AMASS Overview

Supported

Libraries and

Drives

Connectivity

AMASS supports a maximum of:

•8 libraries

•256 drives per library

•65,000 volumes

AMASS supports the following types of storage devices:

•Multiple libraries of the same model in a daisy-chained configuration

•Heterogeneous libraries, for example, optical and tape, in a daisy-chained configuration

•A library with different drive types so you can mix media; for example, 3590 and DTF media in the same library

•Standalone drives

For a list of supported libraries and drives as well as any other information unique to the support of storage hardware, refer to Accessing Storage Devices.

Libraries and standalone drives can be connected to the AMASS server in the following ways:

•SCSI-attached drives and libraries

•RS-232-attached libraries

•Network-attached libraries

Tip

For best performance, ADIC recommends that each tape drive be on its own SCSI host adapter board.

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