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Spectralogic T50e
    
 
The T50e offers you advanced LTO technology, powerful library management functionality, increased security through our integrated BlueScale® Encryption, plus a range of support options to complement your requirements. With more innovative features than other libraries in its class, the T50e easily stands out in front. It's just a better library.
 

Installs in under 30 Minutes

From removing the unit from the packaging to configuration, it takes less than half an hour to install and set up the Spectra T50e library. The small-form 4U library can be rack-mounted or used on a tabletop. AutoInstall loads all software options keys and the current firmware version automatically. The T50e provides a choice of connectivity options—either direct-connect SCSI or Fibre Channel (iSCSI support on the product roadmap) and is compatible with all major backup packages and operating systems.
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The Best Library Interface

Available through the library's on-board LCD color touchscreen and remote web access, BlueScale is a easy-to-navigate, browser-based library interface built into Spectra Logic libraries that enables our solutions to work simply, flexibly, and safely with your data. For over 14 years, BlueScale has been continuously updated and enhanced with features ranging from self-monitoring to encryption to media management—supplying a tightly integrated structure that supports new technologies and requirements to better safeguard your data.

The Best Encryption Solution Available

The Spectra T50e is the only library in its class that offers a truly integrated encryption option for data backed up to tape. BlueScale introduces encryption and key management seamlessly into your backup strategy in just a few steps, all with no external hardware or software required. With AES-256 bit BlueScale Encryption and Key Management built into the T50e, encrypting backed up data is secure, efficient, easy to manage—and free.

 
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The Library that can Take Care of Itself

Eliminate downtime by preventing unexpected failures with the T50e's AutoSupport feature. The T50e self-monitors its drives, power supplies, controller and robotics, alerting you when they need attention. It also "phones home" by emailing a notification to SpectraGuard Support and opening a ticket automatically. You can be on the way to resolution—without making a phone call. When you're ready to call SpectraGuard, your agent has the trace logs, status information and library configuration details to help you quickly resolve the issue before it can have an operational impact.
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The Best Media and Media Management

Certified Media from Spectra Logic gives you an additional set of unique features and guarantees for protection and ease of use that regular media does not offer, greatly reducing many of the traditional pain-points experienced with managing regular tape. Media Lifecycle Management (MLM) helps you manage your tape media by giving you a tool to proactively detect potential media errors well before they happen. MLM records 30 data points every time a tape is loaded, giving you vital statistical and diagnostic information that helps you proactively manage your tape media throughout its life. By using Media Lifecycle Management and Certified Media together, you get the only comprehensive media protection solution available on the market today—all within the same interface you use to manage your library.
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Physical Characteristics

  • Fits into 4U rack space
  • 7" H x 17.5" W x 31.25" D when used as a tabletop unit
  • 17.8cm H x 44.5cm W x 73.7cm D
  • Weight: 40 lbs / 18 kg

Power Requirements

  • Input power: 120/240 VAC
  • Power consumption: 265 W maximum

Upgrade Capacity and Performance:
 

Capacity:

Capacity* LTO-5 LTO-4 LTO-3
  Min slots 10

15/30TB

 8/16TB
 4/8 TB
  Max slots 50

75/150TB

40/80TB

  20/40 TB

*Uncompressed/compressed values

Throughput

Drives Native (MB/s) Native (GB/hour) Compressed (MB/s) Compressed (GB/hour)
   LTO-5 Half Height
1 140 504
 280
1,008
2 280 1,008  560
2,016
3 420 1,512 840 4,536
4 560 2,016 1,120 4,032
   LTO-4 Full Height
1
 120 432
 240
864
2
 240 864 480
1,728
   LTO-4 Half Height
1
 120 432
240
864
2
 240 864 480
1,728
3
 360 1,296 720 2,592
4
 480 1,728 960 3,456
   LTO-3 Full Height
1
 80 288
160
576
2
 160 575 320
1,152

Interface Options

    • SCSI - LVD
    • 1, 2, 4 Gb Fibre Channel (multi-mode)
    • Gigabit Ethernet - iSCSI on the product roadmap

Mean Cycles Between Failures

    • > 500,000
  
   
Accessories  

The following upgrades and accessories are available now to increase capacity, improve performance and simplify operation of your T50e library.

Capacity on Demand

With Capacity on Demand (CoD), the Spectra T50e expands with a software key in increments of five slots up to a maximum of 50 (depending upon drive configuration). You buy only what you need, when you need it and upgrade in minutes.

Redundant Power Supply

A second 240V, hot-swappable power supply is available to increase uptime.

