High-performance, high availability racked backup

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• HP SureStore Tape Array 5500 provides high-performance backup at a fraction of the cost of a tape library.
• This rack enclosure holds up to five DLT 80 drives on five independent SCSI buses that can be configured independently or daisy-chained together.
• This 4U rack enclosure boasts the highest density in its class, holding up to five full-height, high-performance tape drives in only 7 inches of rack space.
• The modular design allows you to expand from one to five tape drives as your capacity requirements grow. You can easily upgrade to new ultra-high-capacity technologies, such as Ultrium and SuperDLT, as they become available.
• With five DLT 80 drives, you can store 200 GB native (400 GB compressed*) per array. With future tape technologies such as Ultrium and SuperDLT, the Tape Array 5500 will scale to a terabyte* and beyond.

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