Qualstar TLS-5000 Tape Library System for SAIT Tape Drives

The TLS-5000 Series is the first family of Automated Tape Libraries using Sonys new SAIT (SuperAIT) tape drive technology to deliver ultra-dense enterprise class backup and near online data storage solutions.

The SAIT-1 tape drive is the result of combining the best features of Sonys widely used AIT recording technology with the increased media area afforded by the ½-inch tape format. In Qualstars advanced robotic design, SAIT yields industry-leading capacity, storage density, performance and reliability.

Seamless, Transparent Integration

• Concurrent data transfer by up to eight SAIT-1 drives provides high data rates
• SANSmart Fibre Channel technology and multiple SCSI busses speed integration
• Supported by all leading backup and storage management applications
• Installation and support by leading VARs and Integrators, worldwide
• Extremely low cost per terabyte

SAIT-1 High Performance

• Up to 340 terabytes capacity
• Data transfer rates exceeding 2.2 terabytes per hour
• Four TLS-5000 SAIT models
• Individual models house up to eight tape drives
• Storage densities up to 45 terabytes per square foot

Expandability Protects ROI

• Upgrade kits for two models available to double number of tapes
• Additional drives are easy and fast to install
• Tape drives in plug-in cannisters with individual cooling fans enhance reliability
• Easy user drive installation in less than one minute
• Capacity expansion kits take less than one hour to install

Reliable, Intelligent Robotics

• Patented mechanism with unique leadscrew-based robotics
• Brushless motors and closed-loop servo control systems
• Precise positioning and flawless media handling
• Adjustments eliminated by sophisticated, adaptive 'smart logic design
• Filtered, positive air pressure to extend tape and head life

Powerful User Interface

• Intuitive menu-driven control system provides easy-to-use installation
• Configuration and operation information via the large LCD panel
• Critical operating messages displayed with audible alarms signal immediate action
• Q-Link browser-based remote library manager allows any library to be configured, monitored and managed from anywhere in the world

Advanced Cartridge Management And Security

• Bar code scanning enhances throughput and controls the media inventory
• Qualstars exclusive VIOP, Variable I/O Port, allows user to set how many slots to commit to importing and exporting tapes, providing unmatched flexibility and control
• Inventory Sentry senses whether the tapes or magazines have been moved when the door is opened. If not, operation is resumed without causing a time consuming reinventory.

Logical Library

• Logical Library partitioning is built into all SCSI TLS-5000 models to allow up to four servers to share a library, even if each server is running a separate application.