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Product Summary
The AML/2 is designed to set the industry
standard for cost efficiency and investment protection. Large and
mid-sized data centers will realize a wide range of performance
and economic benefits with the AML/2.
Data
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| Product
Description
Large-Scale Data Management
Solution
The ADICŪ AML/2T automated storage library
is the premier solution for your large-system data storage.
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- The AML/2 is the industry's largest capacity
data storage library-the only one with fully redundant robotics
for continuous data availability.
- It supports simultaneous use of different
media and drive types and an easy migration path to new
technologies to protect your investment.
- It scales together with your data growth
using unique barrier-free expansion to eliminate all pass-through
ports.
- Its multi-host architecture makes it
easy to share the library between different applications
and operating systems.
- And the AML/2 is supported by one
of the industry's premier global networks of integration,
logistics, and field support experts.
The First Choice for: Capacity,
Density, Redundancy
The AML/2 is the industry's premier
solution for large data system storage. It offers the industry's
largest capacity, scaling to support hundreds of drives and
more than 76,000 pieces of media. Supporting multiple drive
technologies, the AML/2 can store more than 5,000 terabytes
of data (native) and deliver any tape cartridge to any drive
in less than 10 seconds. The AML/2's QuadroTower storage module
system delivers this capacity with industry-leading density,
offering over 6,500 GB per square foot. For true mission-critical
applications, the ADIC AML/2 also offers the only large-scale
data storage library in which every piece of media can be
accessed by two fully redundant robotics systems to ensure
maximum continuous data availability.
The AML/2 supports more than a dozen
different media types, including all leading tape formats
(3590, 9840, DTF, DLT, LTO, AIT, etc), recorders and media
used by the broadcast and entertainment industries (Betacam,
for example), and audio CDs and optical disks.
Making Change Work for You
All the new choices in tape and recording
technologies are great news for storage-especially if you
pick a library that supports them all instead of being tied
to a single drive manufacturer's products. The AML/2 supports
more than a dozen technologies today, and offers concurrent
operation of different drive types in the same library. It
is also designed to support integration of new technologies
easily so you benefit, no matter who creates the next great
drive. Multi-media capability allows you to:
- Pick the right technology for your information
management job today.
- Support more than one drive type at the
same time in a single library.
- And convert your library easily to next-generation
technologies tomorrow, no matter who develops them.
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Cross-Application Data
Availability
The AML/2's multi-host architecture
lets your library share data across all of your network applications
and architectures, including Storage Area Networks. It also
supports partition of the library's storage into user-defined
virtual libraries, provides for automated data and media management,
and allows easy remote monitoring and operation. The combination
of the multi-host architecture and simultaneous support of
different media types makes the AML/2 the most flexible storage
system in the industry.
Performance and Scalability
Within a Single Library
Library resources must be able to
grow with your data. But for conventional systems, with extra
robotics and cumbersome pass-through ports, scalability means
a much higher prices and much lower performance. The AML/2
offers a fundamentally different approach. The library grows
simply by adding new, barrier-free modules; all of them are
served by the same robotics without any pass-through ports.
This unique expansion system gives the AML/2 the industry's
widest range: from 2 to 400 drives and over 76,000 pieces
of media. Barrier-free design means easy growth, low cost
expansion, and fast performance: any tape is less than 10
seconds from any drive even at the maximum system size.
Protected with Global Support
ADIC recognizes that total data management
requires an integrated approach that includes both product
design and an experienced service and support organization.
The AML/2 begins with uncompromising design, ISO 9000 quality,
reliability that has been proven in some of the world's most
rigorous data storage environments, and redundancy, even in
the robotics. Then we incorporate a professional services,
infrastructure design, and training team that understands
your storage needs and the ways that information serves your
organization. To complete the solution, we add one of the
industry's premier global support and logistics teams, providing
service in more than 40 countries worldwide.
Supports Wide Range of Applications
The AML/2's mixed media support and
barrier-free scalability make it the preferred choice for
a wide range of data management tasks.
