The HP StorageWorks ESL9595 tape library provides the ultimate in high capacity unattended backup and restore for customers with large server pools serviced by network attached storage devices or storage area networks (SAN). The consolidation of the enterprise's data into a single shared storage device requires that these devices provide both high capacity and high performance. With the consolidation of backup data into a single device also comes the increased need for redundancy and high availability. The ESL9595 can provide years of fully automated operation for backup, save and restore, and hierarchical storage management of critical data when coupled with a variety of qualified industry standard backup application solutions. With 400/500/595 slots and up to 16 Hewlett-Packard LTO Ultrium 460 and 230 drives, as well as SDLT 220/320 drives, the ESL9595 offers up to 119 TB of native data storage and native transfer rates up to 1.7 TB/hr.