HPE C8017A – LTO Ultrium Tape Storage Cartridge

HPE C8017A – LTO Ultrium Tape Storage Cartridge

Overview

The HPE C8017A is an LTO Ultrium data storage cartridge designed for enterprise backup and long-term archival purposes. It is used in environments where large volumes of critical data must be stored securely outside primary storage systems for protection against data loss, corruption, or cyber incidents.

This tape cartridge is part of the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) ecosystem and is used in conjunction with compatible LTO tape drives and libraries. It provides high-capacity sequential storage optimized for backup workloads, making it suitable for scheduled enterprise backup operations.

In practical deployments, it is widely used in data centers, enterprise IT departments, and archival storage systems where regulatory compliance or long-term retention policies require offline data storage. The removable nature of the cartridge ensures secure physical isolation of data.

It also plays a key role in hybrid storage architectures where tape is used as a cost-efficient archival layer alongside disk and cloud storage systems, helping organizations reduce primary storage load while maintaining long-term data availability.

Typical Deployment Scenarios

• Enterprise backup and disaster recovery systems
• Long-term offline archival storage environments
• Tape library-based backup infrastructures
• Compliance-driven data retention systems
• Hybrid disk, cloud, and tape storage setups

Specifications

Compatibility / Ecosystem

The HPE C8017A is compatible with LTO Ultrium tape drives and tape library systems that support its generation format. It integrates into enterprise backup ecosystems where LTO media is used for structured data protection, archival storage, and disaster recovery workflows.

It is commonly used with enterprise backup software that manages scheduling, encryption, compression, and retention policies. The cartridge is deployed across standalone tape drives and automated tape libraries depending on the scale of the backup infrastructure.