C0H19A HPE StoreEver 1/8 G2 LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 FC Tape Autoloader

Fibre Channel is the host link on the C0H19A, the HPE StoreEver 1/8 G2 LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 FC Tape Autoloader, which uses an LC short-wave optical connector and an 8Gb/sec interface. The unit holds eight cartridge slots in a 1U case and is rated at 50TB compressed capacity at 2.5:1.

Data Rate Matching lets the LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 drive adjust its speed between 54 and 160 MB/s native to follow the host. The loader moves a cartridge between slot and drive in 34 seconds on average, completes initialization in 76 seconds, and inventories bar code labeled cartridges in 52 seconds. The robot is rated at 2 million load/unload cycles.

FC models ship with a 2.5m C13/C14 10A power cord, an RJ-45 Ethernet cable and a Getting Started poster, and the model is TAA compliant. Remote management runs over a 10/100 RJ-45 port using https. For fiber, OM4 LC-LC Premier Flex cables such as the QK732A Premier Flex OM4 1m cable.

Media for this drive includes the C7976A LTO-6 Ultrium 6.25TB data cartridge, and the AH166A Autoloader Rack Kit is listed for 19-inch racks. Further tape hardware is in HPE tape drives and autoloaders.