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C7972A
HP Ultrium 2 400GB Data Cartridge
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C7972A is a robust NAS storage system designed for demanding enterprise data center environments and SMB backup applications. It features an 8-bay design that supports a mix of SATA HDDs and SATA SSDs, enabling a total storage capacity of up to 512 TB while offering multiple RAID configurations including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10. The device is equipped with an Intel Xeon processor (4 cores) and comes with 16 GB of pre-installed DDR4 memory, expandable up to 64 GB.
C7972A offers advanced connectivity with a 10GbE network port, dual LAN ports, and a USB 3.2 interface. It provides expansion support, redundant fan cooling, and a redundant power supply rated at 500W to ensure continuous operations. Ideal for virtualization, media servers, and enterprise data center applications, this NAS system is engineered to deliver high performance and reliability in mission-critical environments.
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Scenario: A mid-sized investment firm must retain 7 years of trade blotters and audit logs in immutable, offsite storage to satisfy SEC, FINRA and SOX requirements. IT deploys C7972A-HP Ultrium 2 400GB Data Cartridges in an LTO-2 library to create WORM-capable archives. Outcome: Ensures audit-ready, tamper-proof data retention, achieves full compliance, and reduces long-term storage costs by 30%.
Scenario: A global manufacturer’s remote plant lacks sufficient WAN bandwidth for nightly full backups. The IT team uses C7972A-HP Ultrium 2 400GB Data Cartridges to perform weekly full-system tape backups and daily incrementals, physically shipping cartridges to the central data center. Outcome: Delivers a sub-4-hour recovery time objective (RTO), ensures business continuity, and cuts network backup traffic by 80%.
Scenario: A television network needs cost-efficient, long-term storage of high-definition master tapes and raw footage. Engineers archive content on C7972A-HP Ultrium 2 400GB Data Cartridges, leveraging LTO-2’s 30-year shelf life and offline security. Outcome: Securely preserves over 1PB of critical media assets, lowers archival TCO by 45%, and accelerates content retrieval with tape-based indexing.
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 C7972A |  BC024-60005 |  C7974AN |  Q2013A |  BL540B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 8-bay | 12-bay | 12-bay | 12-bay | 24-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 512 TB | 512 TB | 1 PB | 1 PB | 192 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 10 | RAID 0 / RAID 1 / RAID 5 / RAID 6 / RAID 10 / RAID 50 / RAID 60 |
| CPU Type | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon |
| CPU Cores | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Installed RAM | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 64 GB | 32 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM Type | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE / Fibre Channel |
| LAN Ports | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.1 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Redundant Fan | Active | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 500W | 350W | 350W | 500W | 500W |
| Operating System | Custom OS | Custom OS | Custom OS | QTS | 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 | Yes | Yes |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center / SMB / Virtualization / Media Server |
| Product Name | C7972A Enterprise NAS Storage System | BC024-60005 High Performance SAN | C7974AN Enterprise Storage System | Q2013A Enterprise NAS | BL540B Storage Array |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 3 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17 inches | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17.3 inches | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | 18 inches | 27.5 inches | 27 inches | 24.0 inches | 27.5 inches |
| Weight | 25 lbs | 25 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs |
Legacy Ultrium 2 tapes still perform reliably in older systems.
Consistent backups with no media failures.
Good compatibility with existing drives.
Suitable for maintaining older archives.
Solid option for legacy environments.
The HP Ultrium 2 C7972A offers 200 GB native capacity and up to 400 GB compressed capacity (2:1 ratio) per cartridge.
The C7972A cartridge is fully compatible with all LTO Ultrium 2 drives and is read/write compatible in LTO-3 and LTO-4 drives, including HP autoloaders and tape libraries.
You can achieve up to 30 MB/sec native and 60 MB/sec compressed transfer rates, depending on host performance and data compressibility.
HP specifies a minimum of 1,000 load/unload cycles under normal operating conditions for the Ultrium 2 C7972A cartridge.