ADIC Scalar 1000 User Manual

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Document Number: 62-0130-01, Rev A
Published: February 1999

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Table of Contents

Scalar® 1000

Product Reference Guide

Company Introduction........................................................................................2

Product Overview ...............................................................................................2

Control Module ...................................................................................................3

Expansion Modules.............................................................................................3

Scalar 1000 Capacity Guidlines..........................................................................4

DLT
AIT
IBM 3590

Key Features ........................................................................................................7

Flexible Drive Support ........................................................................................7

Performance & Reliability Statistics..................................................................7

Fibre Channel Capability ....................................................................................8

Planning Guidelines ............................................................................................8

Ordering Guidelines worksheets....................................................................... 9

DLT
AIT
IBM 3590

Configuration Diagrams ................................................................................... 12

Location Preparation Guidelines ..................................................................... 15

Physical dimensions
Shipping requirements
Dimension requirements

Environmental Overview..................................................................................17

Control Module / Expansion Module Electrical Specifications
Scalar 1000 Drive Component Electrical Specifications
BTU Guidelines

Accessories ........................................................................................................18

Points of Contact...............................................................................................18

Installation .........................................................................................................18

Service & Warranty...........................................................................................18

Library Specifications ....................................................................................... 19

DLT
AIT
IBM 3590

Notes ................................................................................................................22

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Company Introduction

Since its founding in 1983, ADIC™ (Advanced
Digital Information Corporation) has specialized in
providing backup and archival tape storage products for
high value data. Today, it is the leading technology-in­dependent supplier of automated tape libraries for
networked systems.

Throughout its history, ADIC has remained
committed to providing its customers access to the
most advanced tape storage technology available, no
matter where it is developed. Its product line includes
automated tape storage systems for the latest 4mm
(DAT), 8mm, AIT and DLT™ technologies, and is
supported by all leading storage management soft­ware products for every leading operating system.

ADIC’s entire business plan rests on a commitment to
protect critical data by continually advancing the art of
automated storage. ADIC offers a world-wide network of
knowledgeable, service-oriented resellers with local sup­port throughout North America, Europe, and the Pacific
Rim. A strong technical service organization, including a
24-hour response line, will answer your questions.
Combined, ADIC’s strong product offerings and techni­cal innovations create the right solution for its customers.

Introduction / Product Overview

make it extremely reliable. Another aspect of the library’s
flexibility is its ability to support multiple drive
technologies, including DLT, AIT and IBM 3590 tech­nologies. These drives ensure industry-leading transfer
speed, capacity and reliability.

The Scalar 1000, ADIC’s newest member to its
growing Scalar family, offers the ultimate scalability with
an impressive tape slot capacity, a proven feature set,
high reliability, and true flexibility. This robust product
rounds out the Scalar family as the premier high-end,
tape backup solution.

Product Overview

The Scalar 1000 solves cost and capacity problems
by providing a high performance tape storage sys­tem that can cost-effectively grow with changing data
storage needs.

By adding modular cabinets and extending its ro­botic mechanism along one continuous x-axis, its
seamless growth path minimizes the Total Cost of
Ownership (TCO).

The Scalar 1000’s modular expansion architecture is
less expensive and performs faster because it utilizes only
one robotic system. This design eliminates the need to
pass cartridges through multiple robotics and
pass-through ports. In addition, the Scalar 1000’s mini­mized moving parts and lack of alignment problems

Streamlined Growth

Physically growing the size of a Scalar 1000 library is
straightforward and cost-effective. With a maximum con­figuration of four modules, it consists of one control mod­ule and up to three expansion modules.

The bottom rail (known as the x-axis), is extended as
each module is added. No pass–through ports are needed
since there is no wall between modules. As a result, the
picker simply moves along the newly-extended axis. The
associated cabling is also changed to allow the picker
mechanism to move between the modules. As a result of
this efficient design, no pass-through ports are required.

After connecting another module, the Scalar 1000
self-tests for the new, larger library configuration upon
its first power up. Growth is simplified even more since
no new firmware is required as modules are added. Drive
bay capacity is field upgradable, allowing existing
customers to easily add more drives as needed.

