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Spectra Logic Expands its Family of Data Storage Solutions with New Tape Library OfferingsSpectra Logic today announced a major expansion to its family of automated tape storage solutions with the introduction of two new tape library products. These products include the all-new Spectra® Stack, a highly scalable, modular and affordable tape library that allows users to start with a single tape drive and 10 tape slots, growing incrementally as their data needs increase, and the new Spectra® T950v Tape Library, an affordable, entry-level model of the popular high-end Spectra® T950 Tape Library family. The new tape libraries provide both value and functionality for organizations wrestling with growing data sets and shrinking budgets. In other tape updates, the company announced that all Spectra tape libraries± -- up to and including the new T950v -- can now be deployed with lower-cost half-height Fibre or SAS (News - Alert) LTO tape drives, potentially saving tens of thousands of dollars per installation. In addition, Spectra plans to offer RoCE 10Gigabit Ethernet connectivity with its IBM (News - Alert)® TS1155 tape drives for Ethernet tape library integration in Spectra's T380, T950, T950v and TFinity® ExaScale Tape Libraries, allowing customers to use their existing Ethernet infrastructure without investing in additional hardware.
Spectra Stack Tape Library The Spectra Stack offers superior flexibility on many levels, supporting both full-height and half-height tape drives; multiple generations of LTO tape drives (LTO-5, 6, 7 and 8) and LTO media (LTO-3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and LTO-7 Type M); and the bility to use new LTO tape technology or integrate existing LTO tape drives and media into the library for unrivaled investment protection. Easy to use and manage, the library's BlueVision™ software provides a feature set similar to the rest of the Spectra tape library family, including an intuitive color touchscreen, remote web interface, ability to create Shared Library Services (SLS) partitions (up to 20), built-in diagnostics, media lifecycle management**, encryption, and encryption key management.** In addition, an optional BlueVision camera can be mounted to the top of the library to provide a real-time and remote visual assessment of the robot. Certified with all major ISV packages for the data center, Spectra Stack also seamlessly integrates with Spectra's BlackPearl® Converged Storage System, allowing users to easily create an object storage ecosystem with tape, archive disk and online disk -- all managed by BlackPearl. Spectra tape library customers are eligible for the MigrationPass? program, which helps users consolidate other storage tape library applications, drives and tape cartridges into the Spectra Stack by leveraging SLS, providing greater density, efficiencies and cost savings. In addition to Spectra's exclusive Assisted Self Maintenance (ASM (News - Alert)) option, Spectra Stack is covered by SpectraGuard® Support, which reduces downtime and helps users avoid costly disruptions to their operations.
Spectra® T950v Tape Library Since tape media choice is essential in large-scale environments, the T950v enables users to select between LTO or IBM® TS11XX Tape Technology. Feature-rich and economical, the Spectra T950v delivers unsurpassed capabilities, including:
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Support Quotes "Today's IT experts have told us that their tape libraries must be easy to use, economical and extremely scalable, given the amount of information their organizations accumulate on a year-to-year basis," said Nathan Thompson, Spectra's chief executive officer. "The new Spectra Stack tape library is an answer to those requirements, and we look forward to supporting our growing customer base with one of the industry's most diverse and feature-rich data storage solution sets." Supporting Resources:
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Stack Tape Library brochure
±All Spectra libraries except the compact Spectra T50e
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