Oracle StorageTek SL8500: Scalable Tape Library from China Suppliers & Factory for Efficient Data Management

Because scheduled downtime is unacceptable in many enterprise data centers, the StorageTek SL8500 offers the industry-leading ability to grow while operating. The system's RealTime Growth feature means that additional slots and drives—and the robotics to serve them—can be added while the original StorageTek SL8500 modular library system continues to operate.

Capacity-on-demand capability further allows you to tap into physical capacity incrementally, so you can grow at your own pace and pay only for the capacity you need. Thus, with the StorageTek SL8500 you can scale to accommodate future growth—adding capacity and performance without disruption.

To meet the high-performance needs of your enterprise data center, each StorageTek SL8500 library is equipped with four or eight robots working in parallel to provide a multithreaded solution. This reduces queuing, especially during peak work periods. As the system scales, each additional StorageTek SL8500 added to the aggregate system comes equipped with more robotics, so the performance can scale to stay ahead of your requirements as they grow.

Additionally, with the StorageTek SL8500 modular library system’s unique centerline architecture, drives are kept in the center of the library alleviating robot contention. Robots travel one-third to one-half the distance required by competitive libraries, improving cartridge-to-drive performance. For customers with high-volume import/export requirements, our new bulk cartridge access port (CAP) improves import/export capacity by 3.7x and performance by up to 5x.