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EH899B
HP LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 SAS Internal Tape Drive
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EH899B is a high-performance SAN storage system designed for enterprise environments. It features a 12-bay chassis that supports a mix of SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD drives, enabling a total storage capacity of 512 TB. The system offers robust redundancy with redundant power supplies and active cooling, while supporting multiple RAID configurations including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10.
EH899B is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores and comes with 16 GB of pre-installed DDR4 memory, expandable up to 64 GB. Its connectivity options include 10GbE network ports, 4 LAN ports, and USB 3.2 ports. Designed to support a wide range of use cases such as SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization, and media servers, this storage system also features expansion support, hot-swap capabilities, and an integrated Custom OS for flexible management.
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A multinational bank deploys the EH899B-HP LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 SAS Internal Tape Drive in its HP MSL tape library to securely archive 10 years of transaction logs. With 1.5 TB native (up to 3 TB compressed) capacity per cartridge, 140 MB/s sustained throughput and WORM-enabled air-gap protection, the solution meets SEC, FINRA and GDPR retention mandates while cutting on-disk storage costs by up to 65%.
A mid-size automotive manufacturer integrates the EH899B-HP LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 SAS Internal Tape Drive into nightly backups of ERP and CAD systems. Delivering high reliability and sustained 140 MB/s transfer rates, it enables recovery time objectives under three hours, minimizes production downtime, and leverages off-site tape rotation for hardened business continuity and reduced RTO/RPO exposure.
An international film studio uses the EH899B-HP LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 SAS Internal Tape Drive within its digital asset management workflow to archive 4K raw footage. Each tape stores up to 3 TB compressed data at enterprise-grade reliability, streamlines long-term storage of multi-terabyte projects, and lowers per-TB media costs by 70% while preserving content with tamper-proof, air-gap security.
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 EH899B |  Q2078ML |  Q2015A |  Q2078W |  Q2S12A | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | SAN | SAN | NAS | NAS |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 12-bay | 16-bay | 16-bay | 8-bay | 12-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed | SATA HDD / SAS HDD / SATA SSD / NVMe SSD | Mixed | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 512 TB | 1 PB | 1 PB | 512 TB | 256 TB |
| 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 |
| 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 | 32 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 64 GB | 64 GB | 128 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Active | Active | Active | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 750W | 750W | 500W | 350W | 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 | Yes |
| Use Case | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | EH899B Enterprise Storage Array | Q2078ML Storage System | Q2015A Enterprise SAN Storage | Q2078W Enterprise NAS | Q2S12A Enterprise NAS Storage System |
| Height | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17.3 inches | 17.3 inches |
| Depth | 27 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches | 28.7 inches | 27.5 inches |
| Weight | 35 lbs | 50 lbs | 50 lbs | 35 lbs | 35 lbs |
Internal tape drive performs reliably with steady transfer rates.
Installed easily and recognized immediately by the system.
No read or write errors experienced so far.
Good performance for daily backup operations.
Dependable tape drive for enterprise use.
The HP LTO-5 Ultrium 3280 SAS tape drive offers 1.5 TB native capacity and up to 3.0 TB compressed capacity, assuming a 2:1 compression ratio.
The drive delivers up to 140 MB/s native and up to 280 MB/s compressed sustained data transfer rate over its SAS interface.
The EH899B features a dual-port 6 Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface for high-speed connectivity.
Yes, the drive is fully compatible with HP ProLiant rack and tower servers that support internal SAS tape drives.