StorageTek SL500 Tape Drive Upgrade
Upgrading your StorageTek / Sun SL500… If you are currently using a StorageTek STK SL500 tape library and you have either outgrown the capacity or your backup times are no longer within your time range, don’t replace the library, upgrade your tape drives.
Strategic Support Solutions (S3) can upgrade your StorageTek tape drives, whether you replace the drives yourself or you have S3 handle it for you, we have the solution for you.
How will upgrading your StorageTek SL500 drives increase your capacity and through put? As you see in the chart below, by upgrading your LTO3 drives to LTO5 you will increase you capacity per cartridge by over 2TB’s and an increase in throughput of over 120MB/s. Don’t wait, Upgrade your STK SL500 drives today!
Phone: +1 321-610-3900 or 866-994-4235 E-mail: sales@strategicsupport.com
| Drive | LTO 2 | LTO 3 | LTO 4 | LTO 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity/Cart Native|Compressed | 200|400GB | 400|800GB | 800|1.6TB | 1.5|3.0TB |
| Throughput | 80MB/s | 160MB/s | 240MB/s | 280MB/s |
StorageTek SL500 LTO tape drives feature extremely fast data transfer rates. Strategic Support Solutions offers the largest capacity STK SL500 tape drive upgrades from LTO 2, LTO 3, LTO 4 and
LTO 5 so that you can process as much data possible in as little time with your StorageTek SL500 Tape Library.
Strategic Support Solutions also sells, repairs and upgrades tape drives for your STK SL500, Oracle SL500, and Sun SL500 Tape libraries.
LTO3 SL500 Tape Drives:
| SL500 Tape Drive Part Number | SL500 Tape Drive Description |
|---|---|
| 003-0545-01, Y-SG-XL500-LTO3F4I | IBM LTO 3 FC 4GB |
| 003-0546-01, 3127905170, Y-SG-XL150-LTO3F4HZ | HP LTO 3 FC GB |
| 314828301, 314828503, 314828505, Y-SG-XL500-LTO3FCI, Y-SG-XL500-LTO3FCH, 3100222886, Y-LTO3-HP2FC-SL500, 419686701 | HP LTO 3 FC 2GB |
| LTO3S50-004 | IBM LTO 3 FC 2GB |
| 314829301, LTO3S50-002,Y-SG-XL500L3S-HP-Z | HP LTO 3 LVD SCSI |
| LTO3S50-003 | IBM LTO 3 LVD SCSI |
LTO4 SL500 Tape Drives:
| SL500 Tape Drive Part Number | SL500 Tape Drive Description |
|---|---|
| 003-4411-01, 3127905172, 419888006, 419888001, 419888301, LTO4-IB4FC-SL500 | IBM LTO 4 FC |
| 003-4460-04, 003-4596-01, 3127905173, BRSLA-0601-DC, LTO4-HP4FC-SL500Z, PD098D#700 | HP LTO 4 FC |
| 003-4597-01, 3127905174,419932408, 419932406, LTO4-HPLVD-SL500 | HP LTO 4 LVD SCSI |
| LTO4E-HP4FC-SL500Z | HP LTO 4 FC Encryption Capable |
LTO5 SL500 Tape Drives:
| SL500 Tape Drive Part Number | SL500 Tape Drive Description |
|---|---|
| 100531-02, 418621401, 418621602, LTO5-HP8FC-SL500Z, LTO5-HPFC-D-SL500, LTO5-HP8FC-SL500Z | HP LTO 5 FC |
| LTO5-IBFC-D-SL500, LTO5-IB8FC-SL500Z | IBM LTO 5 FC |
Strategic Support Solutions also sells new or certified tape media so we can provide you with a complete package, drive upgrade, installation, and media.
