 With ever increasing regulatory pressure to comply with federal mandates for medical, legal, email, financial and government data, storage requirements are exploding. This rapid growth is straining data centers’ capacities in environmental control, power, and space.
Yet only a small fraction of this information will require continuous access, while the vast majority of it will not be accessed at all. Storing infrequently-accessed data on tape may be the best option to keep it for required long periods of time, at a minimum cost and with satisfactory access time to data.
To help meet storage capacity challenges with an optimal cost/time to data ratio, the TS3500 tape library supports storage-only library frames offering new patented high density slot technology. These frames can significantly increase a library’s total capacity while saving valuable floor space and helping to lower power requirements. The new frames, which are compatible with existing TS3500 library frames, can store up to 3PBs in 10 square feet.
| Model |
Slots |
Capacity |
Media |
S24
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1000 |
3PBs1 |
3592 |
| S54 |
1320 |
2.1PBs2 |
LTO |
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A TS3500 Tape Library with High Density frames can store more than 15 PB of uncompressed data while a large disk system can store less than 2 PB. This is eight times more raw capacity in the library (and even more usable capacity), at a typically lower cost per terabite.
1 at 3:1 compression
2 at 2:1 compression
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