Sun StorageTek L1400M tape library
Sun StorageTek L1400M tape library
Ironclad technology and reliability with proven results. The Sun StorageTek L1400M tape library brings exceptional value by reducing risk and cost while improving storage productivity.
At A Glance
- Align the cost of protecting data with its value and save money
- Add VolSafe® secure media technology to help meet compliance needs
- Increase flexibility for growing, managing and controlling tape library backup applications
- Buy only what"s needed today and add storage when it"s required, lowering total cost of ownership and reducing costs
Designed For You
- Backup and archive
- Storage consolidation
- Fixed-content distribution
Features and Benefits
Hassle-free integration. The Sun StorageTek L1400M tape library combines compatibility and flexibility to integrate seamlessly into IT environments.
Key Benefits
- Centralized library management provides a productivity boost allowing drives, library assets, switches and backup applications to be monitored and managed from a single console.
- Seamless support means easy integration with UNIX, Linux and Windows NT environments and a variety of tape drives.
- Scalability to grow from 200 to 678 slots in 100-slot increments, non-disruptively, but only when requirements demand it. Add a second frame to grow to 1344 slots.
Advanced scalability, flexibility and choice
Scale with no downtime
The L1400M’s continuous capacity capability scales non-disruptively, without downtime, from 200 to 678 slots in 100-slot increments using a software key. The second library also scales non-disruptively.
Share and save
The L1400M library solution is all about flexibility — the flexibility to quickly grow, adapt and manage change as new business challenges arise. Increase capacity without interrupting service. Share the library seamlessly across UNIX, Linux and Windows NT environments as well as multiple backup applications.
Choose what’s best
The L1400M also provides the ability to select the right data protection or archiving technology for the right application. Choose the tape drives that are the best application fit too with Sun’s StorageTek Any Cartridge Any Slot™ and Continuous Capacity™ technologies. The L1400M supports the Sun StorageTek T10000, T9840, T9940 or mid-range LTO/SDLT tape drives.
Maximized asset utilization and reliability
Central library management software
Monitor entire backup infrastructures with the L1400M powerful monitoring software from a single, centrally located console. Monitor and manage drives, library assets, switches and backup applications. Easily identify the specific reasons for any backup failure and more effectively analyze, tune and manage your storage infrastructure.
Partitioning made easy
The L1400M’s soft partitioning capabilities allow users to dynamically manage, create and change up to six logical partitions with no library downtime. Asset utilization increases since it’s easy to reclaim unused capacity from partitions. And flexible drive assignment and the ability to share drives between partitions helps to further maximize utilization and minimize costs.
Optimized reliability and accessibility
The L1400M helps minimize or eliminate downtime and service interruptions with the advanced reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features that StorageTek libraries are known for. Dynamic drive upgrades, hot-swappable components, and continuous calibration of robotics are just a few of these features.
Key Specifications
- High capacity - 339 TB Capacity with 300 GB HDDs
- Solid Performance - 81 Gbyte/sec aggregate system bandwidth (68 Gbyte/sec data bandwidth; 13 Gbyte/sec control bandwidth)
- Connectivity - Fibre Channel (up to 192 redundant pairs), ESCON (96 pairs) and FICON (48 pairs)
Performance |
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Throughput per hour, native (uncompressed) |
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Audit time | < 4 min |
Average cell to drive time | 4.0 sec |
Capacity |
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Capacity, native (uncompressed) |
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Number of cartridge slots | 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1344 (dual-frame required beyond 678 slots) |
Number of tape drives/types |
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Cartridge Access Port (CAP) | Standard 20-cartridge-slot CAP. Second CAP for additional 20 cartridges optional – 80 CAP slots maximum |
Pass-through-port (PTP) | 2-cartridge transport mechanism (dual-frame) |
Availability |
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Mean exchanges/swaps between failures (MEBF/MSBF) | 2,000,000 |
Mean time between failures (MTBF) | 360,000 hr (full operation) |
Mean time to repair (MTTR) | < 30 min |
Non-disruptive serviceability | Hot-swappable drives with power supply and fan, plus Ethernet and serial ports for diagnostics and reporting; optional universal power supply |
Compatibility |
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Supported host platforms | UNIX, Windows NT, Novell, Linux |
Robotics control interfaces | SCSI-3 media changer command set, 2-GB Fibre Channel (default and only option) |
Any Cartridge Any Slot technology | Simultaneous support of multiple tape and media types |
Management |
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L-Series Library Admin software | Embedded Web-based library administration tool (standard with the L1400M and L1400) |
Digital vision system | Unique digital vision camera system performs continuous calibration and reads bar codes |
Operator panel | User-friendly configuration and diagnostic controls, status display, and viewing window |
Automatic clean | Dedicated cleaning cartridge slot for tape drive cleaning by library or software command |
Automatic self-discovery | Self-configures the drives, slots, and CAP; also identifies drive and media types |
Continuous automation calibration | No periodic maintenance or alignment required |
Mechanical |
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Library Height | 72.0 in (182.9 cm) |
Library Depth | 37.5 in (95.3 cm) |
Library Width | 61.3 in (155.7 cm) (single-frame), 135.81 in (344.95 cm) (dual-frame) |
Library Unit Height | 61.3 in (155.7 cm) (single-frame), 135.81 in (344.95 cm) (dual-frame) |
Library Weight | First frame 840.0 lb (381.0 kg) with expansion frame and covers plus second frame weight (single-frame)761.0 lb (345.0 kg) without expansion frame — 840.0 lb (381.0 kg) with expansion frame and covers (dual-frame) |
Pass-through port (PTP) |
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Environmental |
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Temperature | Operating: +59° to +90° F (+15° to +32° C) Non-operating: +50° to +104° F (+10° to +40° C ) |
Humidity | Operating: 20% to 80% Non-operating: 10% to 95% |
Power |
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Voltage | 100–127 VAC, 200–240 VAC @ 50–60 Hz single phase (auto-ranging) |
Library (operating maximum continuous —not peak) | 1.75 A @ 120 V, 0.88 A @ 240 V, 716 BTU/hr |
Drives | Drive power consumption varies. Refer to individual drive specifications |
Regulatory Compliance |
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Electromagnetic compatibility | FCC #47, part 15, subpart B, class A; VCCI class A European Union CE emissions standards; AS/NZS 3548; 1996 (Australia, N.Z.); ICES-003 (Canada) |
Safety | UL 1950; CAN/CSA 22.2 No. 950; EN60950 |