HP EML E-series Tape Libraries - Manual (Page 17)

1 Library overview
The HP StorageWorks Enterprise Modular Library (EML) E-Series Tape Libraries provide performance,
reliability and investment protection for your data protection needs. With up to 16 HP StorageWorks
Ultrium 1840 (LTO4) tape drives, the EML E-Series boasts native throughput of over 6.9 TB/hr. Based on
the HP StorageWorks Extended Tape Library Architecture (ETLA), controllers help to ensure that rogue
I/O requests do not interrupt the backup or recovery job in progress. Additionally, the hardware itself is
very reliable, designed for 24x7 environments. Investment protection is achieved through the addition of
expansion modules, the EML E-Series library scales within the library footprint to 16 drives and 442 slots
for maximum performance, or 8 drives and 505 slots for maximum capacity.
The EML E-Series Tape Libraries contain the following features:
• Scalable capacity from 71 slots to 505 slots
• Scalable performance up to 16 Ultrium tape drives with 442 slots
• Interface controllers protect tape drives from SAN events
• Remote management via Command View for Tape Libraries software or the command line
interface
• Easy to use touch screen graphical user interface
• User configurable load ports with removable magazines
• Certified under the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Backup Solution (EBS)
• Accepts HP Ultrium 460-FC (LTO2), Ultrium 960-FC (LTO3), or Ultrium 1840-FC (LTO4) tape drives
• Factory and field rack configurations
• 2,000,000 mean swaps between failure
Available configurations
You can order the library in the following configurations.
Table 2 EML configurations
Configuration
Illustra-
tion
Height
in “U”
Maximum
slots
available
Config-
urable load
port slots
(in multiples
of 5)
Config-
urable re-
served slots
Number
of
possible
tape
drives
71e
nl 1 base module
nl field racked
11115
12 71 0–5 0 1–4
103e
nl 1 base module
nl factory racked
10964
12 103 0–5 0–9 1–4
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