Qualstar RLS Rackmount Tape Library AIT LTO SDLT

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Qualstar RLS Rackmount Tape Library

Model SDLT 6221

Models RLS 4221 and RLS 4435

Model RLS 8228

Product Description:

The RLS-Series delivers the benefits of Qualstar’s Simply Reliable^TM Auto-mated Tape Library design to users requiring rackmountable solutions.

The RLS-Series supports AIT, LTO and SuperDLT^TM cartridge tape formats, giving users technology choices without compromising quality or reliability, in compact 5U-high modules. Offering superior performance and value, the RLS-Series Tape Library family includes four models yielding capacities up to 3.5 terabytes (native). Using typical data compression ratios, capacity can exceed 9 terabytes. Depending on the tape drive technology chosen, individual models house up to four tape drives. Data transfer rates can approach 450 gigabytes per hour. Built-in reliability is only part of the RLS-Series story. Hot-plugable tape drives have been designed- in to reduce downtime. Each drive is on a self-connecting mount that eliminates handling cables: simply slide drives in or out.

High Availability plus Q-Link ^TM
The High Availability options include hot-swapable redundant power sup-plies, true hot-swapable tape drives, and Q-Link, the web browser-based remote library manager. Q-Link allows any RLS- or TLS-Series Tape Library to be installed, configured, monitored, diag-nosed and managed from anywhere in the world. Using Q- Link, companies can deploy enterprise-class data protection without increasing staffs or degrading data security. Even firmware updates can be installed remotely.

Investment Protection
Featuring IPM^SM (Interface Personality Module) architecture, RLS-Series libraries can be reconfigured in seconds for SCSI, Fibre Channel, iSCSI or future interface architectures by simply plugging in the appropriate IPM. RLS offers kits to increase the capacity and throughput of some models without adding modules which saves rack space. One field upgrade kit increases the capacity of an RLS-4221 by over 60% in less than 15 minutes. Another kit adds two more tape drives, effective-ly doubling throughput.

Reliable, Intelligent Robotics
The RLS-Series unique robotic mechanism is Simply Reliable,, by design. Leadscrew-based robotics using brushless DC motors and closed-loop servo control systems provide precise positioning and flawless media handling for years of dependable operation. All FRUs and tape drives are auto-discovering, and all electrical and mechanical adjustments have been completely eliminated by sophisticated adaptive “smart” logic design.

Easy Operation
An intuitive menu-driven control system provides easy-to-use installation, configuration, and operational information via the onboard LCD panel. Critical operat-ing functions are displayed and an audi-ble alarm signals conditions requiring immediate action. All of the information, functions and controls built into the front panel display are replicated in Q-Link, the powerful, browser-based remote library manager. Tapes are housed in convenient three, four or five-tape magazines that simply snap in and out of the library. Removing and organizing tapes for off-site storage has never been easier.

Advanced Cartridge Management and Security
Bar code scanning enhances throughput and controls the media inventory. VIOP, a unique variable I/O port design, allows users to determine how many slots to commit to importing and exporting tapes. Our exclusive “Inventory Sentry” senses whether the tapes or magazines have actually been removed when the door is opened. If they haven’t, operation is resumed without causing a time-consuming re-inventory.

Logical Library^SM and Fibre Channel
Logical library is built into every RLS-Series library. It allows up to four servers to share a single library, even if each server is running a separate application. Systems that you couldn’t afford to upgrade can now be protected automatically. The SANSmart ^SM Fibre Channel interface option supports the latest 2-gigabit per second SAN topologies, ideally suited for serverless-backup, data protection and other storage management applications.