Dltsage™ Tape Security; Mixed Media Support; Capacity On Demand - Quantum Scalar 50 User Manual

DLTSage™ Tape Security

Mixed Media Support

Capacity on Demand

Quantum Scalar 50 User's Guide
The Scalar tape library with DLT-S4 tape drives are capable of utilizing
DLTSage Tape security. DLTSage Tape Security is a unique solution
designed to prevent unauthorized access to tape cartridges which is
particularly valuable when protecting tapes that are transported offsite.
DLTSage Tape Security is a firmware feature designed into the DLT-S4
tape drive which uses an electronic key to prevent or allow reading and
writing of data on to a tape cartridge. This key is managed through the
remote management pages of the Scalar 50 tape library (see
"Quantum Scalar 50 Remote
available at no additional cost as an integrated feature in of the DLT-S4
tape drive and Scalar 50 tape library.
The Scalar 50 tape library is capable of supporting mixed media (SDLT
and LTO media) and a mixture of tape drives in the same library frame.
You must have at least one magazine type (SDLT or LTO) for each tape
drive type (SDLT or LTO).
Capacity on demand provides the ability to upgrade the storage capacity
of a library by using a software capacity key that grants access to
additional magazine slots. The Scalar 50 library has two capacity levels
(see table 7):
• - default capacity (four magazine columns starting with the
Level 1
three columns of the left-hand magazine and including the back
column of the right-hand magazine)
• - full capacity (all six columns of the left and right magazines
Level 2
and all physical slots in the system including stacked libraries)
Chapter 1 Library Description
DLTSage™ Tape Security
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