Sun Microsystems SL8500 manual Introduction, Library Overview

CH A P T E R 1

Introduction

This chapter introduces the major hardware components and provides the library specifications for the StreamLineTM SL8500 modular library system, which is referred to as the SL8500 library or just the “library” throughout this manual. For software information and drive information, refer to the publications that pertain to these specific topics.

The library is a robotic system that mounts cartridges into storage slots or into drives for read/write operations. It also moves cartridges between the cartridge access port (CAP) to storage slots or between slots.

Library Overview

The SL8500 Library is a fully automated cartridge tape storage and retrieval system.

The base library stands 2.37 m (7.76 ft.) tall, 1.7 m (5.6 ft.) wide, and 2.76 m (9.1 ft.) deep. Depending on the model and features selected, one SL8500 library can store from 1,448 to 6,632 cartridge tapes and house from four to 64 tape drives.

A library complex, consists of two or more libraries that connect with pass-thru ports (PTPs) and contains over 320,000 customer usable cartridges and 2,048 tape drives.

The approximate speed of each robot (termed StreamLine HandBot™ high performance robotics) is from 2 m (75 in.) to 2.5 m (100 in.) per second.

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