StorageTek SL8500 User's Guide - Downloads - Oracle

Capacities
A basic library can store up to 1,448 data cartridges. This total does not include
cartridges in the cartridge access port (CAP) or the reserved slots. A total of 198 slots
are dedicated to diagnostic and cleaning cartridges. See Appendix A, “Cartridge Slot
Locations” for information on slot locations.
There are also eight drop-off slots in the library, two for each robot. These slots are
used in the event of a robotic failure when there is still a cartridge in the hand.
TABLE 1-1 shows the data cartridge capacities in a single library.
TABLE 1-1 Data Cartridge Capacity
Basic Library
Expansion Modules
Module Type Cartridge Capacity
Drive and Electronics 1 0
Robotic Interface 800
Customer Interface 2 648
Basic library 1,448
First storage expansion module 3,176
Second storage expansion module 4,904
Third storage expansion module 6,632
Fourth storage expansion module 8,360
Fifth storage expansion module 10,088
1 There are no cartridge storage locations in the Drive and Electronics Module.
2 The Customer Interface Module contains 198 storage slots for cleaning and diagnostic
cartridges.
Note – The totals shown do not include slots in the cartridge access port (CAP) and
pass-thru-port.
See Appendix A, “Cartridge Slot Locations” for information on reserved slots and
cartridge addresses.
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