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Control / Expansion Modules

Control Module

Control modules contain the same hardware func­tionality and associated performance specifications. The
control modules differ in tape capacity, drive bay con­figurations and mailbox capacity.

• Library control hardware

• Cartridge accessor

• Robotic mechanism

• Operator LCD–display panel

• Insert/eject mailbox
DLT: 12 slots
AIT: 18 slots
3590: 12 slots

• Flexible tape drive & cartridge slot configurations:
DLT

• 6 drive bays and 158 cartridge slots

• 12 drive bays and 118 cartridge slots

AIT

• 12 drive bays and 237 cartridge slots

3590

• 2 drive bays and 158 cartridge slots

• 4 drive bays and 118 cartridge slots

Scalar 1000 / DLT

DLT

• Up to 48 DLT drives

• Up to 788 DLT cartridge slots

Scalar 1000 / AIT

• 12-slot import/export mailbox

• Up to 63 TB1 storage capacity

Expansion Modules

To increase tape and drive capacity, simply add more
expansion modules (up to three) to the control module.

Expansion modules contain a variety of tape drives
and cartridge storage configurations, depending on
the drive technology it supports.

DLT

• 0 drive bays and 210 cartridge slots

• 6 drive bays and 170 cartridge slots

• 12 drive bays and 130 cartridge slots

AIT

• 0 drive bays and 315 cartridge slots

• 12 drive bays and 255 cartridge slots

3590

• 0 drive bays and 210 cartridge slots

• 2 drive bays and 170 cartridge slots

• 4 drive bays and 130 cartridge slots

The Scalar 1000 can be configured to support up to
48 tape drives at maximum capacity. Broken down, each
module can contain up to 12 tape drives utilizing either
DLT or AIT technology; 3590 configurations contain
up to 4 drives per module. Drive module density varies
by model as well. For example, the AIT drive modules
are offered in pairs while DLT and 3590 modules are
added in increments of one.

AIT

• Up to 48 AIT drives (offered in pairs)

• Up to 1,182 AIT cartridge slots

Scalar 1000 / 3590

3590

• Up to 16 3590 drives

• Up to 788 3590 cartridge slots

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with 2:1 compression

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with 3:1 compression

• 18-slot import/export mailbox

• Up to 118 TB1 storage capacity

• 12-slot import/export mailbox

• Up to 24 TB2 storage capacity

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DLT Capacity Guidelines

BUILDING BLOCKS OF A SCALAR 1000 / DLT LIBRARY

The Scalar 1000 / DLT control module, which
can also serve as a self-contained library, is config­ured with 6 or 12 DLT drive bays. Each expansion
module is configured for tape storage only (no drive
bays), with 6 drive bays, or with 12 drive bays.

Choice of drive bay configuration determines the
tape positions available in each module (see table).
Drives to populate drive bays are ordered separately
and may be easily added on-site. Configuration
change is easy since the drive bay and cartridge ca­pacity of any module can be easily reconfigured in
the field. The Scalar 1000 automatically “reteaches”

Scalar 1000 / DLT

the library’s settings to reflect new configurations.

DLT Guidelines

Scalar 1000 / DLT

Control Module 6 158

Expansion Module 0 210

Library Drive Cartridge Storage Storage
Configuration Count Capacity Capacity1Capacity

Control Module 1 - 6 158 11.1TB 12.6TB

7 - 12 118 8.3TB 9.4TB

Drive Cartridge

Bays Capacity

12 118

6 170

12 130

DLT DLT7000 DLT8000

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Control Module and 1 - 6 368 26.8TB 29.4TB
1 Expansion Module 7 - 12 328 23.0TB 26.2TB

13 - 18 288 20.2TB 23.0TB
19 - 24 248 17.4TB 19.8TB

Control Module and 1 - 6 578 40.5TB 46.2TB
2 Expansion Modules 7 - 12 538 37.7TB 43.0TB

13 - 18 498 34.9TB 39.8TB
19 - 24 458 32.1TB 36.6TB
25 - 30 418 29.3TB 33.4TB
31 - 36 378 26.5TB 30.2TB

Control Module and 1 - 6 788 55.2TB 63.0TB
3 Expansion Modules 7 - 12 748 52.4TB 59.8TB

13 - 18 708 49.6TB 56.6TB
19 - 24 668 46.8TB 53.4TB
25 - 30 628 44.0TB 50.2TB
31 - 36 588 41.2TB 47.0TB
37 - 42 548 38.4TB 43.8TB
43 - 48 508 35.6TB 40.6TB

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With 2:1 compression.

