Spectra T950 - Library Expansion and Upgrades; Discontinued Components

Chapter 1 — Library Overview Library Expansion and Upgrades
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LIBRARY EXPANSION AND UPGRADES
TheT950libraryisdesignedtotransformandexpandtomeetadata
center’schangingstoragerequirements,aswellastoachievestorage
consolidationgoals.SeeAppendixC–Media&Upgrades,beginningon
page525foradditionalinformation.
Capacity on Demand (CoD)
Thelibraryʹscapacity‐on‐demandfeature(CoD)letsyoupurchasealibrary
thatsuitsyourcurrentneedsandthenpurchaseadditionalcapacitylateras
required.CoDreducesup‐frontcosts,becauseyouonlypayforwhatyou
currentlyneed.Asmorecapacityisrequired,itcanbeaddedinincrements
bypurchasingactivationkeystolicenseadditionalchambersinthelibrary.
YoucanthenimportadditionalTeraPackmagazinestofillthelicensed
chambers.
Modular Expansion
Themodulardesignmakesitpossibletoincreasemediastoragecapacity
ornumberofdrivesinthelibrarytomeetstorageandperformanceneeds
astheyevolvewithinanorganization.Additionalexpansionframescanbe
addedtothebasicsingle‐frameT950librarytoincreasethetapeslotand
drivecapacities.SeeDriveandMediaFramesonpage61formore
information.
DISCONTINUED COMPONENTS
Thefollowingcomponentsarenolongeravailableforpurchaseandare not
describedinthisuserguide.Ifyourlibraryincludesthesecomponents,
refertothedocumentationthataccompaniedyourlibrarywhenyou
receiveditforinformationaboutusingthesecomponentswhenyou
configurepartitions.
 QIPs(bothF‐QIPsandE‐QIPs)werereplacedbyaFibreChannel
RoboticsInterfaceModule(RIM)andarenolongeravailablefor
purchase.IfyourlibraryusesSCSIdrives,youcancontinuetousethem
aslongasyouhaveanF‐QIPtoprovidenetworkconnectivityforthe
drives.Otherwise,youmustuseaRIMorLTO‐5orlatergeneration
drivetoprovidetheroboticcontrolpath
 LTO‐3drivesarealsonolongeravailableforpurchase.