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Q2078AH
HPE LTO-8 30TB RW Library Pack 20 Crtg
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Q2078AH is a SAN storage system designed for high-performance enterprise environments, featuring an 8-bay drive enclosure that supports SATA HDD, SAS HDD, SATA SSD, and NVMe SSD drives. It offers a total storage capacity of up to 256 TB with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10 configurations to ensure data redundancy and optimal performance.
The device is powered by an Intel Xeon processor with 8 cores and comes with 16 GB of pre-installed ECC DDR4 RAM, which can be expanded up to 64 GB. Q2078AH provides versatile interfaces including USB 3.2, Ethernet with 10GbE ports, and Fibre Channel connectivity. It supports network environments typical of SMB backup, enterprise data centers, virtualization deployments, and media server applications, while offering expansion capabilities, redundant power supply, and redundant fan cooling for enhanced reliability.
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In a global financial services firm, IT leverages the Q2078AH-HPE LTO-8 30TB RW Library Pack 20 Crtg to automate nightly full and incremental backups of 50TB+ SQL and Oracle databases. With up to 360MB/s native throughput and 30TB compressed capacity per cartridge, recovery point objectives (RPO) shrink below one hour and recovery time objectives (RTO) under four hours. The outcome is reliable off-site vaulting with AES-256 encryption, delivering enterprise-grade resilience against cyber threats and data corruption.
A multinational healthcare provider implements the Q2078AH-HPE LTO-8 30TB RW Library Pack 20 Crtg within its automated tape library to store 15 years’ worth of patient EHRs and imaging files. Each cartridge’s 30TB compressed capacity and WORM (Write Once Read Many) support ensure tamper-proof, offline archives that meet HIPAA and GDPR retention mandates. The result is audited, immutable archives that reduce on-premises storage costs by 60% while guaranteeing data integrity and rapid retrieval for compliance audits.
A digital post-production studio deploys the Q2078AH-HPE LTO-8 30TB RW Library Pack 20 Crtg to back up 4K and 8K video projects exceeding 100TB per month. Integrated with automated tape robotics, it provides scalable off-line storage, rapid parallel restores of raw footage, and global air-gap distribution to remote studios. The benefit is secure, cost-efficient archiving that frees primary storage, accelerates project turnaround by 50%, and safeguards creative assets against ransomware and system failures.
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 Q2078AH |  AG120A |  BL541B |  AG119A |  Q2078AL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System | Storage System |
| Storage Type | SAN | SAN | SAN | SAN | NAS |
| Form Factor | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount | Rackmount |
| Bay Count | 8-bay | 12-bay | 4-bay | 16-bay | 12-bay |
| Supported Drive Types | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed |
| Hot-Swap Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Max Supported Capacity | 256 TB | 512 TB | 512 TB | 256 TB | 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 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 | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Max RAM Capacity | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| RAM Type | ECC DDR4 | ECC DDR4 | DDR4 | DDR4 | ECC DDR4 |
| Network Ports | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE | 10GbE |
| LAN Ports | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| USB Ports | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.2 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.0 |
| Expansion Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cooling | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Redundant Fan | Active | Redundant Fan |
| Power Supply | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant | Redundant |
| Power Supply Wattage | 350W | 750W | 350W | 500W | 350W |
| 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 | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server | SMB / Enterprise Data Center / Media Server / Virtualization | Enterprise Data Center | Enterprise Data Center / Virtualization / Media Server / SMB | Enterprise Data Center |
| Product Name | Q2078AH SAN Storage System | AG120A Enterprise Storage System | BL541B Enterprise Storage Appliance | AG119A Storage System | Q2078AL Storage Array |
| Height | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches | 4 inches | 3.5 inches | 3.5 inches |
| Width | 17.5 inches | 17 inches | 17 inches | 17.5 inches | 17.5 inches |
| Depth | 25 inches | 28 inches | 28 inches | 27.5 inches | 27.5 inches |
| Weight | 35 lbs | 45 lbs | 45 lbs | 35 lbs | 25 lbs |
Library pack simplifies large scale tape management.
All cartridges performed consistently.
Reliable media for high capacity backups.
Good quality and packaging.
Suitable for enterprise libraries.
Each HPE LTO-8 cartridge delivers 12TB native capacity and up to 30TB compressed; the pack of 20 cartridges provides 240TB native or 600TB compressed total storage.
HPE LTO-8 media supports sustained data transfer rates up to 360 MB/s native and up to 750 MB/s with 2.5:1 compression.
The HPE LTO-8 30TB RW Library Pack (Q2078AH) includes 20 pre-labeled, write-and-rewrite media cartridges.
Yes, the HPE LTO-8 30TB media cartridges in this pack are fully read/write capable for repetitive backup and archive workflows.