Compaq StorageWorks Enterprise ESL9198DLX DLT Tape Drive Recommendations

The ESL9198DLX is an Enterprise Tape Library, with up to eight Compaq 40/80 GB DLT drives and 198 slots, offering 7.92 TB of backup capacity (native) of storage, and native backup performance of 172.8 GB/hr. It offers true hot plug capability on drives for online replacement and increase in performance, along with redundant AC power, power supplies fans for continuous availability. ??The ESL9198DLX has a passive Peripheral Component Interface (PCI) backplane for future technology upgrades such as embedded fiber and Network Attached Storage (NAS) capabilities, RAIT and drive mirroring. It is multi-unit scalable up to five units, and can be scaled with the ESL9326D, ESL9326DX and additional ESL9198 libraries. (ESL9198 has reduced slot availability in scaled configuration, 192 slots when connected to one other library and 168 slots when connected to two libraries.) The ESL9198DLX is qualified with Windows 2000 and Windows NT, NetWare, Tru64 UNIX and OpenVMS, as well as Compaq ProLiant...

194993-B21, 194993-B24, 194993-B28, 253736-001, 253737-001, 253738-001