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ABCs of z/OS System Programming Volume 3 - IBM Redbooks

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8.26 <strong>IBM</strong> TotalStorage Enterprise Automated Tape Library 3494<br />

Figure 8-26 3494 tape library<br />

<strong>IBM</strong> 3494 tape library<br />

Tape storage media can provide low-cost data storage for sequential files, inactive data, and<br />

vital records. Because <strong>of</strong> the continued growth in tape use, tape automation has been seen<br />

as a way <strong>of</strong> addressing an increasing number <strong>of</strong> challenges.<br />

Various solutions providing tape automation, including the following, are available:<br />

► The Automatic Cartridge Loader on <strong>IBM</strong> 3480 and 3490E tape subsystems provides quick<br />

scratch (a volume with no valued data, used for output) mount.<br />

► The Automated Cartridge Facility on the Magstar 3590 tape subsystem, working with<br />

application s<strong>of</strong>tware, can provide a 10-cartridge mini-tape library.<br />

► The <strong>IBM</strong> 3494, an automated tape library dataserver, is a device consisting <strong>of</strong> robotics<br />

components, cartridge storage areas (or shelves), tape subsystems, and controlling<br />

hardware and s<strong>of</strong>tware, together with the set <strong>of</strong> tape volumes that reside in the library and<br />

can be mounted on the library tape drives.<br />

► The Magstar Virtual Tape Server (VTS) provides volume stacking capability and exploits<br />

the capacity and bandwidth <strong>of</strong> Magstar 3590 technology.<br />

Chapter 8. Storage management hardware 495

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