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Q2078AC
HPE LTO-8 RW Cust Lbl No Case 20 Crtg
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Q2078AC is a SAN storage system designed with 12 drive bays supporting a mixed configuration of SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD drives to deliver a total storage capacity of 512 TB with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10 configurations. It is powered by an Intel Xeon 8-core processor with 16 GB of pre-installed memory that can be upgraded to 64 GB, and offers interfaces including USB 3.1, Ethernet via 10GbE, and Fibre Channel.
Q2078AC supports robust network connectivity with 4 LAN ports and expansion capability for additional modules, while featuring a redundant power supply rated at 350W and redundant fan cooling for optimal thermal management and system reliability. Its proven performance makes it ideal for SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization environments, and media server applications.
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A major bank deploys Q2078AC-HPE LTO-8 RW Cust Lbl No Case 20 Crtg to archive daily transaction logs and audit trails off network. This solution delivers 12 TB native capacity per cartridge, 30-year media life and AES-256 encryption, ensuring regulatory compliance, tamper-proof retention and a 50% reduction in primary storage costs.
A regional hospital leverages Q2078AC-HPE LTO-8 RW tapes to back up electronic health records and imaging datasets, then ships duplicates to an offsite vault. With WORM-capable cartridges and hardware encryption, the hospital achieves HIPAA-ready data protection, sub-hour recovery objectives and a 40% savings versus disk-only DR models.
A film studio integrates Q2078AC-HPE LTO-8 RW Cust Lbl No Case 20 Crtg into its 4K/8K footage archive, streamlining ingest to tape at 360 MB/s. The result is 20 TB compressed capacity per tape, automated tape labeling and cataloging for rapid retrieval, and a 60% lower total cost of ownership compared to cloud cold storage.
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 Q2078AC |  Q2006A |  Q2078ML |  Q2003A |  BL540B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 12-bay | 8-bay | 16-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 | 512 TB | 192 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 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 50 / RAID 60 |
| CPU Type | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon | Intel Xeon |
| CPU Cores | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 |
| Installed RAM | 16 GB | 8 GB | 16 GB | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 64 GB | 32 GB | 64 GB | 32 GB | 128 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE / Fibre Channel |
| LAN Ports | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.1 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Redundant Fan | Active | Active | Active | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 350W | 750W | 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 | No | Yes | Yes |
| Use Case | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center / SMB / Virtualization / Media Server |
| Product Name | Q2078AC SAN Storage System | Q2006A Storage System | Q2078ML Storage System | Q2003A Storage System | BL540B Storage Array |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | 28 inches | 22 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches | 27.5 inches |
| Weight | 35 lbs | 40 lbs | 50 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs |
Custom labeled LTO-8 cartridges simplified tape handling and delivered consistent high capacity backup performance.
Media quality has been excellent with no write or read errors reported.
Worked smoothly across multiple backup cycles in our LTO-8 library.
Clear labeling helped reduce operational mistakes.
Reliable option for enterprise scale LTO-8 environments.
Each cartridge on SKU Q2078AC provides 12 TB native capacity and up to 30 TB with 2.5:1 compression.
HPE LTO-8 RW tapes deliver 360 MB/s native throughput and up to 900 MB/s compressed transfer speed.
SKU Q2078AC ships as a pack of 20 HPE LTO-8 RW Custom Label tape cartridges.
Yes, they are fully compatible with LTO-8 drives, support read/write on LTO-7 media and read-only on LTO-6 media.