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TLS - 4000 AIT Tape Libraries
TLS - 5000 SAIT Tape Libraries
TLS - 6000 DLT Tape Libraries
TLS - 8000 LTO Tape Libraries
RLS Series Rackmount Tape Libraries
TLS Rack Mount Option
SANSmart Fibre Channel Option
mainframe computer centers for over 20 years. The
benefits of this technology are now widely available to
users of low cost, high density cartridge tape formats.
Tape automation products are generally divided into two
groups: autoloaders and libraries. Autoloaders house 1
tape drive and a small number of cartridges, typically 6
to 12. Limited in both capacity and throughput, they are
primarily intended to support simple backup operations
and are designed for occasional use, moving a few
cartridges once a day.
Tape libraries invariably house 2 or more drives and from
10 to 100's of tapes. Libraries are designed for
continuous, unattended operation and allow
simultaneous reading and writing to multiple drives. Most
libraries also offer key features such as barcode readers to
scan labels on cartridges, and an I/O Port for importing
and exporting individual tapes under application control.
A Fibre Channel Option makes any model a
SANSmartSM library.
Qualstar designs and manufactures libraries for the
popular AIT, DLT and LTO, tape formats, housing up to
12 tape drives and 600 cartridges. Barcode support is
standard in most models and I/O Ports are available. Over
thirty models provide combinations of capacity and
throughput to match any storage management
application requirement. Our software partners provide a
full range of backup, concurrent backup, HSM and
archival packages for virtually every platform.
Our TLS and RLS Series libraries incorporate a number
of innovations that improve reliability and performance,
including:
- Inventory Sentry® to allow the library to be opened to
read handwritten cartridge labels without forcing the unit
off-line for an unnecessary inventory of all cartridges.
- Closed loop servo control of all motions for absolute
position accuracy.
- Leadscrew-driven mechanisms for highest reliability,
instead of belts and pulleys.
Tape Libraries
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