
Verify installation, ensure product reliability and perform diagnostics with free downloadable tools that help you resolve tape-device issues faster.
HPE StoreOpen for LTFS
Simplify how you access, manage and share data on tape with drag-and-drop file management.
Cost-effective flexibility for tiered and virtualised environments
Modern data protection for virtualised environments
Veeam 9 enables you to copy VM backup files directly to HPE StoreEver Tape natively, all from within the Veeam solution.
Improved cost and performance with tape tiers
HPE StoreEver, 3PAR StoreServ, and Commvault Simpana deliver a multi-tiered tape and disk archiving solution to address your cost and performance needs.
Let’s talk
Speak with an HPE expert about how HPE tape storage products can help you achieve your data-archiving objectives.
Resources
Video : The Value of Tape Storage
Hewlett Packard Enterprise StoreEver Tape storage keeps up with accelerating data growth, offers the lowest environment and energy footprint of any data storage, and provides security from cyber attacks and ransomware threats.
Video : Around the Storage Block Chalk Talk: HPE tape with LTO-8
With the availability of the new LTO-8 Ultrium tape format, the HPE StoreEver Tape Storage family has been refreshed. In this ChalkTalk, HPEStorageGuy Calvin Zito gives an overview of the HPE StoreEver Tape family.
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Explore the HPE StoreOpen with Linear Tape File System (LTFS) format's software configuration and best practices for convenient archiving in this technical white paper.
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Customer presentation for HPE Scalable Object Storage with Scality RING
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Read how the data availability solution along with 3-2-1 backup rule by HPE and Veeam alliance protects enterprise data from ransomware threats in this solution brief.
Business White Paper : How tape can support a GDPR compliant data processing system
Discover how HPE StoreEver tape storage solutions can support your organisation to meet the challenges of GDPR compliance.
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The barcode labels on tape cartridges provide both human-readable and machine-readable identifiers. This white paper discusses the many factors required to use barcode labels successfully in a tape backup environment.
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Discover how HPE StoreEver LTO Ultrium Tape Drive encryption is helping businesses protect their data from breaches while reducing the risk of audit failures and financial losses.
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The HPE Backup & Recovery Impact Analysis Service provides you with the knowledge and guidance necessary to stabilize, enhance, and systematically improve your data protection solution.
Video : LTO-7 Type M media: An overview
Let us tell you more about LTO-7 Type M Media and the benefits of a tape storage system.
Tools : LTO tape storage TCO calculator tool
The LTO cloud compare TCO calculator is designed to fully compare the long term retention solutions available to consumers. This calculator assumes that all bandwidth charges for offsite storage in Cloud or on Tape will be the same, and that calculation is outside the scope of the storage calculation.
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The following summary updates the results of a previous ESG Economic Validation study that revealed the economic benefits of using Linear Tape-Open LTO Ultrium technology for long-term data retention.
1 Assumes 2.5:1 compression ratio for the life of the cartridge. LTO-7 Type M media based on current audit of LTO-7 pricing (March '17) at $115.55 per 22.5 TB.
2 According to the WW Quarterly IDC Custom Tape Tracker 2017 H2, HPE is the worldwide market share leader in total units for open systems tape drives and tape autoloaders.
3 Using 2.5:1 compression ratio with HPE LTO-8 tape drives and media.