Scalar 10K

The Scalar 10K is the SAN-enabled enterprise library that lets IT departments consolidate storage in a single, easily managed resource.  It is the industry's first capacity-on-demand library, delivering built-in room to grow and allowing users to increase storage by activating additional capacity whenever they need it. 

The Scalar 10K operates seamlessly in new or existing storage networks.  It supports multiple protocols and fabrics at the same time, providing industry-leading scalability, capacity, availability and technology independence.  A fully redundant library architecture option supports dual robotics, controllers, power, and library control paths to provide continual access to data through virtually all service operations.

Capacity-on-demand lets IT departments activate additional storage while paying only for the storage they actually use.  Qualified storage network interoperability means seamless integration into new or existing SANs.  Single robotics design provides higher performance and reliability at a lower cost.  The Scalar 10K Tape Library supports up  to 324 drives (LTO and TS1120 technology) and provides easy technology migration and options for mixed-media operation.  It has a fully redundant architecture option with dual robotics, controllers, power, and library control paths for continuous operation.

Features Scales from 700 to 13,884 slots (tapes) Up to 324 drives Up to 11386TB capacity* Supports LTO-3, LTO-2, or IBM TS1120 technology Instant capacity on-demand 5 slots per/sec inventory speed Auto-discovery and auto-calibration of all components for rapid configuration Superior floor space density 1 year warranty

Specifications

Specification Details Operation Cartridge Change Up to 450 per hour Drive Interface LTO and Native Fibre: SCSI-2 LVD; integrated FC interface optional for all; or TS1120: SCSI-2, SNC or Native FC LVD or HVD Library Interface SCSI-2 LVD or HVD; integrated FC interface optional Inventory Speed 100 slots in 20 seconds* Configuration Auto-discovery and auto-calibration for installed or added components (modules, drives, magazines, tapes, etc.) Import/Export Up to 72 (LTO/TS1120 positions) in removable magazines Reliability Drive Hard Error Rate Less than 1 in 1017 bits Tape Shelf Life 30 years minimum (at 20°C, 40% RH) Library MCBF Greater than 2,000,000 Drive MTBF Greater than 200,000 power-on hours Power 2N power for all systems and drives MTTR 30 minutes Library Control Ports Dual, redundant ports are standard Diagnostics SNMP traps reported through RMU or Scalar DLC, built-in self-test, store/restore past events, fault isolation assistance, self-initiating configuration and calibration, email alert Module Upgrade Any storage module may be added in 2 hrs; customer installable drive and slot upgrade Storage Networking Support Platform/Connectivity SNC 5100 (2Gb Fibre Channel) or SNC 3000 (1Gb Fibre Channel) Management Services End-to-end path verification, error recovery, drive performance optimization, SAN security (Scalar Firewall Manager), serverless backup (Data Mover Module) Environmental Power 208-240VAC; 20 amp per cabinet Temperature 16 to 32°C operating Humidity 15 to 75% non-condensing operating

Capacity on Demand Configuration

Drive Type Activated media Cartridge positions Total drive positions Dimensions LTO-3* 700 to 1300 1785 36 4.3 x 10.5 x 6.4 feet 1400 to 2000 2865 60 4.3 x 15.5 x 6.4 feet 2100 and up 3945 84 4.3 x 20.5 x 6.4 feet IBM TS1120* 700 to 1100 1594 16 5.0 x 10.5 x 6.4 feet 1200 to 1700 2498 32 5.0 x 15.5 x 6.4 feet 1800 and up 3402 48 5.0 x 20.5 x 6.4 feet

Drive Capacity and Performance

Drive Type Cartridge Capacity Native / Compressed  (GB) Drive Throughput Native / Compressed (MB/sec) Data Buffer (MB) File Access  Time (sec) LTO-3* 400 / 800 70 / 140 64 49 IBM TS1120* 500 Native 104 Native 512 46