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AK381A is a SAN storage system engineered for demanding enterprise environments, featuring 12 drive bays that support a wide range of drive types including SATA, SAS, SSD, and NVMe. It delivers a total storage capacity of up to 512 TB and incorporates RAID levels such as RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10 for optimal data protection and performance.
AK381A is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores and comes with 8 GB of pre-installed DDR4 ECC memory, expandable up to 128 GB. The system offers versatile connectivity through USB 3.2 and 10GbE network ports, with additional features including expansion support, redundant fan cooling, and a redundant 350W power supply. Ideal for SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media server applications, AK381A ensures high reliability and scalability for mission-critical deployments.
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Financial services firms deploy the AK381A-HPE StoreEver MSL4048 tape library to automate long-term retention of multi-petabyte transaction records, audit logs and client data under SEC, GDPR and MiFID II mandates. Integrated WORM (Write Once Read Many) cartridges and encrypted tape drives ensure 99.999% data integrity, reduce on-premises storage costs by up to 60% and enable sub-hour retrieval for regulatory audits and e-discovery requests.
Global enterprises leverage the scalable 48-slot AK381A-HPE StoreEver MSL4048 tape library as a core component of their off-site disaster recovery strategy. Automated tape rotation with SAS connectivity delivers rapid full-system restores and incremental backups, achieving Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) under four hours and reducing annual DR infrastructure spending by 50%, while maintaining air-gap protection against cyber threats.
Media and entertainment companies use the AK381A-HPE StoreEver MSL4048 tape library to archive raw footage, post-production files and finished content in a high-density, energy-efficient format. With support for up to 1.5 EB of tape capacity in a single rack, automated cartridge management and offline indexing, organizations cut archival storage TCO by 70% and guarantee rapid access to legacy assets for future projects and licensing.
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 AK381A |  BB874SB |  BC029A |  BB873SB |  EH970SB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | NAS | NAS | SAN | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 12-bay | 8-bay | 12-bay | 24-bay | 12-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | SATA HDD / SATA SSD | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 512 TB | 512 TB | 1 PB | 512 TB | 512 TB |
| RAID Support | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 |
| CPU Type | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Installed RAM | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 128 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Active | Active |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 350W | 500W | 750W | 500W | 750W |
| Operating System | Custom OS | Custom OS | Linux | Custom OS | Custom OS |
| Snapshot Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud Sync Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Virtualization Ready | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| iSCSI Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Surveillance Support | No | No | No | No | No |
| Use Case | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Media Server / Virtualization | Enterprise Data Center | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | AK381A Enterprise SAN Storage System | BB874SB Enterprise NAS | BC029A Enterprise Storage System | BB873SB Enterprise SAN Storage | EH970SB Enterprise Storage System |
| Height | 3.4 inches | 4.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 4 inches | 3 inches |
| Width | 17.3 inches | 17.5 inches | 17.5 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches |
| Depth | 28.5 inches | 25 inches | 27.5 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches |
| Weight | 45 lbs | 35 lbs | 45 lbs | 50 lbs | 25 lbs |
MSL4048 library scaled cleanly in our backup environment and has been stable under daily operations.
Solid build quality and easy expansion options.
Good management interface and reliable robotics.
Handles large tape pools without issues.
Met our enterprise backup requirements.
The HPE StoreEver MSL4048 provides up to 48 LTO-8 cartridge slots delivering 576 TB of native storage and up to 1.15 PB of storage at 2:1 compression.
The MSL4048 supports HPE LTO-8 and LTO-7 half-height tape drives, enabling seamless integration with existing backup workflows.
The library accommodates up to four half-height tape drives and 48 cartridge slots in two removable magazines for scalable storage growth.
With HPE LTO-8 drives, you can achieve up to 360 MB/s native (720 MB/s compressed) per drive, delivering up to 1.44 GB/s aggregate native throughput with four drives.