StorageTek® leads the tape automation field with the fastest, highest-quality, most space-efficient tape libraries. StorageTek tape libraries help you better manage and protect your data with highly productive consolidated storage.
| SL8500 (min config) library | Starts at 1,448 carts customer-usable slots
| Up to 64 drives of any combination of supported drives, including:
T9840 ESCON, Fibre Channel and FICON, T9940 ESCON, Fibre Channel and FICON, LTO Ultrium Generation Fibre Channel, SDLT Fibre Channel
| All major operating systems
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| SL8500 (max config of 32 libraries) | 300,000 customer-usable slots
| Up to 2,048 drives of any combination of supported drives, including:
T9840 ESCON, Fibre Channel and FICON, T9940 ESCON, Fibre Channel and FICON, LTO Ultrium Generation Fibre Channel, SDLT Fibre Channel
| All major operating systems
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| StreamLine SL500 modular library system | 30-575 slots
Base module: 30-50 LTO cartridge slots
Drive expansion module: 90 additional slots
Cartridge expansion module: 120 additional LTO cartridge slots
| 1-18 LTO Gen 2 or Gen 3
| UNIX, Windows NT, Linux
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| L20 tape library | 10, 20
| 1-2 LTO Gen 1, 2, 3; SDLT 320, SDLT 600 drives or a combination
| UNIX, Windows NT, Novell NetWare
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| L40 tape library | 20, 40
| 1-4 LTO Gen 1, 2, 3, SDLT 320, SDLT 600 drives or a combination
| UNIX, Linux, Windows NT, Novell NetWare
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| L80 tape library | 40, 60, 80
| 1-8 LTO Gen 1, 2, 3; SDLT 320 and 600 drives or a combination
| UNIX, Linux, Windows NT, Novell NetWare
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| L180 tape library | 84, 140, 174 plus six slots for diagnostic/cleaning cartridges
| 1-6 T9840 or T9940 drives
1-10 LTO Gen 2, Gen 3, SDLT 320 and 600
| UNIX, Windows NT
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| L700e (dual frame) library | 216, 384, 678, 882, 1,050, 1,344 (dual frame)
| 1-24 T9840 and T9940 drives
1-40 LTO Gen 2 and 3, SDLT 320 and 600 drives or a combination
| UNIX, Windows NT
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| L700e (single frame) library | 216, 384, 678 (single frame)
| 1-12 T9840 and T9940 drives
1-20 LTO Gen 2 and 3, SDLT 320 and 600 drives or a combination
| UNIX, Windows NT
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| L1400M tape library | 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700 (single-frame)
800, 900, 1000, 1100, 1200, 1300, 1344 (dual-frame)
| 1–12 T9840 and T9940 drives (single-frame)
1–20 LTO Gen 2 and 3, SDLT 320 and 600 drives or a combination (single-frame)
1–24 T9840 and T9940 drives (dual-frame)
1–40 LTO Gen 2 and 3, SDLT 320 and 600 drives or a combination (dual-frame)
| UNIX, Windows NT, Novell, Linux
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| L5500 (24 LSM) library | 1,500, 2,000, 2,500, 3,000, 3,500, 4,000, 5,000 or 5,500 per library
| Up to 4 drive frames per LSM (standalone)
Up to 2 drive frames per LSM (dense pack configuration)
1-20 T9840, T9940, LTO Gen 2 and Gen 3 drives or a combination in each frame
Up to 17 T9840 and T9940 drives in a mixed media frame
| All major operating systems
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| L5500 (single LSM) library | 1,500, 2,000, 2,500, 3,000, 3,500, 4,000, 5,000 or 5,500 per library
| Up to 4 drive frames per LSM (standalone)
Up to 2 drive frames per LSM (dense pack configuration)
1-20 T9840, T9940, LTO Gen 1 and Gen 2 drives or a combination in each frame
Up to 17 T9840 and T9940 drives in a mixed media frame
| All major operating systems
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| PowderHorn (24 LSM) library | 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, 5,000 or 6,000 per library storage module (LSM)
Up to 24 LSMs per library (144,000 cartridges) under ACSLS Manager control
Up to 16 LSMs per library (96,000 cartridges) under NCS control
| 1-4 drive frames per LSM (stand-alone)
Up to 2 drive frames per LSM in a dense pack configuration
Each drive frame can be of any of the following: 1-20 T9x40 drives per frame, 2-4 TimberLine 9490 drives per frame.
| All major operating systems
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| PowderHorn (single LSM) library | 2,000, 3,000, 4,000, 5,000 or 6,000 per library storage module (LSM)
| Up to 4 stand-alone drive frames per LSM (20 drives/frame)
Each drive frame can be of any of the following: 1-20 9x40 drives per frame, 2-4 TimberLine 9490 drives per frame.
| All major operating systems
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| TimberWolf 9740 tape library | 326 or 494 (with expansion door)
1-6 LSMs
| 1-10 T9840, T9940, DLT 7000 and/or DLT 4000 or 1-4 or 2-4 TimberLine 9490
| All major operating systems
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