AIT Guidelines

AIT Capacity Guidelines

BUILDING BLOCKS OF A SCALAR 1000 / AIT LIBRARY

The Scalar 1000 / AIT control module, which
can also serve as a self-contained library, is config­ured with 12 AIT drive bays. Each expansion mod­ule is configured for tape storage only (no drive
bays), or with 12 drive bays.

Scalar 1000 / AIT

Control Module 12 237

Drive Cartridge

Bays Capacity

Choice of drive bay configuration determines the
tape positions available in each module (see table).
Drives to populate drive bays are ordered separately
and may be easily added on-site. Configuration
change is easy since the drive bay and cartridge ca­pacity of any module can be easily reconfigured in
the field. The Scalar 1000 automatically “reteaches”
the library’s settings to reflect new configurations.

Expansion Module 0 315

12 255

AIT1 AIT2
Library Drive Cartridge Storage Storage
Configuration Count1Capacity Capacity2Capacity

Control Module 2 - 12 237 16.6TB 23.7TB

Control Module and 2 - 12 552 38.6TB 55.2TB
1 Expansion Module 14 - 24 492 34.4TB 49.2TB

Scalar 1000 / AIT

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Control Module and 2 - 12 867 60.7TB 86.7TB
2 Expansion Modules 14 - 24 807 56.5TB 80.7TB

26 - 36 747 52.3TB 74.7TB

Control Module and 2 - 12 1182 82.7TB 118.2TB
3 Expansion Modules 14 - 24 1122 78.5TB 112.2TB

26 - 36 1062 74.3TB 106.2TB
38 - 48 1002 70.1TB 100.2TB

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AIT drives offered in pairs.

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With 2:1 compression. Capacities specified use 230m media. For
170m media reduce capacity by 28.6%.

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With 2:1 compression.

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3590 Capacity Guidelines

BUILDING BLOCKS OF A SCALAR 1000 / 3590 LIBRARY

The Scalar 1000 / 3590 control module, which can also
serve as a self-contained library, is configured with 2 or 4
3590 drive bays. Each expansion module is configured for
tape storage only (no drive bays), with 2 drive bays, or
with 4 drive bays.

Choice of drive bay configuration determines the tape
positions available in each module (see table). Drives to
populate drive bays are ordered separately and may be
easily added on-site. Configuration change is easy since
the drive bay and cartridge capacity of any module can be
easily reconfigured in the field. The Scalar 1000
automatically “reteaches” the library’s settings to reflect
new configurations.

Scalar 1000 / 3590

3590 Guidelines

Scalar 1000 / 3590

Control Module 2 158

Expansion Module 0 210

Library Drive Cartridge Storage
Configuration Count Capacity Capacity

Control Module 1 - 2 158 4.7TB

Drive Cartridge

Bays Capacity

4 118

2 170
4 130

3 - 4 118 3.5TB

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Control Module and 1 - 2 368 11.0TB
1 Expansion Module 3 - 4 328 9.8TB

5 - 6 288 8.6TB
7 - 8 248 7.4TB

Control Module and 1 - 2 578 17.3TB
2 Expansion Modules 3 - 4 538 16.1TB

5 - 6 498 14.9TB
7 - 8 458 13.7TB
9 - 10 418 12.5TB

11 - 12 378 11.3TB

Control Module and 1 - 2 788 23.6TB
3 Expansion Modules 3 - 4 748 22.4TB

5 - 6 708 21.2TB
7 - 8 668 20.0TB

9 - 10 628 18.8TB
11 - 12 588 17.6TB
13 - 14 548 16.4TB
15 - 16 508 15.2TB

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with 3:1 compression per IBM guidelines.

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