What is the difference between the SymplyPRO Ethernet Tape and SymplyPRO Ethernet Bridge?


SymplyPRO Ethernet Tape

The SymplyPRO Ethernet Tape is available as a desktop appliance featuring one or two half-height LTO drives (XTH), a desktop appliance with one full-height LTO drive (XTF), a 1RU appliance with one or two half-height LTO drives, or a 2RU appliance with one or two full-height LTO-9 LTO drives.


All feature host connectivity via two independent 10Gb Ethernet ports, and two (2) 12Gb HD mini-SAS (SFF-8864) connectors.  The SAS Host Port is for connectivity to a SAS host adapter. The SAS Expansion Port allows for the connection of a further two LTO drives that are external to the appliance. These can be standalone LTO drives or in an LTO library.

  • Desktop XTH, 1RU and 2RU appliance with integrated LTO drives.
  • Supports accelerated iSCSI over TCP/IP
  • Two independent 10Gb Ethernet SFP+ ports
  • Support for connection to up to 4 iSCSI initiators with two sessions each (8 total sessions supported)
  • Single 12Gb mini-SAS HD connector for connection to LTO devices 
  • Supports up to 4 SAS Tape Drives (LTO-7, LTO-8, and LTO-9)
  • Support for LTFS (Linear Tape File System)
  • Support for SAS TLR (Transport Layer Retries)
  • Dedicated 1GbE RJ45 Management port
  • ACL (Access Control List) Support
  • Management via CLI over SSH
  • Firmware Update over SFTP
  • SpeedWrite™ technology for accelerated write performance.
  • Rack appliances ship with rack-kits as standard


SymplyPRO Ethernet Bridge

The SymplyPRO Ethernet Bridge is a 1RU appliance that features a 10Gb Ethernet to 12Gb SAS controller with two independent 10Gb Ethernet ports and one (1) 12Gb mini-SAS HD (SFF-8864) connector. 


SymplyPRO Ethernet Bridge supports up to 4 drives connected via the external SAS connector.  These drives can either be standalone, in a library or a combination of both.

  • 1RU Design with Single PSU (Includes rack-kit)
  • Supports accelerated iSCSI over TCP/IP
  • Two independent 10Gb Ethernet SFP+ ports
  • Support for connection to up to 4 iSCSI initiators with two sessions each (8 total sessions supported)
  • Single 12Gb mini-SAS HD connector for connection to LTO devices 
  • Supports up to 4 SAS Tape Drives (LTO-7, LTO-8, and LTO-9)
  • Support for LTFS (Linear Tape File System)
  • Support for SAS TLR (Transport Layer Retries)
  • Dedicated 1GbE RJ45 Management port
  • ACL (Access Control List) Support
  • Management via CLI over SSH
  • Firmware Update over SFTP
  • SpeedWrite™ technology for accelerated write performance.

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