Scalar DLC Reference Guide 247
Storage Types
The different storage elements holds different media. Refer to Table 32 on page 248.
3590E 3M 0.5” tape
(Condor
3590, double
capacity)
Half-
inch
3590E 3590 C2 *+
LTO 1 Ultrium LTO L1 LTO LTO LTO C3 * +
LTO 2 Ultrium LTO L2 LTO LTO 2 LTO C3 * +
LTO 3 Ultrium LTO L3 LTO LTO 3 LTO C3 +
Super
DLT II
Quantum Digital Linear
Tape
DLT SDLT II DECDLT C5 *
3592 RW IBM 0.5” tape
read/write
Half-
inch
3592 R/W 3592 R/W C7 +
3592 RW
short
IBM 0.5” tape
read/write,
short
Half-
inch
3592 short
R/W
3592 R/W C7 +
3592
WORM
IBM 0.5” tape
write once /
read many
Half-
inch
3592
WORM
3592
WORM
C8 +
3592
WORM
short
IBM 0.5” tape
write once /
read many,
short
Half-
inch
3592 short
WORM
3592
WORM
C8 +
SONY
AIT
Sony 8mm tape 8mm AIT 8MM V1 * +
SONY
AIT2
Sony 8mm tape 8mm AIT 8MM V1 * +
SONY
AIT3
Sony 8mm tape 8mm AIT 8MM V1 * +
Note
The asterisk (*) means the storage slot is supported by the Scalar 1000 library. The plus
(+) means the storage slot is supported by the Scalar 10K and Scalar 10K DA libraries
(this is actually one tape library but two models: single- and dual-aisle).
Table 31 Media Types (Continued)
Media Manufacturer Description
Media
Domain
Media Type
Used in
LibraryScalar
DLC
DAS AMU