Dell Storage

PowerVault ML/TL Tape Backup

Dell™ is refreshing the entire tape portfolio to introduce the next generation drive technology, LTO-6, which will deliver faster performance and greater storage capacity than previous generation tape technology - delivering more efficient backup and archival. PowerVault LTO-6 meets your need for a highly reliable, high-capacity, high-performance data protection or archival solution.

Dell offers stand-alone LTO-6 tape drives that fit internally in the PowerEdge 12G servers that have an available half-height bay; and externally for 12G servers without room inside the server. We also offer rack mountable LTO-6 drives with our 114X for rack server and NAS customers.

Key Benefits

  • 2.5TB native capacity per cartridge
  • 160MB/sec native transfer rate per drive (576GB/hr)
  • Hardware encryption
  • Backwards read compatible with LTO-4 media; read/write compatible with LTO-5 media
  • PowerVault LTO-6 Tape BackupNew! PowerVault LTO-6

    PowerVault LTO-6 delivers great storage capacity, 2.5TB per cartridge, making it ideal for backing up large volumes and consolidating long-term archival.

  • PowerVault 114T/114X Tape BackupNew! PowerVault 114X

    Designed to complement Dell PowerEdge™ rack servers and Dell PowerVault network attached storage (NAS), this rackable subsystem is a convenient 2U tape rack enclosure.

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