HPE (Rebadged) MSL LTO-8 Ultrium 30750 SAS Drive Upgrade Kit

The HPE rebadged MSL LTO Ultrium8 30750 SAS Drive Upgrade Kit is an HPE LTO-8 MSL tape library drive (Q6Q68A) compatible with any HPE MSL tape library. This drive is an HPE MSL half-height (HH) LTO-8 SAS tape drive for use with the HPE Autoloader 1/8 (1 drive max), MSL2024 (2 drives max), MSL4048 (4 drives max), MSL3040 (3 drives per base module then 3 drives per add-on unit) or MSL6480 libraries (6 drives per base module then 6 drives per add-on unit). This MSL tape library drive connects via a SAS 6 Gbps interface. The LTO-8 SAS drive upgrade kit includes a 29-pin SAS-2 connector, and the tapes offer a native capacity of up to 12TB at up to 360MB/sec, and a compressed capacity of up to 30TB at up to 750MB/sec. This MSL tape library half-height drive can read and write LTO-8 and LTO-7 tapes.

You can add the HPE rebadged MSL LTO-8 tape drive to a new MSL tape library, an existing MSL tape library that supports more than one drive, or use it to replace a failed tape drive in an MSL tape library.

We offer a tape drive diagnosis service for out-of-warranty tape drives. This can help get more use out of these tape drives, as long as they are repairable.

Please note that this is the maximum you would pay. We must request the actual price from HPE using your company or personal information (depending on who is purchasing the tape hardware), and it is usually lower than this. AI and cloud providers are buying up all the tape drive hardware, and prices change frequently as a result. Please email us the equipment’s physical address, along with your purchasing details and requirements, and we will get you the best price we can.