Oracle Unveils StorageTek SL150 LTO Mid-Range Library

Oracle Corp. announced StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library.

An archive and data protection solution for midsize and growing businesses, it scales from 30 to 300 slots and up to 900TB of capacity (using 2:1 compression), giving customers room to grow in a single tape library and reducing service, installation and capital expenditure costs.

Benefits of StorageTek SL150

• offers space savings and can offer 40% higher density than competitive products.
• can be deployed and expanded at up to 75% lower acquisition cost than comparable midrange solutions (comparison between StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library and the Quantum i500, based on library and drive acquisition cost and does not include media and service.).
• offers simple, streamlined management via a graphical user interface built on Oracle Fusion Middleware and Oracle Linux. Users can view and navigate drive, library and media information without dealing with cumbersome file structure drill-downs as in other solutions.
• can be installed in 30 minutes and capacity can be added using the library’s USB-based auto-discovery system to find new expansion modules.
• supports a range of open systems environments, providing an integrated protection and archive solution with Oracle 11g Recovery Manager, Oracle Secure Backup, Oracle StorageTek Tape Analytics, Oracle’s StorageTek Automated Cartridge System Library Software (ACSLS) and  Oracle’s Sun Storage Archive Manager software. Operating systems and platforms include Oracle Solaris and Oracle Linux, Oracle Exadata Database Machine, Oracle Database Appliance, Oracle’s SPARC and Sun x86 servers, and Oracle’s Sun Storage.

"Oracle’s StorageTek SL150 Tape Library is ideal for midsize and growing companies, delivering exceptional scalability, cost savings and ease of use," said James Cates, VP, Hardware Development, Oracle. "The StorageTek SL150 delivers the capacity they need today and the headroom to grow with their businesses in the future."

"The target user for the new SL150 is, above all, looking for just a handful of things, headed by simplicity, scalability and reliability," said Mark Peters, senior analyst at ESG. "The unique engineering of the SL150 is beguilingly straightforward, yet has ample capabilities for its intended users, who will no doubt be pleased that this junior thoroughbred comes from the proven Oracle StorageTek stable."

"Oracle’s StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library is a highly differentiated product," said Sophie Daval, Altimate Group. "Its focus on simplicity of management and scalability make it ideal for the growing businesses in our client base."