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BB873SB
HPE StoreEver LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 HH SAS Internal Standalone...
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BB873SB is a high-performance SAN storage system engineered for demanding enterprise environments. It features 24 drive bays supporting SATA HDD, SAS HDD, and SATA SSD drive types with a total storage capacity of 512 TB. The system offers RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 6 configurations and is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores.
BB873SB comes with 16 GB of pre-installed ECC DDR4 memory, expandable up to 64 GB, and provides versatile connectivity via dual 10GbE network ports, USB 3.2, and Fibre Channel interfaces. Its design includes active cooling with redundant fan support, redundant 500W power supplies, and expansion capabilities, making it an excellent choice for enterprise data centers and virtualization setups.
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In a global financial services firm, IT architects deploy the BB873SB-HPE StoreEver LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 HH SAS Internal Standalone Tape Drive to execute nightly full-image backups of virtualized servers. Leveraging 15 TB native capacity and sustained 300 MB/s throughput, the solution compresses and stores petabyte-scale data within tight backup windows. Outcome: reliable restore points in under 30 minutes, minimized RPO/RTO and uninterrupted trading operations.
A healthcare provider implements the BB873SB-HPE StoreEver LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 drive to archive patient records and imaging files under HIPAA and GDPR mandates. Using hardware encryption and LTFS indexing, archived tapes are immutable (WORM) and searchable without proprietary software. Outcome: auditable retention up to 30 years, low total cost of ownership and full regulatory compliance with instant retrieval for audits.
A manufacturing conglomerate integrates the BB873SB-HPE StoreEver LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 into its DR strategy, performing weekly incremental backups and rotating encrypted cartridges to an offsite vault. The high-density tapes deliver 75 TB compressed capacity per rack unit and air-gapped security against ransomware. Outcome: rapid site failover, zero production data loss, and a resilient, geographically dispersed DR posture at a fraction of disk-based replication costs.
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| BB873SB |  AK379A |  AK379SB |  EH957B |  C7977AL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | SAN | SAN | SAN | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 24-bay | 12-bay | 12-bay | 16-bay | 16-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 512 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB |
| RAID Support | 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 10 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 | 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 | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Active | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Active |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 500W | 500W | 500W | 500W | 750W |
| 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 | Yes |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | BB873SB Enterprise SAN Storage | AK379A Enterprise Storage System | AK379SB Enterprise Storage Array | EH957B Enterprise Storage Array | C7977AL Enterprise Storage System |
| Height | 4 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 25 inches | 28.0 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches |
| Weight | 50 lbs | 30 lbs | 35 lbs | 25 lbs | 45 lbs |
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The HPE StoreEver LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 (SKU: BB873SB) is a half-height, standalone internal tape drive with a 12 Gb/s SAS interface, designed for high-capacity data backup and archiving.
The LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 delivers 6 TB of native capacity per cartridge and up to 15 TB with 2.5:1 hardware compression.
The HPE LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 offers up to 300 MB/s native and up to 750 MB/s compressed data transfer rates.
Yes. It reads and writes LTO-6 media and reads LTO-5 media to ensure seamless integration with existing archives.
It uses a 12 Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface for robust connectivity and high throughput.
The drive is a half-height, standalone internal unit designed to fit standard 5.25″ drive bays.
It supports major platforms including Windows Server, Linux distributions, UNIX variants, and VMware environments.
Mount the drive in a 5.25″ bay, connect the 12 Gb/s SAS cable and power cable, then install the HPE device driver following the QuickSpecs guide.
Built-in features include dynamic track following, error-correcting code (ECC), write-once-read-many (WORM) media support, and robust head design for up to 260,000 load/unload cycles.
Operating temperature ranges from 10 °C to 40 °C, non-operating from –40 °C to 65 °C, with relative humidity between 20 % and 80 % (non-condensing).
HPE provides a standard three-year parts, labor, and on-site warranty for the LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 tape drive.
Yes. It supports optional AES-256 encryption for secure, tamper-evident data protection when used with encrypted LTO-7 cartridges and a security key manager.
Ideal use cases include long-term data archival, enterprise backup, disaster recovery solutions, and compliance storage.
The drive measures 102 mm (H) × 146 mm (W) × 41 mm (D) and weighs approximately 1.0 kg.
Typical power consumption is 50 W during active operation and 10 W in idle mode.
It supports LTO-7 cartridges (native read/write), LTO-6 cartridges (read/write), and LTO-5 cartridges (read only).
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