MagStor PetaByte Machine · Enterprise Tape Library

11.2 PB of archive-grade tape — without the enterprise price.

The compact PetaByte Machine M3280 — up to 280 LTO cartridges of air-gapped, S3-ready archive. Enterprise reliability with the lowest cost-per-terabyte in its class.

30–50% lower TCO than disk. Up to 99% lower than cloud cold storage.

Air-gapped & immutable S3-ready with S3 Solv LTO-8 → LTO-10 (FH & HH)
Up to 11.2 PBMagStor PetaByte Machine M3280 Tape Library
11.2 PB
Native Capacity
280
Tape Slots
S3 API
Ready (S3 Solv)
30YR
Rated Archive Life
Why the PetaByte Machine

Enterprise archive scale, without the enterprise price

High-density LTO tape that grows with your data — air-gapped against ransomware, and the lowest cost-per-petabyte in the rack.

Air-Gapped Security

A true physical air gap keeps critical archives offline and unreachable — an immutable last line of defense against ransomware.

Massive Scalability

280 slots and up to 11.2 PB native — high-density storage that scales as your organization grows.

S3-Ready with S3 Solv

Front the library with a native Amazon-S3 endpoint via S3 Solv — cloud-like object access, straight to tape, no staging tier.

Sustainable

Tape at rest draws no power — the lowest energy-per-terabyte storage available, supporting your ESG goals.

Build Your Business Case

See exactly what tape saves you — in minutes.

Model your five-year total cost of ownership across cloud, on-prem disk and the PetaByte Machine. Plug in your capacity and growth, and get a defensible number for finance.

Configure Your Library →

Relative 5-year cost per TB*

Cloud
Highest
Disk
−30–50%
Tape
Lowest

Illustrative. Model your actual figures with the PetaByte Machine Configurator.

At a Glance

MagStor PetaByte Machine M3280 Tape Library specifications

Native Capacity
Up to 11.2 PB native · 28 PB compressed (fully configured)
Tape Slots
280 slots
Drive Support
Up to 21 half-height LTO drives (full-height supported)
Media Generations
LTO-8 → LTO-10 (FH & HH) · roadmap extends to LTO-14
Connectivity
Fibre Channel · SAS · Ethernet via MagStor 1U ePro 10G Bridge
Form Factor
3U modular · up to 7 modules
Data Protection
Air-gapped · immutable · encrypted at rest and in transit
Rated Archive Life
30-year media archive life
S3 Interface
Optional — native S3 REST API via MagStor S3 Solv

Secure your archive — for decades, not billing cycles.

Air-gapped, immutable LTO storage at the lowest cost-per-petabyte in the rack. Configured to your capacity and ready to deploy.

* TCO comparisons are directional — tape archives typically deliver 30–50% lower TCO than on-prem disk and up to 99% lower than cloud cold storage over a multi-year retention horizon. Model your own figures with the PetaByte Machine Configurator. Actual results vary with capacity, growth, retention and retrieval.