Virtual Tape Storage - Quantum DXi6900 User Manual

Chapter 1: System Description
Drive Storage
Figure 10: DXi6900-S Node Drive Slot Numbering
1 - SDD Slot 0
2 - SDD Slot 1
3 - SDD Slot 2
4 - SDD Slot 3

Virtual Tape Storage

A virtual tape storage or virtual tape library (VTL) presentation allows the storage space on these hard
drives to appear to the backup application as tape cartridges (DLT or LTO). Data is stored on the hard drives
through an interface that appears as a tape library, with virtual cartridges, virtual drives, and a virtual
changer mechanism. A DXi6900 can be configured to present multiple VTL interfaces of different sizes and
types at once. This allows backup applications to recognize and integrate a DXi series system into a data
center environment just like one or more physical tape libraries.
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5 - SDD Slot 4
6 - SDD Slot 5
7 - SDD Slot 6
8 - SDD Slot 7
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9 - SDD Slot 8
10 - SDD Slot 9
11 - SDD Slot 10
12 - SDD Slot 11
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