Introduction to ibm tape solutions chapter 2.
Enterprise automated tape library specialist.
It leverages the technology of half height linear tape open lto ultrium tape drives to help create a high capacity tape storage solution suited for handling backup and archival data storage for windows linux and other open system environments.
You can automate mounting and demounting of tape volumes using the ibm totalstorage enterprise automated tape library 3494 or 3495.
Over the years these were replaced with ait 2 drives and were later augmented by lto 1 and later lto 2 tape drives.
Automated tape library atl a peripheral device in which a large number of cartridges or reels of magnetic tape are stored in cells in a storage matrix.
Not only that but tape has emerged as a key part of cloud and hyperscale infrastructures.
Tape drives and controllers chapter 3.
Other system z platforms chapter 8.
Enterprise automated tape library 3494 operator guide ga32 0449 01.
The biggest data centers on the planet are using tape and using it extensively.
The time aml j automated tape library with twelve ait 1 tape drives.
Source for information on automated tape library.
Software implementation in z os chapter 5.
Tape has been used for decades to preserve and protect data and today more than ever tape is the best choice for long term storage.
This single drive low profile automated tape solution is designed for small to midsized tape environments.
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Any chosen cartridge can be transferred mechanically to a tape transport where it can be accessed by the host system and then returned to the same or another cell.
In data storage a tape library is a collection of magnetic tape cartridges and tape drives.
Ibm totalstorage 3494 tape library specialist.
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With system managed tape through data class you can easily specify a media type or recording technology preference and whether compaction should be used.
Running z os production systems chapter 7.
Ibm totalstorage enterprise automated tape library 3494 operator guide ga32 0449 01.
Tape encryption chapter 6.
Ibm totalstorage enterprise automated tape library chapter 4.