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Backup and Restore |
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Nearline and HSM |
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Digital Asset Management |
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Archiving |
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Digital Broadcasting |
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Data Acquisition |
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The AML/2 holds up
to 5,184 TB and 400 drives, handles a mixture of drive
and media types, scales without any pass-through ports,
and offers the industry's only fully redundant robotics
option. |
Drive and Media Support
|
Drive Type |
Media Capacity Cartridges |
System Capacity |
Maximum |
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Native |
from |
to |
from |
to |
Drives |
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3590E |
40.0 GB |
3,840 |
51,840 |
153.6 |
2,073.6 TB |
up
to 400 |
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SDLT |
110.0 GB |
3,456 |
46,656 |
380.2 |
5,132.2 TB |
up
to 400 |
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DLT8000 |
40.0 GB |
3,456 |
46,656 |
138.2 |
1,866.2 TB |
up
to 400 |
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DLT7000 |
35.0 GB |
3,456 |
46,656 |
121.0 |
1,633.0 TB |
up
to 400 |
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AIT2 |
50.0 GB |
5,376 |
76,608 |
268.8 |
3,830.4 TB |
up
to 400 |
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STK 9840 |
20.0 GB |
3,840 |
51,840 |
76.8 |
1,036.8 TB |
up
to 400 |
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LTO Ultrium |
100 GB |
3,840 |
51,840 |
384.0 |
5,184.0 TB |
up
to 400 |
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SD-3 (RedWood) |
50.0 GB |
3,840 |
51,840 |
192.0 |
2,592.0 TB |
up
to 216 |
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3480/90/E |
0.8 GB |
3,840 |
51,840 |
3.1 |
41.5 TB |
up
to 400 |
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M8100 |
10.0 GB |
3,840 |
51,840 |
38.4 |
518.4 TB |
up
to 400 |
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Mammoth-2 |
60.0 GB |
5,376 |
76,608 |
322.5 |
4,596.5 TB |
up
to 400 |
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Optical Disk |
5.2 GB |
2,816 |
41,184 |
14.6 |
214.2 TB |
up
to 400 |
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CD-ROM (caddy) |
0.7 GB |
4,800 |
64,800 |
3.1 |
42.1 TB |
up
to 400 |
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DST 314 Medium |
300.0 GB |
960 |
12,096 |
288.0 |
3,628.8 TB |
up
to 216 |
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DST 314 Small |
150.0 GB |
1,344 |
19,008 |
201.6 |
2,851.2 TB |
up
to 216 |
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DTF-2 Large |
200.0 GB |
1,280 |
16,128 |
256.0 |
3,225.6 TB |
up
to 216 |
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DTF-2 Small |
60.0 GB |
2,048 |
27,648 |
122.9 |
1,658.9 TB |
up
to 216 |
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VHS |
14.5 GB |
1,792 |
23,040 |
26.0 |
334.1 TB |
up
to 324 |
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Betacam Small |
36
min |
2,048 |
27,648 |
1,228.8 |
16,588.8 hours |
up
to 216 |
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Betacam Large |
110 min |
1,280 |
16,128 |
2,346.7 |
29,568.0 hours |
up
to 216 |
AML/2 libraries grow with your data
through a barrier-free expansion system that adds capacity
and drives without using pass-through ports. Media is stored
in QuadroTowers, offered in three different heights, which
can be added to the library to accommodate growing data management
demands. Drives are housed in up to 54 separate drive cabinets
attached to the library. The AML/2 robotics support concurrent
operation of multiple media types and can be easily upgraded
in the field to add new drive and media technology. An optional
second robotics system, which can access all the media in
the library, provides full redundancy.
*Drive and media capacity will vary
depending on number and type of drives and number of cabinets.
Contact your ADIC representative for complete configuration
options.
| Drive
Technology |
Sample Cartridge Capacity per QuadroTower
(up to nine per system) |
| Drive/Media
type |
2.05m |
2.43m |
2.8m |
| 3590 |
3,840 |
4,800 |
5,760 |
| DLT |
3,456 |
4,320 |
5,184 |
| AIT/Mammoth |
5,376 |
7,168 |
8,512 |
| MO |
2,816 |
3,872 |
4,576 |
| CD-caddy |
4,800 |
5,760 |
7,200 |
| Betacam/DTF
(large) |
1,280 |
1,536 |
1,792 |
Technical Specification
Product
| Connectivity: |
Multiple,
concurrent, heterogeneous servers via the AML Management
Unit |
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Configurability |
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Support for: |
| Half-inch
(3480, 3490, 3590, 9840, M8100, SD-3 RedWood) |
| DST
small |
| DST
medium |
| DLT |
| SDLT |
| CD-ROM
(Caddy) |
| LTO
Ultrium |
| Mammoth |
| AIT |
| VHS |
| Betacam
small |
| Betacam
large |
| DTF
small |
| DTF
large |
| Optical
Disk 5.2 |
| Optical
Disk Reflection |
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Performance: |
Up
to 250 exchanges per hour
Access time less than 10 seconds |
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Reliability: |
1,000,000
MCBF (Mean Cycles Between Failure)
Automatic calibration routin |
Physical
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QuadroTower Module: |
| 88.2
(W) x 88.2 (D) inches |
| 2.24
(W) x 2.24 (D) meters |
| Height
= 80.8 inches (2.05 meters) |
| 95.7
inches (2.43 meters), or |
| 110.3
inches (2.8 meters) |
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Robotic Track Section:
(Two sections
per QuadroTower Module) |
44.1
(L) x 39.4 (W) inches
1.12 (L) x 1.0 (W) meters |
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Typical Drive Cabinet: |
26
(W) x 31.5 (D) inches
0.660 (W) x 0.8 (D) meters |
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Electrical Specifications |
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Robotic Controller |
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North
America: |
208
volts, three phase |
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Europe: |
115,
230, or 400 volts, single phase |
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Drive Cabinet: |
208
volts, three phase |
Operating Environment
| Temperature: |
60°-90°F (16°- 32°C) |
| Humidity: |
15% minimum to 75% maximum |
Regulatory
| Safety |
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| North America: |
UL: UL1950-ITE
CSA: C22.2 #950 |
| Europe: |
TUV: EN60950 |
| EMC-EMI |
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| North America: |
FCC, Part 15: Class A |
| Europe: |
CE Class A |
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