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Chapter 1: Introduction
General Information
The EditShare 24Q and 48Q Ark Tape Libraries are similar, physically and functionally. The 24Q Ark
Tape Library has the capacity to hold up to 24 LTO tape cartridges and up to two half-height LTO
tape drives in its 2U chassis. The 48Q Ark Tape Library can hold 48 LTO tape cartridges and up to
four half-height LTO tape drives in its 4U chassis.
The Editshare 24Q/48Q Ark Tape Libraries are compa
ct, economical, high-capacity solutions for
simple, unattended data backup. When paired with the Editshare Ark Tape Archive application,
users can take full advantage of the many features of these libraries.
Major characteristics of the EditShare 24
Q/48Q Ark Tape Libraries include:
• Platform - support for either one to
two half-height LTO-5, LTO-6, LTO-7 or LTO-8 tape drives
in a 24Q Tape Library, and one to four drives in a 48Q Ark Tape Library.
• Connectivity - Fibre Channel (FC) and/or Serial Attached SCS
I (SAS) depending upon installed
tape drives
• Expandability - additional half-height tape
drives may be field-installed in a library that has
unused drive slot locations.
• Technology upgrade - tape drive t
echnologies can be upgraded in the field (i.e. LTO-5 to
LTO-6, etc.)
• Service friendly design - easy access to magazines,
tape drives, library controller and power
supply for field replacement
• Maximum up time - through advanced error handling and recovery capability
The 24Q/48Q Ark Tape Libraries include the
following features:
• USB interface to enable service
ability features (library and drive firmware upgrades) and/or
customized features (storage on demand) implementation
• The library can be operated via the front operator control panel (OCP), over the network or the
Internet via
the integral remote management unit (RMU), or via the storage interface
connection from the EditShare Ark Tape application
• Supports industry standard manageme
nt protocols such as SNMP
• The 24Q has one mailslot for import/export of cartridges during library operation while the
48Q has three
mailslots
• Media changer with barcode reader
•Rack-mounted
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