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Appendix B — Media & Upgrades
Hardware Expansion and Upgrades
The Spectra TFinity library is designed to expand to meet changing storage
requirements, as well as to achieve storage consolidation goals. These
expansion and upgrade options can be purchased through a sales
representative (see Contacting Spectra Logic on page 7).
The following table describes the types of hardware expansion and
upgrades that are available.
Hardware
BlueScale Vision
Camera
Drive Bay Assembly
(DBA)
TeraPack Bay
Assembly (TBA)
Drives
Expansion Frames
Power Supplies
November 2020
Description
The web‐based BlueScale Vision camera lets you visually monitor the interior of
the library. In multi‐frame libraries, additional BlueScale Vision cameras can be
installed in the expansion frames to provide monitoring of the entire library.
Each camera can view the interior of the frame where it is mounted and one
frame to either side. A BlueScale Vision camera is standard in the main frame.
You can purchase additional cameras when you order your library or as an
upgrade at a later date.
Note: Cameras must be installed by a certified Spectra Logic field technician.
If all of the currently installed DBAs in the library are fully populated with
drives and your library includes one or more TeraPack Bay Assemblies (TBAs),
you can replace a TBA with a DBA.
Replacing a TBA with a DBA reduces the storage capacity of your
Note:
library.
If all of the currently installed TBAs in the library are fully populated with
TeraPack magazines and your library includes more than one Drive Bay
Assembly (DBA), you can replace a DBA with a TBA.
Note: Replacing a DBA with a TBA can reduce data throughput.
Each Drive Bay Assembly (DBA) holds up to four drives. If a DBA is not full,
additional drives can be installed to increase data throughput.
Important: Do not attempt to install drives purchased from other vendors in
the library. The drives used in the library are specifically configured for use in
the library and must be purchased from Spectra Logic.
The storage capacity or performance of the library can be increased by adding
media or drive expansion frames, respectively.
See Drive, Media, and Service Frames on page 66 for information about the
number and types of expansion frames that can be added to the library.
The library requires a minimum of one 5/12 VDC power supply module per
populated DBA. It also requires a minimum of six 24 VDC robotics power
supply modules (two modules in the main frame and two in each service
frame). Optionally, you can purchase an additional supply per frame, which in
combination with the dual AC power inputs, provides redundancy and failover
protection. The power supply modules needed for the power redundancy
configuration are an option you can purchase separately or when you order the
library.
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