Drives; Media And Media Protection; Media Protection - ADIC SCALAR 24 Installation And Operation Manual

Drives

Remote Management Unit
(RMU) slot
Storage Networking
Controller (SNC) slot
Drives
Your Scalar 24 can be equipped with either one or two drives. The tape drives are packaged in a common
drive module that is designed so that you can easily add an additional drive or replace a drive. For more
detailed information on the drives, refer to

Media and Media Protection

The following media types are supported:
Table 2 Supported Media Types
Media Type
b
LTO-3 (Fibre or SCSI)
b
LTO-2 (Fibre or SCSI)
b
LTO-1
SDLT-600
SDLT-320
c
DLT IV
a. 2:1 compression rate.
b. Lower level media can be used in higher level drives; however, the capacity and
transfer rates is at the level of the older media. Higher level media cannot be used
in lower level drives.
c. DLT IV media can be used in the SDLT-320 drive as read only.

Media Protection

The write-protect switch is used to prevent recording over existing data. To prevent recording or deleting,
place the write-protect switch to the closed position. The drive senses the position of the switch and does
not allow writing in this position. When inserting cartridges in the Scalar 24, place the switch in the open
position, unless you do not wish to record on a specific cartridge.
Store data cartridges in a dry, cool environment.
Note
8
Tape cartridge drives. Your Scalar 24 can contain one or two
drives.The drives can be either SCSI drives or fibre drives.
ADIC does not support multiple drive types in a single Scalar
24. However, there is mixed generation drive support in SCSI
LTO libraries.
Slot for optional, user-installable RMU that enables remote
access to the library by means of a Web browser.
Slot for an optional SNC component.
Specifications
a
Capacity Transfer Rate
800 GB 160 MB/s
400 GB 70 MB/s
200 GB 30 MB/s
600 GB 68 MB/s
320 GB 32 MB/s
80 GB 12 MB/s
on page 141.
a
Description