Tape Drive Features
Introduction 1-19
StorageTek Tape Tiering Accelerator
The StorageTek T10000C and T10000D drives have the ability to partition tape. These
partitions can be organized by an application to control where file sets are located on
tape. Data sets located near the beginning of tape will have faster access characteristics
than data written near the end-of-tape (EOT).
■ Applications now have the ability to manage the location of data on the tape.
■ StorageTek Tape Tiering Accelerator (TTA) enables partitions to be read only.
■ TTA provides up to:
– 480 logical volumes on a cartridge written by a T10000C drive
– 600 logical volumes on a cartridge written by a T10000D drive
The TTA feature is available on FC and FICON drives, and application support is
required (an API is available).
For more detailed information about this feature, contact your local sales
representative to obtain a copy of the ALP User's Guide.
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