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TimberWolf 9740
 

With its ability to store up to 30 terabytes of uncompressed data in a small footprint and its support for advanced management tools, the StorageTek® TimberWolf™ 9740 tape library is ready for the storage complexities of large, multiplatform environments. It is ideal for applications ranging from e-commerce and data warehousing to broadcasting and complex imaging.

 
Spec Summary
   
Number of cartridge slots: 326 or 494 (with expansion door) One to six LSMs
 
Number of tape drives / types: One to ten T9840, T9940, DLT 7000 and/or DLT 4000 or one to four RedWood SD-3 or two to four TimberLine 9490 or two to four RedWood SD-3 and/or TimberLine 9490
Supported host platforms: AS/400, UNIX, Windows NT, Novell NetWare,
 
 
Applications
Backup and restore
The TimberWolf 9740 library’s capacity and footprint make it ready for backup and restore of large, multi-platform environments. The TimberWolf can be used to consolidate backup and restore to a single library, reducing costs and simplifying management.
Archiving
The TimberWolf 9740 library provides significant capacity in a small footprint for high-volume archiving applications. It can be combined with disk systems and Application Storage Manager (ASM) software to provide a tiered archival system with performance and capacity customized to the archiving needs of the application.
Disaster recovery
The TimberWolf 9740 library is an integral part of disaster recovery processes that remotely vault data in tape form. Tapes can be physically transported to a remote site, created electronically with a TimberWolf 9740 library at the remote location or created simultaneously at both locations.
 
Benefits
Investment protection
The TimberWolf 9740 library supports a wide variety of tape technologies, enabling you to choose the right drives and media for your changing application needs.
Scalability for growth
The cartridge exchange mechanism enables you to attach up to six 9740 libraries to allow your storage capacity to grow to 175 terabytes of native data.
Higher resource utilization
With the addition of the StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager® (VSM®) system you can use nearly 100 percent of the capacity of your tapes, unleashing the value trapped in under-utilized tapes.
Streamlined management
Maintain control of your data with many compatible software tools, including the StorageTek Automated Cartridge System Library™ software (ACSLS Manager) for client-server environments.
 
Features
Standard features:
Multi-drive support
The 9740 library supports a wide range of drives, including StorageTek T9840 and T9940, DLT, standard 36-track, ETape, TimberLine™ EETape and RedWood SD-3 drives.
Unique visioning system
A camera-based vision system development by StorageTek facilitates critical calibration functions and tape cartridge bar code reading.
System integration
The 9740 library connects to more than 40 popular client-server and enterprise mainframe environments.
Advanced rotational robotics
Accurate, high-speed rotational robotics enable fast cartridge exchanges, high cartridge volume, higher reliability and easy access.
Options:
Number of drives per LSM
One to ten T9840, T9940, DLT 7000 and/or DLT 8000 or
One to four RedWood SD-3 or
Two to four TimberLine 9490 or
Two to four RedWood SD-3 and/or TimberLine 9490
Number of cartridge slots per library storage module (LSM)
326 or 494 (with expansion door)
Number of LSMs
One to six
 
Software

StorageTek Automated Cartridge System Library software (ACSLS Manager)
StorageTek ACSLS Manager™ software is a UNIX-based library-management application for mainframe, AS/400, UNIX and NT platforms. ACSLS Manager software functions as the central service provider for all library operations. It efficiently shares library resources with any application on any system.

 
Spesifications
Performance
     
  Audit time: <2 min
 
  Capacity
     
  Number of cartridge slots: 326 or 494 (with expansion door) One to six LSMs
 
  Number of tape drives / types: One to ten T9840, T9940, DLT 7000 and/or DLT 4000 or one to four RedWood SD-3 or two to four TimberLine 9490 or two to four RedWood SD-3 and/or TimberLine 9490
 
  Availability
     
  Mean exchanges / swaps between failure (MEBF/MSBF): 1,000,000
 
  Mean time between failures (MTBF): 70,000 hr (full operation)
 
  Mean time to repair (MTTR): <30 min
 
  Compatibility
     
  Robotics control interfaces: SCCI-2 or serial
 
  Supported host platforms: AS/400, UNIX, Windows NT, Novell NetWare,
 
  Management
     
  Digital vision system: Unique digital vision camera system performs continuous calibration and reads bar codes
 
  Operator panel: User-friendly configuration and diagnostic controls, status display and large viewing window (optional)
 
  Automatic clean: Dedicated cleaning cartridge slot for tape drive cleaning by library or software command
 
  Continuous automation calibration: No periodic maintenance or alignment required
 
  Mechanical
     
  Library  
  Height: 72 in (183 cm)
 
  Depth: With no drives - 30.3 in (77.0 cm); 40.3 in (87.7 cm) with expansion door TimberLine drives - 54.0 in (137.0 cm); 64.0 in (163.0 cm) with expansion door T9840/T9940/DLT/RedWood drive - 59.0 in (150.0 cm); 69.0 in (175.0 cm) with expansion door
 
  Width: 46 in (117 cm)
 
  Weight: 640.0 lb (290.0 kg); 719.0 lb (326.0 kg) with expansion door
 
  Environmental
     
  Temperature  
  Operating: +59° to +90° F (+15° to +32° C)
 
  Non-operating: +50° to +104° F (+10° to +40° C )
 
  Humidity  
  Operating: 20%-80%
 
  Non-operating: 10%-95%
 
  Power
     
  Voltage: 90-264 VAC @ 47-63 Hz single phase (auto-ranging)
 
  Library (operating maximum continuous - not peak): 1.67 A @ 120 V, 0.83 A @ 240 V, 683 BTU/hr
 
  Drives: Drive power consumption varies. Refer to individual drive specifications
 
  Regulatory Compliance
     
  Safety compliance: CSA standard CAN/CSA-C22.2, no. 950-95; UL listed to UL 1950, 3rd Edition; GS licensed to EN 60950, 2nd Edition, 1991 + A1, A2, A3, A4
 
  Emmissions: FCC #47, part 15, subpart B, class A; VCCI class A European Union CE emmissions standards AS/NZS 3548; 1995 (Australia, N.Z.); ICES-003 (Canada)
 
  Immunity: European Union CE immunity standards
 

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