Modern Storage for

Today’s Data Center

Built with maximum flexibility at its core, the Spectra® Stack tape library will meet your backup, archive, and perpetual
storage requirements. Designed to be easily installed, expanded and managed, the Spectra Stack is rated at a 100%
duty cycle – meaning it is one of the only stackable libraries built to perform in a 24/7 environment.
Each module of the Spectra Stack holds 10 to 80 LTO tape slots and 1 to 6 tape drives and is scalable to 7 modules
with a maximum of 560 tape slots and 42 tape drives. Users can store more than 6.7PB (16.7PB compressed*) of data
in a single 19-inch NEMA rack with a fully expanded Spectra Stack library. This extreme flexibility provides affordability
and scalability without compromise.
The Spectra Stack Tape Library sets a
new standard for simple and easy scalability
The Spectra Stack offers superior flexibility on many levels, supporting both full-height and half-height tape drives; multiple
generations of LTO tape drives (LTO-5, LTO-6, LTO-7 and LTO-8); and multiple generations of LTO media (LTO-3, LTO-4, LTO-5,
LTO-6, LTO-7, LTO-7 Type M and LTO-8) all in a standard 19-inch equipment rack. Purchase what you need today and not what you
will need tomorrow, which means capacity on demand is now a reality.
Adding an expansion module allows up to 80 additional slots and up to 6 additional drives, easily growing to 7 modules in a single
rack. Upgrading is EASY and FAST — expansion units are out-of-the-box and configured in under 30 minutes.

6U 18U 30U 42U

1 Module: 1 to 6 drives, 3 Modules: 1 to 18 drives, 5 Modules: 1 to 30 drives, 7 Modules: 1 to 42 drives,

10 to 80 slots 10 to 240 slots 10 to 400 slots 10 to 560 slots

Smooth, reliable operation that's cost effective for any enterprise

Your data is critical to your business, but it can be expensive to store all your data. Tape is known for its
affordability and Spectra Stack utilizes LTO tape media, a high-capacity tape storage technology designed for
dependability and cost effectiveness. It’s a powerful, scalable and adaptable tape format that addresses the
exponential data growth and storage challenges organizations face today – at the most affordable cost per
GB in the industry. For as low as 1 cent per gigabyte, Spectra Stack delivers an
extremely reasonable data storage option.
Designed for a full duty-cycle environment, the Spectra Stack is a reliable archive-
and backup-ready library. The Spectra Stack library reduces your total cost of
storage and provides operational expense reductions through space-efficient
designs, intelligent scaling, compression, and reduced management overhead.
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Spectra Stack management software

Easy to use and manage, the library’s
management software provides a similar feature
set as the rest of the Spectra tape library family,
including an intuitive color touchscreen, remote
web interface, ability to create partitions (up
to 20), built-in diagnostics, media lifecycle
management, encryption, and encryption key
management. An optional SpectraVision web
Remote web
camera can be mounted on top of the library to interface for
provide a visual assessment of all robotics and computer
interior components. Convenient front panel View of robotics from
color touchscreen optional web cam
Efficient data migration capabilities
Both Spectra and the Spectra Stack library make any migration plan seamless. Tape is designed
for long-term data storage, but too often users are required to sacrifice their existing investment
in tape drives when they move to a new tape library. Spectra Stack’s MigrationPassSM eliminates
the need to make that costly decision. MigrationPass starts with the unique ability to migrate your existing tape drives and media into the
Spectra Stack library. It also includes a program to help you migrate to newer LTO generations as they are released. This unprecedented
offering protects user investment while providing a truly open approach to working with a technology designed for multi-generation use.
Maintaining access to existing applications is fairly straightforward when migrating from one
tape library to another, but what happens when you need to migrate from the data application
itself? How is the metadata transferred? How are competing applications maintained in the
same system simultaneously? Spectra’s Professional Services team supports thousands of
users with these issues on a regular basis. Let our experts guide you through the process.

Spectra Certified Media is vastly superior

Our commitment to you is making tape pain-free through Spectra
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Broad Application Support: Share a Stack with multiple applications

Compatibility is essential when deploying new tape technology. The Spectra Stack supports all industry-standard operating
systems and major backup applications allowing users the ability run up to 20 applications at the same time with partitioning.
Investment protection has a whole new meaning when Spectra Stack is selected, with the ability to integrate existing LTO
tape drives into your new library and maintain access to your applications and data.

Traditional Storage: All major backup and archiving applications are integrated
with Spectra Stack.

Object Storage with Spectra BlackPearl® and Spectra Stack Tape

In addition to being the perfect solution for traditional storage, Spectra Stack is also fully integrated with Spectra's BlackPearl
Converged Storage System, meaning it can easily become part of an object storage solution. One of the only object storage
tape solutions on the market, the combination of Spectra Stack and BlackPearl assures that this solution will continue to grow
with business demands. It’s the perfect offload of Tier 1 storage as well as being a backup or offload for cloud environments.
The LTFS tape format ensures that data is easily interchangeable with other systems – eliminating vendor lock in.

