Virtual TapeServer 8.4 Supplemental Installation Guide

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Internal storage
If the VT5900-E, VT5900-G, VT5900-H, VT5900-J, VT5900-K, or VT5900-O was purchased, additional
internal storage may have been purchased for storing virtual tapes. The following additional internal
storage models were available:
l VT5904-A, which provided one internal disk drive of 146GB storage space
l VT5904, which provided six internal disk drives of 146GB each
l VT5904-B, which provided one internal disk drive of 300GB
l VT5904-E, which provided eight internal disk drives, each with 146GB of storage capacity
l VT5904-H, which provided eight 300GB internal disks for the VT5900-H
l VT5900-6TB, which provided six 1TB internal disks for the VT5900-K
l Six 2TB disks may have been added to the VT5900-O if six 1TB or six 2TB internal disks were
provided
External disk storage
If VTS model VT5900-A, VT5900-E, VT5900-G, or VT5900-H is installed, the following hardware may
have been installed for external disk storage.
l VT5915, which is built on the StorageWorks MSA 1500cs. It provides one controller shelf and
one MSA 20 disk shelf, and it includes dual controllers, each of which provides a single Fibre
Channel port. The VT5915 also includes 12 750GB 7,200rpm SATA disk drives.
l VT5916, which is an MSA 20 add-on enclosure and is available if additional storage is needed
after purchasing and installing the VT5915. It includes 12 750GB 7,200rpm SATA disk drives.
You can install up to three of these storage arrays per VT5915.
l VT5917, which is an MSA 2000 that provides 12TB. This is the controller and shipped with the
VT5900-J.
l VT5918, which is an MSA 2000 that provides 12TB. Up to three of these may be installed with
the VT5917 and VT5900-J.
l VT5905 or VT5905-B, which are built on the StorageWorks MSA 1000 and provide a built-in 8-
port Fibre Channel switch. The VT5905 provides 14 hard disk bays, and each hard disk
provides 146GB of storage at 10,000rpm. Each hard drive in the VT5905-B provides 300GB
disks.
l VT5906 or VT5906-B, which are built on the StorageWorks Modular 4314 and available if
additional storage was needed after purchasing and installing the VT5905 or VT5905-B. Up to
two of these can be installed per VT5905 or VT5905-B. The VT5906 provides 14 hard disk bays,
and each hard disk provides 146GB of storage. The VT5906-B provides 300GB disks.