Tributary LTO-6 Libraries for HP NonStop Systems

Tributary Systems Inc. announced LTO-6 tape devices for HP NonStop NS and NB systems running the J-Series OS.

“Our LTO-6 devices deliver up to 150TB in our 24-cartridge ACL devices,” said Kevin St. Cyr, VP hardware engineering, Tributary Systems. “The Tributary LTO-6 devices are backward compatible with other LTO tapes, and set new standards for data integrity and reliability.“

LTO-6 tape devices for the NonStop come in three models:

• M8801A Rack Mount, 24 LTO-6 cartridge ACL w/FC interface

• M8802A Table Top, 24 LTO-6 cartridge ACL w/FC interface

• M8805A Table Top, Single LTO-6 cartridge w/SAS interface

New Tributary LTO-6 Tape Drives provide:

• High Capacity/High Speed: Stores up to 6.25TB (assuming 2.5:1 compression) per LTO-6 cartridge at transfer rates exceeding those of LTO-5

• Dependability: Sets standards for data integrity and reliability, with a design based on inherently reliable LTO technology

• Reliability: Protects data with a simple integrity data path, including read and write dynamic random access memory

• Security: Fully supports ESKM (Enterprise Secure Key Manager) versions 2.1 and 3.0

• Compatibility: LTO-6 drives read and write to LTO-6 and LTO-5 media, and read only LTO-4 media

• Future proofing: The LTO Consortium (HP, IBM and Quantum has committed to this technology through the early 2020’s (LTO-10)

 Tributary has been an OEM supplier to HP for 18 years.