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Do any of these theoreticals account for filling the storage media with data at the source, or ingesting it at the destination? Yes a container of tapes is a l
by Arrath 2y ago
Do any of these theoreticals account for filling the storage media with data at the source, or ingesting it at the destination?
Yes a container of tapes is a lot of data, but how long would that reasonably take to write to tape? How many tape drives could you realistically have attached to the host system ?
- justsomehnguy 2y agoI guess you never saw a proper tape library? · Start with an 80-slot 6U form-factor Base Library Module, and add up to 6 Expansion Library Modules for a total of 560 slots in a 42U rack form factor · 25.2PB of total maximum compressed capacity with 560 slots and LTO-9 drives · Performance scaling from 1 to 42 LTO HH Tape Drives and transfer rates of 300 MB/s per LTO-9 Tape Drive. https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/c04111416.html?jumpid=in_pdp-psnow-qs https://www.hpe.com/psnow/doc/c04111416.html?jumpid=in_pdp-p...
- Arrath 2y ago>I guess you never saw a proper tape library? Does the robot armature in the enclosure swapping tapes around in Schwarzenegger's Eraser count? Thanks for the example, that is a lot of tape and a lot of throughput.
- justsomehnguy 2y agoHeh, I don't even remember that film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41z8_qPOrJE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41z8_qPOrJE Mail slot ie loading/unloading thingy, so you don't need to open it https://youtu.be/sYgnCWOVysY?t=92 https://youtu.be/sYgnCWOVysY?t=92 TS4500 itself https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/JZALEYPD https://www.ibm.com/downloads/cas/JZALEYPD TS4500 data sheet for even more impressive numbers: - Number of drives ... Up to 128 per library - Capacity* with 3592 advanced cartridges ... Up to 877.5 PB native https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9boQn3nHnCA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9boQn3nHnCA "27PB in the rack"