Spectra Certified Media

Spectra Certified Media comes in 10-LTO tape TeraPacks for easy transport with a dust cover for protection. Spectra Media is guaranteed for life against breakage and now supports Spectra's exclusive Media Lifecycle Management, which monitors critical tape and drive status data to proactively reduce failures.

Shared Libarry Services (SLS) Virtualization

With Shared Library Services (SLS), the Spectra T50e can be partitioned into four independent libraries to support encryption, data security or multiple applications.

BlueScale Encryption Professional Edition

The Professional Edition of BlueScale Encryption adds more options to Spectra's Standard Encryption license, which comes included with the Spectra T50e. Pro Encryption allows for the creation of multiple keys, multiple passwords and compression of encrypted data.

Observatory

Observatory enables the control of multiple, remote Spectra T50e libraries (or any Spectra library). 

Drives

These drives are available for immediate expansion of the Spectra T50e, and are hot-swappable. The Spectra T50e can house 2 full-height drives or 4 half-height drives:

  • LTO5 Fibre Channel (half height)
  • LTO5 SAS (half height)
  • LTO4 Fibre Channel (full height)
  • LTO4 Fibre Channel (half height)
  • LTO4 SCSI (half height)
  • LTO3 SCSI (full height)

Certified Cleaning Media

Like Spectra Certified Data Media our Cleaning Media is guaranteed for life against breakage, is compatible with Spectra Media Lifecycle Management and comes in 5- or 10-tape TeraPacks for easy handling.

Media Shipping Box

The Spectra TeraPack Storage Container holds one Certified Media TeraPack and is Iron Mountain certified.

Assisted Self Maintenance

  • Assisted Self Maintenance (ASM) Standard puts a spare drive, power supply and SD card on site, ready for immediate replacement should one of these components fail. This plan enables users to replace their own components without waiting for a service call or paying for on-site support. A call to SpectraGuard® support starts the process which concludes with the failed component being shipped back to Spectra Logic in the same box.
  • ASM Gold is an uplifted level of ASM which adds a Library Control Module and Robotics Module to the list of components staged on-site.

Cables

  • Fibre Cables - connect your Spectra T50e library with a fibre channel interface to its host server(s). Various lengths available.
  • SCSI Cables - connect your Spectra T50e library with a SCSI LVD interface to its host server(s). Various lengths available.

Integration with Disk - nTier

Spectra Logic offers disk-based options to complement the Spectra T50e, easily adding de-duplication, VTL, D2D2T to your backup environment. The Spectra nTier disk appliance is designed specifically for backup and archival data, providing an integrated, flexible, and powerful platform that’s designed to work with Spectra libraries.

  
 
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Standard Warranty

Spectra T50e libraries are warranted for one year from date of shipment from the factory. This warranty includes a SpectraGuard Next Business Day On Site service contract. SpectraGuard Next Business Day On Site service includes the following:

  • Access to a SpectraGuard technical representative any business day (not including evenings, weekends, or holidays) from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (customer local time).
  • Service visit from a field service representative, upon verification that the unit has malfunctioned.  If Spectra Logic is notified by 4:00 p.m. (customer local time), a field service representative will be dispatched that day for arrival the following business day before noon.

Service Options

The following additional service options are available to customers purchasing a Spectra T-Finity library.

SpectraGuard Same Business Day On Site

  • Round-the-clock telephone to a technical support representative – 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
  • Four-hour response, on-site service 5 days a week from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

SpectraGuard Four Hour On Site

  • 24-hour, seven-day-a-week, 365-day-a-year telephone access to a SpectraGuard technical representative (including evenings, weekends, and holidays).
  • Upon verification that the unit has malfunctioned, a field service representative will be dispatched to the site within four hours of the dispatch request.

Self Maintenance Options

Believing that most users would prefer to have control over their library uptime, Spectra Logic products are designed so that all major components are customer replaceable. With Spectra Logic's Assisted Self Maintenance (ASM) program, spare components are placed at your facility, ready to be installed by you, when you need them. More about ASM.

The following Assisted Self Maintenance options are available to customers purchasing a Spectra T-Finity library. These options can be purchased to supplement the on-site service options above.

Assisted Self Maintenance Basic

  • Select group of field-replaceable parts stocked on-site (drives, QIP, air filters).

Assisted Self Maintenance Gold

  • Full set of field-replaceable parts stocked on-site (drives, QIP, air filter, robotics, control module).

Warranty and Service Limitations

All standard warranties and service uplifts are subject to the limitations, disclaimers, and additional terms and conditions set forth in the Warranty and Hardware Support Agreement.

  
   
   
 
   

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Last updated 03/26/2011