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StorageTek Tape Storage

WHY ORACLE?

STORAGETEK TAPE LEADERSHIP

As the volume and value of data grow beyond online resources and backup windows, Oracle’s proven StorageTek tape and library solutions help you manage complexity, control costs, and deliver on service level agreements.

World's highest capacity drives
Reduce backup windows with high-performance, scalable tape solutions.
Maximize secure data access with unique high-availability system features, compliance and encryption capabilities, and proven product longevity.
Lower total cost of ownership with the industry’s densest tape solutions that reduce both capital and operating expenses.

World's highest capacity and highest performance drives.
World’s first exabyte storage system.
Only enterprise and midrange tape libraries with 24x7 high-availability features.
The most scalable, integrated hardware/software tiered storage environment to transparently migrate data between multiple layers of disk storage and tape.
StorageTek’s 40+ years of experience in tape and tape libraries.
25% more capacity/cartridge than IBM
3x more capacity/square foot than IBM
33% lower cost than IBM*

* Based on IBM's and Oracle's hardware list prices and technical documentation for a 20 PB archive using Oracle's StorageTek SL8500 Library and StorageTek T10000C Tape Drive when compared to IBM's TS3500 Tape Library and TS1140 Tape Drive.

STORAGETEK TAPE PRODUCTS

Tape Libraries

Tape Drives

Tape Media

Tape Encryption

Oracle Key Manager

Tape Virtualization

StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) and Virtual Library Extension (VLE) Systems

Tape Device Software

ONLY ORACLE OFFERS SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS

Capability	Benefit	Result
World’s highest capacity tape drive	Store more in less space	Increase cartridge capacity by 25% over the competition
Highly scalable tape systems	Store more data while utilizing fewer library resources	Lower tape acquisition and floor
World’s first exabyte tape library with non-disruptive scalability	Seamlessly grow while operating to an exabyte of compressed data in a single managed library	Store more data in one tape library unit and provide more performance than comparable libraries
Highest library availability with robotic and library electronic replacements while operating	Minimize scheduled and unscheduled downtime	Reduce risk with 24x7 data availability
Media mixing on a per slot basis	Greater flexibility and utilization with resources shared across multiple computing environments	Lower capital costs and TCO through consolidation and improved utilization
Highest level of media re-use	Leverage existing investments using the latest technologies	Lower TCO by re-using media through multiple generations of tape drive technology
Most secure and scalable encryption	Unsurpassed end-to-end security and scalability with intelligent, simple key management	Reduce risk by keeping critical data secure and enable global operations with local compliance laws and legal inquiries
99% less energy used than disks	Reduced data center power and cooling requirements	Lower TCO through less energy consumption
Most scalable mainframe virtualization	Transparently optimize tape storage with automated policies for mainframe environments with industry leading scalability and policies	Accelerate business by seamlessly scaling performance and scalability
Multi-generation interoperability with mainframe virtualization	Leverage existing investments with the latest technologies	Lower TCO with the ability to upgrade in smaller steps instead of system-wide migrations
Extensive Oracle and third party backup and archive software interoperability	Ensured data availability in heterogeneous environment from Windows desktops through mainframes and supercomputers	Lower TCO with a consolidated solution by leveraging existing tools and training