Is a Dell ML6000 Tape Library Right for My Company?
Posted by Eric Bornfriend on Tue, Oct 11, 2011 @ 04:44 PM
Is the Dell ML6000 Tape Library series right for your company? The ML6000 is a modular system designed to protect your company's valuable information - intelligently. It provides long-term investment security, a convenient self-diagnostic programming system, and the versatility to adapt to any software. Dell developed this series to provide midrange environments the ability to improve backup processes. The Dell ML6000 Tape Library has been an important asset for companies since it was launched in 2005, and it can be for yours as well. 
Depending on your current and future needs you can select from and grow into several different versions of the Dell ML6000 tape library series. Configurations available include:
- Dell ML6010
- Tape drive capacity: 1-2
- Drive types: LTO-3 SCSI, LTO-3 FC, LTO-4 SAS, LTO-4 FC, LTO-5 FC, LTO-5 SAS
- Rack height: 5U
- I/E station slots: 6
- Max storage slots: 41 (w/I/E station)
- Interconnection Type: SCSI, Native Fibre Channel, or SAS
- Dell ML6020
- Tape drive capacity: 1-6
- Drive types: LTO-3 SCSI, LTO-3 FC, LTO-4 SAS, LTO-4 FC, LTO-5 FC, LTO-5 SAS
- Rack height: 14U
- I/E station slots: 6, 12 or 18
- Max storage slots: 133 (w/I/E station)
- Interconnection Type: SCSI, Native Fibre Channel, or SAS
- Dell ML6030
- Tape drive capacity: 1-10
- Drive types: LTO-3 SCSI, LTO-3 FC, LTO-4 SAS, LTO-4 FC, LTO-5 FC, LTO-5 SAS
- Rack height: 23U
- I/E station slots: 6, 12,18, 24 or 30
- Max storage slots: 225 (w/I/E station)
- Interconnection Type: SCSI, Native Fibre Channel, or SAS
One of the best aspects of the Dell ML6000 Tape Library is its adaptability to any software system. It provides companies with a single continuous robotics system, so there's no need for cumbersome pass-through-ports. The series includes three preconfigured base systems, the ML6010, 6020 and 6030, all of which can support LTO-3, LTO-4 and LTO-5 Tape Drives. The series is also compatible with most any IT security software, so you do not have to invest in any additional compatibility programs. With Dell's global implementation processes, this series can provide the only backup system you need.
The control module can be placed anywhere in the expansion deck, making expansion and customization easy. The Dell ML6000 Tape Library's versatility is key to providing the long-term investment security service that your company needs. The system also includes backup implementation, design and assessment services. Perhaps most importantly, this series can give you peace-of-mind in knowing that your investments are secure.
The self-diagnostics system of the Dell ML6000 series features intelligent, built-in systems that proactively work to provide exceptional availability services while minimizing unplanned downtime. There is an integration verification tool that sends email notifications and proposes resolution paths. The administration and trouble-shooting wizards are straight-forward - powered by Microsoft Windows - and provide simple, easy resolution options to known issues and individual issues that may arise.
The Dell ML6000 tape library series was designed to be extremely user-friendly. The mean cycle between failures is over 2 million and the average repair time is just 30 minutes. Over the past six years, this series has provided hundreds of companies the ability to secure their important data and investment systems effectively and efficiently. Its ability to adapt to virtually any kind of software separates it from other tape library systems.
Have more questions about the Dell ML6000 Tape Library Series? Just ask! We’re here to help you get the right tape storage solution in place.