Chapter 1 Description
Intelligent Storage
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Intelligent Storage
The Scalar i500 is the intelligent library platform that gives growing
midrange storage environments faster, easier, and more reliable data
protection. The Scalar i500 combines modular design with continuous
robotics to provide industry-leading scalability, performance, and
reliability. Designed with Quantum’s iPlatform architecture and iLayer
management approach, the Scalar i500 makes backup easier to manage.
Its proactive monitoring and remote diagnostics can reduce service calls
by 50% and shorten issue resolution times by 30%. Its Capacity on
Demand (COD) scalability lets it grow non-disruptively with users’ data.
And the Scalar i500 is designed to integrate easily with disk backup,
making it the perfect library for next-generation backup architectures.
With the Scalar i500, Information Technology managers can be assured
they will have reliable, high-performance backup, certain restores, and
effective long-term protection for years into the future, no matter how
their storage needs evolve.
Library Configuration
The Scalar i500 library is designed for ease of installation, configuration,
and field upgrades. The Scalar i500 library is built upon two basic
building blocks: the 5U control module and 9U expansion module.
These building blocks form the basis of the following library
configurations:
• A 5U library, consisting of a 5U stand-alone control module. Figure 1
shows the front view of a 5U library.
• A 14U library, consisting of one 5U control module and one 9U
expansion module. Figure Figure 2
on page 13 shows the front view
of a 14U library.
• A 23U library, consisting of one 5U control module and two 9U
expansion modules. Figure Figure 3
on page 14 shows the front view
of a 23U library.
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