User Manual

QuickSpecs
HPE StoreEver LTO Ultrium Tape Drives
Product Highlights
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terminal commands by guiding users through the full process of select, prepare and mount an LTFS
cartridge.
For more information, including user guide, downloads and compatibility, visit:
http://www.hpe.com/storage/HPStoreOpen
Data Rate Matching Data Rate Matching combines sophisticated buffer management with HPE's exclusive Variable Tape
Speed technology to allow the tape drive to match its transfer rate to the host speed dynamically and
continuously across the wide range of transfer rates. This feature ensures that the tape drive continues
to stream data regardless of the environment, and brings two big advantages:
• It optimizes backup performance, regardless of the speed of the host or the network
• It minimizes rewinding and repositioning of the tape, reducing wear and increasing reliability
WORM (Write-Once,
Read-Many) Drive and
Media Support
Critical to the success of data retention policies in highly regulated environments is the ability to store
and manage data in an unalterable state. Following stringent guidelines set forth by regulatory
agencies such as the SEC and HIPPA, IT organizations must now integrate new solutions and policies
that can verify the integrity of stored data for periods that can extend well beyond seven years.
LTO generation 3 and higher tape drives feature the ability to archive and store data in a non-
rewriteable format that meets the most stringent regulatory guidelines. Using a combination of
integrated fail-safe features in the drive firmware, cartridge memory, and tape formatting, LTO Ultrium
drives can archive large amounts of data for periods of up to 30 years in a secure, untampered state.
Since all LTO generation 3 and higher tape drives include support for both rewritable and WORM
media, IT organizations can now easily integrate a secure, long-term archiving solution into their
current data protection strategy. As compared to other technologies that feature support for WORM
storage, LTO tape drives offers the advantages of:
• A single drive to support all backup and archiving needs
• Two distinctive tape cartridges to easily distinguish and manage both rewriteable and WORM
data cartridges
• A specially designed WORM data cartridge with multiple integrated fail-safe features to
prevent accidental or intentional overwriting of data
• High-capacity, low-cost HPE WORM media that can store up to 15TB (LTO-7) of data on a
single data cartridge
• Support from many backup and archiving software vendors, providing the most
comprehensive and mainstream support in the industry
• The LTO open standard that offers greater choice and compatibility across all third-
generation Ultrium products
NOTE: While all HPE LTO generation 3 and higher
tape drives support LTO Ultrium WORM media,
some third-generation LTO Ultrium tape drives from other manufacturers may not include read
and write support for LTO Ultrium WORM media. For non-HPE LTO-3 and LTO-4 tape drives,
please check the manufacturers' specifications to ensure this support is provided if you are using
your WORM media. If WORM support is not provided, the drive will eject the WORM tape
cartridge immediately upon insertion into to the tape drive.