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| Part Number: | BB874A |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer: | HPE |
| Backup & Storage: | Tape Drive |
| Model: | HPE StoreEver Servers |
| Description: | Buy HPE BB874A LTO‑7 Ultrium 15000 Tape Drive. Genuine part with fast worldwide shipping from Euroland IT Store UK. |
| Availability: | In Stock |
The HPE BB874A is a StoreEver LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 tape drive built for organisations that rely on tape as the backbone of their backup and archival strategy. It suits IT teams standing up a new LTO-7 backup workflow, adding drive capacity to an established StoreEver environment, or sourcing a dependable replacement so that an existing pool of LTO-7 media keeps earning its keep.
With up to 6TB native and up to 15TB compressed capacity per cartridge, the HPE BB874A handles substantial nightly backup jobs and long-term archives with room to spare. Sustained transfer performance keeps backup windows predictable, hardware compression maximises what each cartridge holds, and drive-level encryption capability means cartridges couriered to offsite storage stay protected even if they go astray. For finance, legal, healthcare and public sector organisations with multi-year retention obligations, LTO-7 tape written on a BB874A remains one of the lowest-cost, lowest-risk places to keep that data.
Where the BB873A serves buyers matching one specific StoreEver configuration, the BB874A is the LTO-7 Ultrium 15000 option many procurement teams have on their approved lists, so confirming the exact part number against your environment matters, and our team is happy to help before you order.
Euroland IT Store is a trusted UK supplier of new, refurbished and hard-to-find enterprise hardware, including a deep range of HPE hardware, and we hold BB874A stock in both new and refurbished condition. Every refurbished HPE BB874A is tested before dispatch and covered by warranty. Contact us for pricing, availability and compatibility checks, including bundles with LTO data cartridges and SAN connectivity for complete backup deployments.
The strongest argument for the HPE BB874A is dependable protection at a known cost. LTO-7 media is mature, widely available and inexpensive per terabyte, so retention-heavy workloads such as compliance archives, project data, CCTV footage and research datasets can be kept for years without recurring cloud storage fees. A cartridge on a shelf draws no power, and once removed from the drive it is physically air-gapped, which keeps ransomware and accidental deletion away from your recovery copy. Buyers confirming part numbers should also review the sibling HPE BB873A StoreEver LTO-7 Ultrium tape drive to be certain the right variant is ordered first time.
Because the LTO roadmap guarantees forward readability, data written on a BB874A today can still be restored after you move to an LTO-8 drive such as the HPE 882281-001 LTO-8 Ultrium 30750 tape drive, giving the drive a long useful life in a changing environment. Refurbished BB874A units from Euroland IT Store cut acquisition cost substantially for secondary sites, test environments and out-of-warranty estates, while new units satisfy stricter procurement requirements. Both come from UK stock with testing and warranty, and our team can advise on the sensible upgrade path when your capacity needs eventually outgrow LTO-7.
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