ADIC 6-00026-01 Rev A manual Flexible

AMASS Overview

	Step 8.	Press Escape until you reach the Status Display
		menu (the initial screen).
Flexible	AMASS is both drive and library independent thus allowing
	you to choose the hardware that meets the specific needs of
	your company. For detailed information, refer to Accessing
	Storage Devices.
Third-party Backup	AMASS supports third-party backup and restore applications
Applications	that access files using standard file system semantics.
	Consequently, applications that currently run on standard UNIX
	file systems can use AMASS without modification.
Mixed Media	AMASS supports mixed media in the following libraries:
	• A network-attached AML using Distributed AML Server
	(DAS) as the library management software on the AMU.
	DAS is an ADIC-GRAU software product with both client
	and server components. The server component is installed
	on the AMU OS/2 server and the client component is
	embedded in AMASS.
				DAS	UNIX Server
					AMASS
	Mixed media in AML
			AMU library interface
			installed on OS/2 PC
	Clients

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