9710 (StorageTek) Addendum for NonStop Servers

Addendum to the StorageTek 9710 for the Tandem Environment
Overview and Features of the 9710 Automated Cartridge Subsystem
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1.3 Product Overview
The 9710 Automated Cartridge Subsystem contains high performance,
high-capacity, streaming cartridge DLTtape drives designed for use on
midrange and high-end computing systems.
System connectivity is accomplished via either the 3216 Dedicated Tape
Controller (fiber), the 5165, Multi Function Controller (copper) or the SCSI
Connector on the PMF CRU of the S-series platform. The 9710 Automated
Cartridge Subsystem utilizes a robot to perform automatic tape operations.
The Subsystems is composed of high-capacity tape drive(s) with a minimum
cartridge storage capacity of 252 DLTtape cartridges and a maximum
cartridge storage capacity of 588 DLTtape cartridges. The 9710 Automated
Cartridge Subsystem can house up to ten (10) DLTtape drives with a typical
load/unload cycle time of 90 seconds. The 4000 series tape subsystem can
provide approximately 23.5 TB (terabytes) of compressed storage capacity,
and the 7000 series tape subsystem can provide approximately 41.2 TB
(terabytes) of compressed storage.
The 9710 Automated Cartridge Subsystem unit can be configured for
attachment to a single host or it can be attached to ten (10) hosts in it’s
maximum drive configuration. The System Data Path connectivity is
accomplished via either the 3216 Dedicated Tape Controller (fiber), the 5165,
Multifunction Controller (copper) and or the PMF CRU (copper) for the S-
series platform.
The DLTtape FRU is based on a 5 ¼-inch form factor, half-inch
Tape drive. The design includes a dual-channel read/write head, Digital
Lempel-Ziv (DLZ) high-efficiency data compression, and tape mark directory
to maximize data throughput and minimize data access time.