Hardware delivery / tape libraries
tape libraries
If data are to be stored for a long time, a tape library is definitely a better solution than disks. The following basic elements of tape devices may be customized in order to match tape libraries to Customer needs:
- number of tape slots and accepted tape types - determines how many and which type of tapes may be simultaneously available to the tape library drives. Libraries which are currently on offer on the market are equipped with universal tape slots. Most of them are also scalable in terms of the number of available slots. We offer both autoloaders with 8 tape slots each, as well as tape silos of capacities of up to several hundred thousands tapes.
- Number of tape drive slots and their types – determines how many and which type of tape drives may be mounted in the tape library.
- Method of communication with the library – currently the most often encountered methods include FC, iSCSI and Ethernet. Smaller solutions may still employ SCSI.
- Additional capabilities – a library shared by many backup systems, many physical libraries joined into a single logical library, redundant library robotics etc.
The hardware/software product range
- multi-robot tape silos (including the largest libraries in the world)
- tape libraries
- autoloaders
- streamers
- tape media (any type/manufacturer)
- midrange tape drives (LTO, SDLT)
- enterprise-class tape drives (9840, 9940, T10000).
Key manufacturers
SUN, StorageTek
HP
IBM
Tandberg
Adic
Overland
See also:
[ backup systems][ central array systems]