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AQ288D - HP 6250 LTO-6 Ultrium SAS Tape Drive
- Technology: LTO-6 Ultrium
- Interface: SAS (Serial Attached SCSI)
- Native Capacity: 2.5TB
- Compressed Capacity: 6.25TB
- Data Transfer Rate (Native): Up to 260 MB/s
- Data Transfer Rate (Compressed): Up to 650 MB/s
- Form Factor: Internal or External (depending on configuration)
- Designed for enterprise backup and archiving solutions.
- Backward read/write compatible with LTO-5.
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Product Overview
The HP 6250 is an LTO-6 Ultrium SAS tape drive, identified as AQ288D, designed for high-capacity data backup and archiving in enterprise environments.
Technical Information
| Product Type | Tape Drive |
| Technology | LTO-6 Ultrium |
| Interface | SAS |
| Native Capacity | 2.5TB |
Additional Specifications
| Compressed Capacity | 6.25TB |
| Data Transfer Rate (Native) | 260 MB/s |
| Data Transfer Rate (Compressed) | 650 MB/s |
Product Description
The HP 6250, also known by its part number AQ288D, is a high-performance LTO-6 Ultrium SAS tape drive engineered for robust data backup and long-term archiving in enterprise settings. This drive leverages the latest LTO-6 technology to offer substantial storage capacity and rapid data transfer speeds, making it an ideal solution for organizations facing ever-growing data volumes and stringent backup requirements. With a native capacity of 2.5TB per tape cartridge, the HP 6250 can store an impressive 6.25TB of data when utilizing hardware compression. This high capacity significantly reduces the number of tapes needed for backups, leading to lower media costs and simplified media management. The drive's native data transfer rate of up to 260 MB/s, and compressed rates reaching up to 650 MB/s, ensures that backup windows are minimized, allowing IT departments to complete backups more efficiently and meet critical recovery time objectives. Featuring a SAS interface, the HP 6250 provides a reliable and high-speed connection to servers and storage systems. It is also backward compatible, offering read and write capabilities with LTO-5 media and read-only access to LTO-4 media, which protects existing investments in tape media. The HP 6250 tape drive is a powerful and dependable choice for businesses requiring a high-capacity, high-performance solution for their data protection and archival strategies.
