Top Document: comp.arch.storage FAQ 2/2 Previous Document: [6.6.1] Ampex Next Document: [6.7] ID-1 See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge From: Robotics (Autochangers, Jukeboxes, Stackers, Libraries) Odetics makes a thing called a DataTower that holds ~250 S-size D-2 cartridges. It used to be, but is no longer, sold through EMASS for use with the ER-90 (the Ampex/EMASS D-2 drive). It's a small silo that sits in front of one rack of drives. They also make an expandable library known as the DataLibrary, with a maximum capacity of ten petabytes(!) (ten million gigabytes). A robot handler runs on a track down an aisle lined with cartridges, and tape drives at one (both?) end(s) of the aisle. I think the aisles can vary in length, and they can be lined up next to each other and I believe cartridges will pass between them. (Note: since their acquisition of GRAU (above) EMASS no longer sells Odetics. I don't know if these are still available directly from Odetics and who you'd get to do the integration work. (rdv, from Dave.Barnes@fox.emass.com (Dave Barnes), 1996/3/22)) User Contributions:Top Document: comp.arch.storage FAQ 2/2 Previous Document: [6.6.1] Ampex Next Document: [6.7] ID-1 Part1 - Part2 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: rdv@alumni.caltech.edu (Rodney D. Van Meter)
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