Chapter 3 Description
Library Features
Scalar i2000 User’s Guide 79
This chapter includes the following sections:
• Library Features on page 79
• Control Module on page 83
• Expansion Modules on page 84
• Library Management Module on page 86
• I/O Management Units on page 87
• Cartridge Accessor on page 89
• Import/Export Stations on page 89
• Cartridges on page 91
• Cartridge Magazines on page 92
• Tape Drives on page 94
• Mixed Media Support and Rules on page 97
• Operator Panel on page 100
• Power System on page 101
Library Features
This section describes several library features.
Density 3
The library provides a storage density of 720 cartridges (LTO) per square
meter. Each module, also referred to as a frame, has two storage racks:
one on the drive side and another on the door side. A rack consists of up
to 10 horizontal sections and three or four columns of magazines,
depending on the rack configuration. Each magazine, located at the
intersection of a particular section and a particular column, consists of
five or six cartridge slots, depending on the type of media (DLT or LTO
respectively).