Do you know of any possibiltiy to see the amount of free tape slots available in a library only by using Veeam functions given either in Veeam Backup Shell or in PowerShell? Before importing tapes, I always need to have a look onto the tape libraries web interface whether all tapes will fit. I reused one of tape magazines from the old library in the new one. Needless to say I ended up on the well trodden path of DPM 2010 now showing me 2 tape libraries with one of them being offline. But just for the added twist, half my slots showed on the old library and half on the new one. The StorageTek SL150 modular tape library scales up to 15x, from 30 to 450 slots, without consuming significant time and resources. In addition, it is the only library in the world that auto.
In computer storage, a tape library, sometimes called a tape silo, tape robot or tape jukebox, is a storage device that contains one or more tape drives, a number of slots to hold tapecartridges, a barcode reader to identify tape cartridges and an automated method for loading tapes (a robot). Additionally, the area where tapes that are NOT currently in a silo are stored is also called a tape library. Tape libraries can contain millions of tapes.
One of the earliest examples was the IBM 3850 Mass Storage System (MSS), announced in 1974.
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Design[edit]
These devices can store immense amounts of data, ranging from 20 terabytes[1] up to 2.1 exabytes of data[2] as of 2016. Such capacity is multiple thousand times that of a typical hard drive and well in excess of what is capable with network attached storage. Typical entry-level solutions cost around $10,000 USD,[3] while high-end solutions can start at as much as $200,000 USD[4] and cost well in excess of $1 million for a fully expanded and configured library.
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tape autoloader...[Storage System] A tape device that provides automated access to multiple tape cartridges, typically via a single tape drive.
What is a stacker (autoloader) vs a jukebox?
media stacker...[Data Recovery] A robotic media handler in which media must be moved sequentially by the robot.
The modular design enables users to increase cartridge and drive capacity as needed. Built around a 3U-high, modular base library, TS4300 can scale vertically with up to seven modules, with expansion for Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium 8, 7 and 6 cartridges, drives and redundant power supplies. A single robot manages all modules in the stack. In a seven-module configuration, TS4300 offers a capacity of 280 LTO cartridges.
Supports WORM cartridges to enhance data protection and provides library-managed encryption with IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager.
The TS4300 base library contains all of the necessary robotics and intelligence to manage the base library system, with a maximum of 40 slots of LTO cartridge capacity per module, five input/output (I/O) slots, and support for three combinations of full- and/or half-height (FH or HH) LTO drives per module. The TS4300 base library is rack or tabletop mountable. Module expansions are only rack mountable.
Intuitive and graphical access to stored data
TS4300 leverages IBM Spectrum Archive™ for direct, intuitive and graphical access to data stored in IBM tape drives and libraries by incorporating the IBM Linear Tape File System™ (LTFS) format standard. LTFS compatibility allows tape-stored data to be accessed as if it were on disk or flash storage.
The embedded, open-source software architecture helps speed deployment and simplify management. Best-in-class error recovery and reporting, library health monitoring and alerting, and auto-recovery features help to speed diagnostics and resolution. An automation drive interface significantly increases drive communication speed for faster code updates and log downloads.
Compatibility with the latest IBM LTO Ultrium technology
This tape library supports generation 8 of Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology, offering up to 30 TB of data storage per cartridge (12 TB native), twice the compressed capacity of the previous LTO Ultrium 7 cartridges. Also a new initialization feature will allow you to use new LTO-7 cartridges as LTO-7 Type M media cartridges to increase capacity from 6 TB to 9 TB native.
Technical details
Technical specifications
Tape Library Solutions
TS4300 Tape Library at a glance:
- Tape drives: 12 TB na tive/30 TB compressed (Ultrium 8); 6 TB native/15 TB compressed (Ultrium 7)
- Hot-swap components: power supplies, tape drives
- Systems management: Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) enabled
- Limited warranty: Three-year in-warranty coverage of select parts
- Weight: Base unit maximum 28 kg (61.5 lb); Expansion unit maximum 22.6 kg (49.6 lb)
- Dimensions (H x W x D) 114 mm (4.48 in.) x 446 mm (17.56 in.) x 873 mm (34.37 in.)
Software requirements
Management software options include:
- IBM Spectrum Archive™
- IBM Spectrum Protect™
Hardware requirements
IBM TS4300 Tape Library configurations for base model and with 6 expansion modules:
- Maximum LTO Ultrium cartridges 40/280
- Maximum LTO Ultrium I/O slots 5/35
- Max tape drives (base model) 1 FH LTO, 3 HH LTO, or 1 FH and 1 HH LTO
- Max tape drives (w/6 expansion modules) 7 FH LTO or 21 HH LTO HH/FH drive mixture range 19/1 or 7/7
- Total physical capacity 480 TB/3.36 PB
- Maximum logical libraries 1/7
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