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StorageTek SL8500 Modular Library System

Highest Scalability, Performance, and Availability

Oracle's StorageTek SL8500 modular library system, the world’s first exabyte storage system, delivers unprecedented value through heterogeneous data consolidation and multi-generation media support in an ultra-dense footprint. With up to 100,000 slots and 1,000 PB (utilizing 2:1 compression). And it ensures that your data is safe and secure with 24x7 availability.

StorageTek Tape Resource Kit

	KEY APPLICATIONS
	Long-term data retention, archive, and backup. Consolidation and high data growth environments. Mission-critical and technical computing applications.

	AT A GLANCE
	Designed for consolidation with mixed media support for heterogeneous data. Data growth without disruption and industry-leading enterprise availability. Modular, scalable capacity for rapid growth and regulatory compliance. Compare Similar Products Eco savings with 50% less floor space and reduced power and cooling.

KEY SYSTEM FEATURES AND BENEFITS

Feature	Benefit
Non-disruptive growth up to an exabyte of compressed data capacity (with 2:1 compression)	Seamless scalability for even the largest data requirements
Fully redundant and hot-swappable components	Reduce planned and unplanned downtime
Intelligent partitioning, sharing and managing	Simplify storage management and increase in-library utilization
“Any Cartridge Any Slot” mixed media support	Optimize media investments by utilizing varied technologies side by side
RealTime Growth and pay as you grow scalability	Pre-install capacity so you reduce downtime but pay for it incrementally to contain costs by only paying for the capacity you require

KEY SPECIFICATIONS

Scales from 29 TB to 1 exabyte (1 billion gigabytes) with up to 100,000 tape slots.
Supports a combination of up to 640 tape drives, including the StorageTek T10000, StorageTek T9840 and LTO tape drives with legacy StorageTek T9940, SDLT, and DLT-S4 tape drives.
Redundant and hot-swappable robotics, power, and electronic components maximize availability.
Store mainframe, supercomputing, UNIX, Linux, and Windows data in a single system.

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