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An Introduction to Oracle’s
StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library
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Entry
SL8500
SL3000
SL150
A History of Innovation from Enterprise to the Small Business
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StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library Design Objectives
Ease of Use
Scalability
Reliability
Oracle Integration
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StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library Specifications
• Base Module: 3RU, 30 slots
• Expansion Module: 2RU, 30 slots
Size
• 30-300 Slots in a single system
• Up to 2 Power Supplies
Scale
• 45 TB per module
• 45-450TB in a single system
• Up to nearly 1 PB with 2:1 compression
Capacity
• 1-20 drives
• Half-height LTO drives: power and space efficient
Drives
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Savings Simplicity Scalability
SL150 Modular Tape Library: Value Propositions
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Simplicity of Architecture
• Design optimized for customer
ease of use and serviceability – Customer installable
– Customer upgradable and
serviceable
– Less than 10 parts
– No license keys for features or
capacity
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Seamless Scalability
10X
Growth
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Simplicity of Software
• Software developed to optimize
for customer ease of use and
serviceability – Built with Oracle Linux
– Leverages Oracle’s industry
leading Fusion Middleware
(Weblogic and ADF tools)
– Leverages StorageTek’s history
of tape automation
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Leveraging the Oracle Software for Tape Innovation Engineering Efficiency and Savings
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Simplicity – Software and Management
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Save with Investment Protection
• The SL150 Modular architecture provides flexibility to
help you scale in line with your needs
• Library architecture reduces power requirements
• Half height drives allow for high density and lower cost
• High density modules save valuable rack space
• Partitioning allows for consolidation of multiple libraries to
one scalable solution
• Support for Oracle’s OKM solution
Protect investment and lower overall total cost of operations
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Oracle QTM HP Dell IBM
Scalability 30+ Slots
1 Product vs.
Multiple
Ease of Customer
Upgrade
Density/Scalable
Module
Modern, Intuitive
Interface
Competitive Overview Oracle’s SL150 Tape Library Offers Many Advantages
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Summary: StorageTek SL150 Modular Tape Library Providing customers value through simplicity and scalability
• Simplicity of Design
– STK development and Oracle software are best-in-
class
– Simple product install, upgrade and management
– CRU model
• Scales from 30-300 slots
– The ONLY scalable library in its class
• Oracle Solution Support for backup and archive
• Customer Savings
– High density saves rack space (nearly 1PB in 21U)
– LTO HH only: Up to 20 FC or SAS half height drives
– OKM support