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P7000 Product Overview
 

Quantum’s P7000 tape library provides IT professionals with a best-of-breed backup solution with a proven track record. The P7000 incorporates a multitude of high availability functions and features that meet the needs of any mission critical environment. Designed with investment protection in mind, the P7000 can meet your business model needs today while seamlessly scaling up to meet future requirements.

  • System-level redundancy with hot-swappable, load-sharing components
  • Maximum flexibility with multiple connectivity options as well as drive types
  • Capacity and performance scales for maximum investment protection

P7000 Product Details  


As a fourth-generation tape library, the Quantum P7000 was engineered with the user in mind. Each design aspect was has been optimized to provide savings in service, installation, power consumption, cooling requirements and floor space. With a solid reputation behind it, the Quantum P7000 tape library delivers outstanding price/performance, reliability, scalability and flexibility to continually meet the challenging demands of any data center environment.

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“Reliability, automation, performance levels and scalability are the qualities which drew us to the P-Series” states Noel Martin, Head of IT Department at Paul Wurth.

The P7000 features fourth generation, highly calibrated robotics, redundant components and easy serviceability to deliver maximum uptime. The P7000’s IntelliGrip™ technology precisely picks and places tapes with extreme accuracy while the hot-swappable fans, power supplies and drives can be replaced through the front or rear of the unit. Since the library remains online – you’ll save precious backup and archive time.

Innovative Prism Storage Architecture™ (PRISM) resides at the heart of the P7000 to provide truly integrated management and connectivity options. The PRISM management card provides an easy-to-use, Web-based interface that allows authorized IT staff to access the library from virtually anywhere on the Internet. PRISM encompasses a variety of other features to simplify and expand library management.

SCSI, Fibre Channel or Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options plus a wide assortment of supported drive types such as SDLT 320, SDLT 600, LTO-1 and LTO-2, allow the P7000 to integrate into a variety of network environments. IT managers can even mix and match interfaces or drive types within each library frame to address heterogeneous environments.

The P7000 supports from one to sixteen drives, per single frame and up to 679 media slots in a single frame. Up to five P7000 libraries can be configured utilizing Quantum’s unique Pass Through Mechanism (PTM), which, appears as one system to the backup software for simplified management.

With capacity of up to 204TB per single frame, the feature-rich P7000 represents one of the highest data densities per square foot in the industry. Add competitive pricing to the picture and you have an enterprise-class library that is ideal for any network environment.

 

P7000 Product Services and Support  


Through Quantum StorageCare™ Services, a one-year on-site warranty: 5x9 next day response comes standard with each P7000. A variety of hardware support plans are available with up to 7x24x4 support in many countries around the globe. Quantum also offers standard and custom integration packages for all Quantum enterprise-class products in most environments and configurations.