Hewlett-Packard 684882-001 External Tape Drive

The Hewlett-Packard 684882-001 StoreEver LTO-6 Ultrium 6250 External Tape Drive is an external SAS-based tape drive designed for enterprise backup and long-term archival storage. It delivers 2.5 TB native capacity (up to 6.25 TB with compression) and a native transfer rate up to 160 MB/s (up to 400 MB/s compressed), with AES-256 hardware encryption to protect data at rest. It supports LTO-6 and can read/write LTO-5 and read LTO-4, and is powered by an external power adapter. Part numbers EH970A, EH970B, and 684882-001 identify this StoreEver external unit, commonly deployed in data centers, server backup infrastructures, IT disaster recovery environments, and archival workflows for large datasets and regulatory data retention.