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HP MSL LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 FC Drive Kit
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BL544B is a high-performance NAS storage system featuring a 24-bay design that supports SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD drives with a total storage capacity of up to 1 PB. The system supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10 configurations, is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores, and comes with 16 GB of pre-installed DDR4 memory that is expandable to 128 GB.
BL544B provides versatile connectivity options including USB 3.2, Thunderbolt, Ethernet, and Fibre Channel interfaces with 10GbE network support and 2 LAN ports. It also offers expansion support along with active cooling and a redundant power supply delivering 500W, making it well-suited for enterprise data centers, virtualization, media servers, and SMB backup use cases.
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In a financial services environment, the BL544B-HP MSL LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 FC Drive Kit integrates into an HP MSL tape library to archive 30 years of transaction records. Outcome: ensures SEC and FINRA compliance, reduces storage costs by up to 70%, and accelerates data retrieval by 60%.
A global manufacturing firm deploys the BL544B-HP MSL LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 FC Drive Kit in its offsite DR facility to back up CAD designs and production databases. Benefit: delivers 3 TB native capacity per tape and 140 MB/s throughput, enabling full system recovery within 4 hours and minimizing unplanned downtime.
A post-production studio leverages the BL544B-HP MSL LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 FC Drive Kit to archive multi-terabyte 4K raw footage in an HP MSL library via 8 Gb FC connectivity. Result: lowers on-line storage footprint by 80%, speeds archive retrieval to meet tight editing schedules, and secures content for future monetization.
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 BL544B |  C7976WL |  TC444A |  Q2078AD |  Q2078A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | NAS | SAN | SAN | NAS | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 24-bay | 16-bay | 24-bay | 12-bay | 24-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 1 PB | 1 PB | 1 PB | 1 PB | 1 PB |
| RAID Support | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 / RAID 50 / RAID 60 / JBOD | 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 50 / RAID 60 / JBOD |
| CPU Type | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Installed RAM | 16 GB | 32 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 128 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 2 | 2 | 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 | Active | Active | Redundant Fan | Active |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 500W | 350W | 750W | 750W | 500W |
| Operating System | Custom OS | Custom OS | Custom OS | 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | BL544B | C7976WL Storage System | TC444A High Performance SAN | Q2078AD Storage Appliance | Q2078A Enterprise SAN Storage |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17 inches | 17.3 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 26.4 inches | 27.5 inches | 28 inches | 27.5 inches |
| Weight | 40 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs | 35 lbs | 55 lbs |
FC drive kit performs reliably within our library.
Installation was quick and performance stable.
No connectivity issues experienced.
Good throughput for backup operations.
A dependable Fibre Channel tape solution.
The HP MSL LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 FC Drive Kit (BL544B) is a Fibre Channel tape drive designed for midrange tape libraries, delivering high-capacity, high-speed backup and archiving.
It provides 1.5 TB of native storage and up to 3.0 TB of compressed capacity per cartridge, assuming a 2:1 compression ratio.
The drive supports a sustained native transfer rate up to 140 MB/s and up to 280 MB/s with compression enabled.
It uses a 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel interface, compatible with standard FC HBAs and switches for seamless integration.