Dell PowerVault TL4000 vs HPE StoreOnce 3540
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerVault TL4000 is an enterprise 4U automated tape library featuring 48 cartridge slots and up to 4 half-height LTO drives. The HPE StoreOnce 3540 is a 2U scalable deduplication backup appliance built for medium enterprise datacenters and regional hub offices.
| Dell PowerVault TL4000 | HPE StoreOnce 3540 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-sale |
| Released | Jun 2008 | Nov 2015 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 2U rack backup appliance |
| Tape slots | 48 cartridge slots across four removable 12-slot magazines in 4U | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 4 half-height or 2 full-height LTO-4, LTO-5, LTO-6, LTO-7, or LTO-8 tape drives | — |
| Native capacity | Up to 576TB native (1.44PB compressed) with LTO-8 media | — |
| Host interface | 6Gb/12Gb SAS or 8Gb Fibre Channel host interface modules | — |
| Power supply | Redundant hot-plug power supplies | — |
| Form factor | — | 2U rack-mount enclosure |
| Raw capacity | — | 24TB raw expandable to 48TB raw |
| Usable capacity | — | 15.5TB to 31.5TB usable storage |
| Backup performance | — | Up to 12.7 TB/hr with StoreOnce Catalyst |
| Connectivity | — | 1GbE standard, optional 10GbE SFP+ or 8Gb/16Gb Fibre Channel |
| Features | — | StoreOnce Catalyst, Catalyst Copy replication, and Cloud Bank Storage |
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