Object Storage: Easily implemented with the BlackPearl and the Spectra Stack Tape
Library. Both are designed to efficiently fit into any workflow with all major data movers.
Spectra Stack Product Specifications
Maximum Capacity
No. of Form Max LTO-7 LTO-7 Type M*** LTO-8
Modules Factor Slots Native Compressed† Native Compressed† Native Compressed†
1 (1 CM*) 6U 80 480 TB 1.2 PB 720 TB 1.8 PB 960 TB 2.4 PB
2 (1 CM, 1 EM**) 12U 160 960 TB 2.4 PB 1.4 PB 3.6 PB 1.9 PB 4.8 PB
3 (1 CM, 2 EM) 18U 240 1.4 PB 3.6 PB 2.1 PB 5.4 PB 2.8 PB 7.2 PB
4 (1 CM, 3 EM) 24U 320 1.9 PB 4.8 PB 2.8 PB 7.2 PB 3.8 PB 9.6 PB
5 (1 CM, 4 EM) 30U 400 2.4 PB 6.0 PB 3.6 PB 9.0 PB 4.8 PB 12.0 PB
6 (1 CM, 5 EM) 36U 480 2.8 PB 7.2 PB 4.3 PB 10.8 PB 5.7 PB 14.4 PB
7 (1 CM, 6 EM) 42U 560 3.3 PB 8.4 PB 5.0 PB 12.6 PB 6.7 PB 16.8 PB

Maximum Performance – TB/Hr

LTO-7 LTO-8
No. of Form Max Full Height Drive Half Height Drive Full Height Drive Half Height Drive
Modules Factor Drives Native Compressed† Native Compressed† Native Compressed† Native Compressed†
1 (1 CM*) 6U 6 HH, 3 FH 3.24 8.10 6.48 15.12 3.89 8.10 6.48 15.12
2 (1 CM, 1 EM**) 12U 12 HH, 6 FH 6.48 16.20 12.96 30.24 7.78 16.20 12.96 30.24
3 (1 CM, 2 EM) 18U 18 HH, 9 FH 9.72 24.30 19.44 45.36 11.66 24.30 19.44 45.36
4 (1 CM, 3 EM) 24U 24 HH, 12 FH 12.96 32.40 25.92 60.48 15.55 32.40 25.92 60.48
5 (1 CM, 4 EM) 30U 30 HH, 15 FH 16.20 40.50 32.40 75.60 19.44 40.50 32.40 75.60
6 (1 CM, 5 EM) 36U 36 HH, 18 FH 19.44 48.60 38.88 90.72 23.33 48.60 38.88 90.72
7 (1 CM, 6 EM) 42U 42 HH, 21 FH 22.68 56.70 45.36 105.84 27.22 56.70 45.36 113.4

*Controller Module **Expansion Module *** New, unused LTO-7 generation tapes can be initialized as LTO-7 Type M media †Assumes 2.5:1 compression
Specifications subject to change without notice

Drive Performance
Tape Media Capacity
LTO-6 = HH Native 160MB/Sec, Compressed 400MB/Sec
LTO-6 = 2.5TB Native / 6.25TB Compressed
FH Native 160MB/Sec, Compressed 400MB/Sec
LTO-7 = 6TB Native / 15TB Compressed LTO-7 = HH Native 300MB/Sec, Compressed 700MB/Sec
LTO-7 Type M = 9TB Native / 22.5TB Compressed FH Native 300MB/Sec, Compressed 750MB/Sec
LTO-8 = 12TB Native / 30TB Compressed LTO-8 = HH Native 300MB/Sec, Compressed 700MB/Sec
FH Native 360MB/Sec, Compressed 750MB/Sec

Reliability: Spectra Stack is rated at 3 million MCBF LTO Drive Connectivity:

Low Power Consumption: 100-240v AC, 50/60Hz Half-height drives support Fibre and SAS
Dimensions: EIA standard 19-inch NEMA rack Full-height drives support Fibre

SpectraGuard Support
Support for Spectra Stack ranges from our standard worldwide next-business-
day replacement to more advanced alternatives, including same day, four-hour
onsite service. Spectra's exclusive optional Assisted Self Maintenance (ASM)
kits are available to users who desire onsite, user replaceable, spare parts
including – tape drives, power supplies, library controller module, and tape robot.
Our expertise comes from 40 years of solving real problems with
hands-on lab work and onsite technical support. And Spectra's PriceLock
guarantee means we will never up-charge a customer for support beyond
the normal cost of inflation.

About Spectra Logic Corporation

Spectra Logic develops data storage and data management solutions that solve the problem of long-term digital
preservation for organizations dealing with exponential data growth. Dedicated solely to storage innovation for 40
years, Spectra Logic’s uncompromising product and customer focus is proven by the adoption of its solutions by
leaders in multiple industries globally. Spectra enables affordable, multi-decade data storage and access by creating
new methods of managing information in all forms of storage—including archive, backup, cold storage, private cloud
and public cloud. To learn more, visit www.spectralogic.com.

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