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As the data universe expands, and data growth rates skyrocket, HPE Storage LTO technology can help you manage and control Big Data.

According to a report by Further Research1 , we live in an age of minimal data deletion, but one where business information needs to be kept indefinitely. This is the mega trend behind the new data ‘space race’. Traditional applications and new workloads powered by AI and Machine Learning are creating astonishing amounts of information that can never be deleted. The need to create and maintain huge data archives is putting pressure on storage media densities, IT budgets and data centre resources like never before!

HPE Storage Tape is the
perfect deep space solution

HPE’s storage portfolio helps you radically simplify data management with the industry’s most comprehensive solutions to store, manage and protect data across hybrid cloud. But above the clouds, as business data ages, lies deep space. It’s here that HPE Storage Tape can help you preserve and protect the more distant reaches of your data universe.

60% of all data
will be cold or frozen by 20301.

Strengthen Data Protection with HPE Storage MSL Vault Partition and MFA

Multifactor Authentication, supported by all MSL tape libraries, adds a second layer of verification to prevent unauthorised access to the library's management console and data. Even if a password is compromised, your information remains safeguarded. HPE MSL Vault Partition allows you to create isolated, air-gapped partitions inside MSL3040 and MSL6480 tape libraries. Vault partitions are invisible to applications and inaccessible without MFA, meaning backup data can remain secure even when other systems are compromised.

Make tape your superpower

A true superpower stands the test of time, and LTO tape technology is no exception. Despite being around for over 75 years, it continues to outpace the hard drive storage market in terms of density and scalability. Its resilience, adaptability, and unmatched capabilities make it a cornerstone of modern storage solutions. Tape is not just a tool—it’s the superpower of the IT superhero, quietly ensuring that businesses, governments, and institutions can store, protect, and access data whenever needed. Tape can make you the superhero of your organization, empowering you to tackle the ever-growing challenges of AI driven data management with confidence and strength.

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Four reasons why you
can win the space race

Scalability

IDC predicts that by 2027, the Datasphere of data generated annually will reach a staggering 291.7 ZB2 , the overwhelming majority of which will be Enterprise, rather than consumer data. While hard disk (HDD) areal density growth has slowed dramatically, constraining the size of HDDs, the 14th generation LTO roadmap is projecting tape media capacities of 1.4 PB per cartridge. This makes HPE Storage LTO tape the ideal, ultra dense cold data storage platform of the future.

Security

A recent study3 found that in 93% of ransomware incidents, criminals target connected backup repositories, resulting in more than one-third (39%) of these backups being completely lost. HPE Storage Tape technology can make your backup and restore processes ultra secure by allowing you to keep copies of your business data completely offline and disconnected from all network activity.

Sustainability

The cold data oceans of the future will have more in common with the Antarctic than with the warmer seas of the Tropics. But the extraordinary rise of a vast, largely inert information store represents a number of challenges relating to sustainability that tape technology uniquely addresses. By deploying LTO technology, organisations can dramaticaly reduce CO2 emissions associated with storing archive data and help lower the environmental impact of long term data retention4.

Savings

Using LTO technology  for long term data storage can dramatically lower the cost of storing and managing data over timeframes spanning decades in comparison to all-disk or all-cloud solutions4. With extremely low cost per TB, high storage density to maximise data center resources and vast and flexible scalability, tape is better suited to the colossal data storage demands of the looming 'zettabyte era'.

1 Storage Management in an Age of Minimal Data Deletion, Further Research, 2023.
2 IDC Global DataSphere 2023-2027 Forecast, April 2023
3 Veeam Ransomware Trends Survey, Veeam, 2023
4 Data Economics: LTO-9 Technology Optimizing Data Value”, Solutions North Consulting, 2023

HPE Storage Tape Usability Tools

Use these tools to calculate Total Cost of Ownership and perform Sustainability analysis for HPE Storage LTO Tape Solutions.

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The future is bright for tape storage!

 

The Global Trends, Applications and Use Cases for Tape Adoption is a report published every five years by the Information Storage Industry Consortium. It scrutinises technology trends in the development of tape, HDD and solid state media with a view to long term archiving. The latest report concludes that tape will strengthen its position as the optimum solution for long term data archiving. You can read this trove of information here.

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Gain greater control over your AI storage costs

AI is creating an explosion of valuable data, but keeping it all on flash, disk or in the cloud can quickly become unaffordable. A new white paper from storage analysts Solutions North Consulting, reveals how  LTO tape technology can transform the economics of AI storage. Discover how HPE Storage Tape can reduce total cost and energy consumption, strengthen cyber resilience and governance, and preserve the historical data needed for future model development without swamping expensive high-performance storage.

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