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HP Ultrium 800GB RW Custom Label 20 Pk
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C7973AL is a high-performance SAN storage solution designed for enterprise applications. It features 16 drive bays supporting a mix of SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD options, with a total storage capacity of up to 512 TB. The system offers robust RAID configurations including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10 to ensure data integrity and high availability.
C7973AL is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores and comes with 16 GB of pre-installed ECC DDR4 memory, expandable up to 128 GB. The product provides versatile connectivity with interfaces such as USB 3.2, 10GbE Ethernet, and Fibre Channel, along with expansion support, redundant fan cooling, and a redundant 750W power supply. It is ideally suited for enterprise data centers, virtualization environments, and media server applications.
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A global financial services firm deploys C7973AL-HP Ultrium 800GB RW Custom Label 20 Pk across an LTO-8 library to automate nightly full and incremental backups. High-capacity 800 GB native rewritable tape reduces media count by 40%, accelerates data restores by 30%, and ensures sub-4-hour RTO for critical transaction data.
A multi-hospital network leverages C7973AL-HP Ultrium 800GB RW Custom Label 20 Pk for long-term archiving of DICOM imaging and EHR records to meet HIPAA retention mandates. Durable custom labels streamline robotic tape handling, cut storage costs by 50%, and simplify audit-ready retrieval over a 30-year compliance cycle.
A manufacturing enterprise implements an air-gapped cybersecurity strategy using C7973AL-HP Ultrium 800GB RW Custom Label 20 Pk to weekly rotate offline backups to a secure offsite vault. Physical isolation of rewritable LTO-8 cartridges protects against ransomware, eliminates single points of failure, and ensures rapid data recovery integrity.
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| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | NAS | SAN | NAS | SAN |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 16-bay | 8-bay | 12-bay | 8-bay | 12-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | 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 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 | 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 | 8 GB | 16 GB | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 128 GB | 32 GB | 64 GB | 32 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 1GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| 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 | Redundant Fan | Active | Active | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 750W | 750W | 750W | 250W | 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 | No | No | No |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | C7973AL High Performance Storage Array | Q2006A Storage System | EH899B Enterprise Storage Array | BS580B Enterprise NAS Storage System | C7975AN Enterprise SAN |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches | 4 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17.0 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 22 inches | 27 inches | 14 inches | 28.0 inches |
| Weight | 45 lbs | 40 lbs | 35 lbs | 25 lbs | 45 lbs |
Custom labeled Ultrium cartridges simplified tape tracking.
Consistent performance across the entire pack.
No compatibility issues with existing drives.
Reliable for daily backup operations.
Good quality and labeling accuracy.
Each HP Ultrium 800GB RW tape provides 800 GB native capacity (1.6 TB compressed at 2:1) for high-density data backup.
Yes, these LTO-5 Ultrium RW cartridges work in any LTO-5 drive and are backward-readable in LTO-6, LTO-7, and LTO-8 Ultrium drives.
Each tape supports up to 400,000 load/unload cycles and a minimum of 1,000,000 head passes for reliable rewritable performance.
They deliver up to 140 MB/s native throughput (280 MB/s compressed) when used in LTO-5 Ultrium drives.