Super-AIT tape libraries / jukeboxes

	TLS-5000 Series Automated Tape Libraries featuring Super-AIT Drives   Super-AIT Tape Drive Technology  SANSMART™ Fibre Channel

Product Description:

The TLS-5000 Series is the first family of Automated Tape Libraries using Sony’s new SAIT (SuperAIT) tape drive technology to deliver ultra-dense enterprise class backup and near online data storage solutions.

The SAIT-1 tape drive is the result of combining the best features of Sony’s widely used AIT recording technology with the increased media area afforded by the ˝-inch tape format. With the advanced robotic design, SAIT yields industry-leading capacity, storage density, performance and reliability.

• Concurrent data transfer by up to eight SAIT-1 drives provides high data rates
• SANSmart Fibre Channel technology and multiple SCSI busses speed integration
• Supported by all leading backup and storage management applications
• Installation and support by leading VARs and Integrators, worldwide
• Extremely low cost per terabyte

• Up to 343 terabytes capacity
• Data transfer rates exceeding 2.2 terabytes per hour
• Four TLS-5000 SAIT models
• Individual models house up to eight tape drives
• Storage densities up to 45 terabytes per square foot

• Upgrade kits for two models available to double number of tapes
• Additional drives are easy and fast to install
• Tape drives in plug-in cannisters with individual cooling fans enhance reliability
• Easy user drive installation in less than one minute
• Capacity expansion kits take less than one hour to install

• Patented mechanism with unique leadscrew-based robotics
• Brushless motors and closed-loop servo control systems
• Precise positioning and flawless media handling
• Adjustments eliminated by sophisticated, adaptive 'smart logic’ design
• Filtered, positive air pressure to extend tape and head life

• Intuitive menu-driven control system provides easy-to-use installation
• Configuration and operation information via the large LCD panel
• Critical operating messages displayed with audible alarms signal immediate action
• Q-Link browser-based remote library manager allows any library to be configured, monitored and managed from anywhere in the world

• Bar code scanning enhances throughput and controls the media inventory
• VIOP, Variable I/O Port, allows user to set how many slots to commit to importing and exporting tapes, providing unmatched flexibility and control
• Inventory Sentry senses whether the tapes or magazines have been moved when the door is opened. If not, operation is resumed without causing a time consuming reinventory.

• The SANSmart Fibre Channel Options support the latest 2Gb SAN and serverless backup applications
• Logical Library is built into all TLS-5000 models to allow up to four servers to share a library, even if each server is running a separate application

Note: The TLS-Series are also available in AIT, LTO and DLT/Super-DLT

Features & Benefits:

Feature	Benefit
Widest capacity range	Common format throughout the enterprise
Up to eight SAIT-1 tape drives	High throughput, concurrent read and write
Q-Link	Web browser based remote library manager
VIOP	Application controls tape inventory. Bulk Tape import/export
I/O Port	Application controls tape inventory.
Logical Library Partitioning (SCSI only)	Supports up to four separate partitions.
WORM tape option (Pending)	Lowest cost, unalterable storage.
Automatic alignment	No tools or procedures
No electrical or mechanical adjustments	Easy, fast installation
Barcode scanner	Better media inventory control
Positive-pressure, filtered air system	Reduces contamination, protects media
Brushless motors	Exceptional reliability

Specifications Table:

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Additional Features: Engineered for Reliability All brushless motors, no belts or pulleys Self-calibrating, all-digital servo control system Pre-wired tape drive mounting slots Auto-aligning, no mechanical or electrical adjustments Pressurized, filtered, forced air cooling with redundant fans Over 1,000,000 MEBF Automated tape drive cleaning Efficient Media Control Bar code scanning of data cartridges Key locked door with a large window VIOP Variable I/O port for inserting and removing cartridges or magazines Inventory Sentry minimizes offline time Comprehensive User Interface Q-Link remote library manager Back-lighted 80 character display Control panel menu system for easy installation, configuration, operation and maintenance Versatility LVD/SE interface Multiple SCSI bus connections supported 2Gb SANSmart Fibre Channel Options Logical Library dynamic partitioning Simultaneous random and multi-sequential operating modes Selectable recycling and dual-bin sequential modes