Spectra Stack at a glance
- Modular: start with a single 6U module and add up to seven
- Scales to 560 slots and 42 LTO drives
- 100% duty cycle for continuous 24/7 operation
- SAS or Fibre Channel drive connectivity
- Capacity-on-demand slot licensing
Spectra Stack: a library that grows with you
The Spectra Stack is Spectra Logic’s modular LTO tape library for mid-sized organisations. You start with one rack-mounted module and add more as your data grows, up to seven modules in a single library. Each expansion takes about 30 minutes. You never need to replace the library or migrate media to get more capacity: slots, drives and modules are added to what you already have.
With current LTO media, a fully expanded Spectra Stack stores many petabytes natively. At 560 slots, that is more than 10PB with LTO-9 cartridges and considerably more with LTO-10.
Features
Modular design
Each module adds slots and up to six drives. Capacity-on-demand lets you activate slots with a licence key and pay only for what you need.
Built for continuous use
A 100% duty-cycle design means the Stack can run backup, restore and archive jobs around the clock.
Security
Hardware AES-256 encryption with key management, role-based access control, audit logging and media integrity verification.
Media health monitoring
Spectra’s media lifecycle management tracks each cartridge’s health, so worn tapes are flagged before they cause a failed restore.
Software compatibility
The Spectra Stack is certified with all the major backup and archive applications, so it drops into your existing workflow:
- Veeam
- Commvault
- Veritas NetBackup
- Arcserve
- IBM Storage Protect
- HPE Data Protector
- Dell NetWorker
- Spectra StorCycle & BlackPearl
- Archiware P5
- Oracle DIVArchive
Why tape libraries give the best ROI
Long-term storage on disk or in the public cloud gets expensive as data grows, especially once you add power, cooling, refresh cycles and egress fees. LTO tape in a Spectra Stack gives you the lowest cost per gigabyte of any storage tier, with a 30-year media archive life and an offline copy that ransomware cannot reach. See how a tape library protects against ransomware.
Something larger?
If you expect to grow beyond 560 slots, or need a library shared across many hosts with hundreds of drives, look at the Spectra T950. It scales to more than 10,000 LTO slots.
Tell us your capacity, drive count and LTO generation, and we will configure and quote a Spectra Stack.