Sun StorageTek SL500 Modular Library System

Sun StorageTek SL500 Library System

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From $14,000. (US)

Designed to simplify your backup operations, the award-winning Sun StorageTek SL500 Modular Library System is easy to own and operate. Based on the highly reliable, enterprise-class Sun StorageTek SL8500 Modular Library System, the midrange StorageTek SL500 maintains reliability regardless of the number of expansion modules, features redundant, hot-swappable components, and scales from 79 to 460 TB, providing you with more than 30% greater capacity than competing libraries.


At a Glance

  • Superior robotics and easy serviceability improve reliability
  • Redundant, hot-swappable components ensure availability
  • Scales easily while maintaining reliability and performance in high-availability environments
  • Simplifies and accelerates consolidation with up to eight native partitions
  • Enables a policy-managed, tiered storage solution when combined with Sun StorageTek VTL virtual systems

Key Applications

  • Reliable, scalable data backup
  • Archive
  • Storage consolidation
  • Disaster recovery

Consolidate Your Storage and Save

Learn how storage consolidation can help you save on power, space, and cooling costs and simplify management of open or mixed environments.


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Configure your Sun StorageTek SL500 Modular Library System to see just how low your power consumption can go.


Greening Your Data Center?

The Sun StorageTek Tape Libraries can reduce power and energy costs and save you money. Using consolidation strategies and higher performance and capacity tape drives, our tape libraries are fast, secure, and efficient, and can dramatically reduce your cost per GB of storage. They're ideal for long-term, eco-responsible data protection and archive, and can help you keep your business in the green.


 

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No hassle scaling

It's easy to scale the Sun StorageTek SL500 Modular Library System without costly forklift upgrades. Start at entry level and grow cost-effectively when requirements demand it.