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Tributary Announces LTO 6 Devices for HP NonStop Systems
[November 14, 2014]

Tributary Announces LTO 6 Devices for HP NonStop Systems


SAN JOSE, Calif. --(Business Wire)--

At this week's HP CONNECT NonStop Advanced Technical Boot Camp, Tributary Systems Inc. announced general availability of high speed, high capacity LTO 6 tape devices for HP NonStop NS and NB systems running the J-Series operating system.

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

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

1. M8801A Rack Mount, 24 LTO 6 cartridge ACL w/FC interface

2. M8802A Table Top, 24 LTO 6 cartridge ACL w/FC interfac



3. M8805A Table Top, Single LTO 6 cartridge w/SAS (News - Alert) interface

The 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 new standards for data integrity and reliability, with a simple and robust design based on inherently reliable, proven LTO (Linear Tape Open) technology
  • Reliability: Protects your data with a simple, high 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 (News - Alert)) has committed to this technology through the early 2020's (LTO 10)

For more information or to discuss applications, stop by the Tributary Systems Booth at the HP CONNECT NonStop Advanced Technical Boot Camp.

Tributary Systems (www.tributary.com) develops, sells and supports unified backup storage, remote replication and disaster recovery solutions. Tributary has been an OEM supplier to HP for 18 years. Tributary customers range from the Fortune 20 to SMB companies in financial services, telecom and retail/distribution.


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