Dell PowerVault 160T LTO2 (Tape Library) - Manual (Page 3)

Introduction: Dell PowerVault 160T Tape Library User's Guide
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The smallest configuration consists of one control module. As storage and tape drive requirements change, you can scale from
264 LTO tapes to 1,344 LTO tapes and up to 48 LTO drives by adding expansion modules to the control module. These
numbers vary by drive type. A fully expanded library with one control module and three expansion modules shares a single,
barrier-free robotics system that eliminates the need for pass-through ports, see Figure 1 .
Figure 1. Dell PowerVault 160T Tape Library (Front View)
Features
The following subsections describe the features of the Dell PowerVault 160T:
Scalability
Your library can consist of a single control module, which makes about 264 storage cells available. You can add up to three
expansion modules, with 350 or more storage slots per module for an overall storage maximum of 1344 cartridges.
Density
This library provides a storage density of 720 LTO cartridges per square meter. Storage density numbers vary by drive type.
Each module, or frame, has two storage racks, a rack on the drive side and a rack on the door side. Each storage rack has
ten sections. The size of a section is the size of the magazine for a particular media type. For LTO, for example, there are six
rows per section. Four columns, each the width of a section, are distributed across the rack.