Overview Of Main Components - IBM TS3500 Manual

nominally kept full. This impact to insert performance is determined by the following
factors:
• A shorter time delay between eject and insert operations increases the inserts to
non-HD frames (this is because eject operations will empty some number of Tier 0
slots)
•
A shorter distance between the I/O stations used for inserts and the HD frames
decreases the insert move time to those frames
For more information about HD frames, see
Parent topic: Library performance

Overview of main components

This section provides an illustration of the main components of the TS3500 Tape Library.
Figure 1 shows the main components of the TS3500 Tape Library.
1 Library frame
2 Cartridge storage slots
3 Tape drive
4 Front door
Figure 1. Main components of the IBM® System Storage™ TS3500 Tape Library Model L52.
The front door is open and the side of the library is cut away to show the components.
High density technology.
5 Door safety switch
6 Upper I/O station
7 Lower I/O station
8 Operator panel