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The AK381A is the HPE StoreEver MSL4048 0-drive tape library, the 48-slot MSL4048 library supplied without tape drives. The library takes up to four drives in LTO-8 Ultrium 30750, LTO-7 Ultrium 15000, LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 or LTO-5 Ultrium 3000, with 8Gb native Fibre Channel or 6 Gb/s SAS interfaces.
Capacity with four drives and 48 slots reaches 576TB native with LTO-8 (1440TB at 2.5:1 compression), 288TB with LTO-7 and 72TB with LTO-5. The maximum native transfer rate is 4.32 TB/hr with four LTO-8 drives. Slots sit in removable 12-slot magazines with user-configurable mail slots, and an integrated bar code reader reads cartridge labels.
The library can be partitioned with up to one partition per installed drive, which allows four partitions with four drives, each presented to the host as an independent library. Management runs over a 10/100 Mb/s RJ-45 web interface. Rated figures include 100,000 hours MTBF, 2 million robot load/unload cycles and a 45 second average cartridge swap time. The redundant power supply is user upgradeable, and drives are added with tool-free upgrade kits.
The ProLiant ML350 Gen9 server configuration includes the AK381A among its tape storage options. Drive upgrades include the Q6Q67A MSL LTO-8 Ultrium 30750 FC drive upgrade kit, and the MSL4048 48-slot LTO tape library is the related MSL4048 library. More libraries and drives are in HPE tape.
| Part number | AK381A |
| Name | HPE StoreEver MSL4048 0-drive Tape Library |
| Slots | 48 |
| Drives supplied | 0 (up to 4 drives) |
| Drive technology | LTO-8 Ultrium 30750, LTO-7 Ultrium 15000, LTO-6 Ultrium 6250, LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 |
| Drive interface | 8Gb native Fibre Channel or 6 Gb/s SAS |
| Maximum capacity (native) | 576TB (LTO-8), 288TB (LTO-7), 120TB (LTO-6), 72TB (LTO-5) |
| Maximum transfer rate (native) | 4.32 TB/hr (4 x LTO-8) |
| Management interface | 10/100 Mb/s RJ-45, web-based |
| MTBF | 100,000 hours |
| Compatible with | HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen9 |