StorageTek SL500 – Sunstar Company, Inc.

StorageTek SL500 Tape Library

The StorageTek SL500 scales from 30 to 575 LTO slots (or 24 to 494 mixed media slots), with a maximum capacity of more than 460 TB of uncompressed data, providing more than 30% greater capacity than other libraries in its class.

If capacity is your most important issue, you can scale the StorageTek SL500 using Drive Expansion Modules (DEM) or Cartridge Expansion Modules (CEM), which give you the flexibility to scale using only cartridges.

In addition, Any Cartridge Any Slot technology lets you use the drive types that best meet your needs, including StorageTek LTO, SDLT, and DLT-S4 tape drives.

Superior robotics and easy serviceability improve reliability
Redundant, hot-swappable components ensure availability
Scales from 24 to 863 TB
Simplifies and accelerates consolidation with up to eight native partitions
Enables a policy-managed, tiered storage solution

Key Applications

Reliable, scalable data backup
Archive
Storage consolidation
Disaster recovery

Feature	Benefit
Capacity on demand	Install capacity in industry-leading increments as needed
Scales from 30 to 575 LTO slots	Seamless scalability on demand
Leverages StorageTek SL8500 modular library system enterprise components	High reliability and ease of use
Maximum scalability of more than 860 TB of uncompressed data	More than 40% more capacity than any other library in its class
Intelligent partitioning, sharing, and managing	Simplify storage management and utilize flexible partitioning

Reliable, scalable data backup
Archive
Storage consolidation
Disaster recovery
Superior robotics and easy serviceability improve reliability
Redundant, hot-swappable components ensure availability
Scales easily while maintaining reliability and performance in high-availability environments
Simplifies and accelerates consolidation with up to eight native partitions
Enables a policy-managed, tiered storage solution when combined with Sun StorageTek VTL virtual systems
Scales from 30 to 575 LTO cartridge slots and up to 18 full-height tape drives
Over 460 TB capacity in a standard 19″ rack-mount cabinet
Hot-swappable drives and redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fans
Heterogeneous attach and mixed-media support
Native Partitioning enables up to 8 partitions and facilitates consolidation