User's Guide

Chapter 1 Library Description

Overview

Quantum|ATL P3000 Series User’s Guide 3

Table 3 Performance

Characteristics Using

Quantum SDLT Tape

Drives

Shelf Bin

Numbering

Conventions

The library stores tape cartridges in the following locations:

• 170 storage bins on back wall

• Up to 96 shelf bins on inside of left door

• Up to 60 shelf bins on inside of right door

•One load port

• 8 shelf bins - two stationary LTO load port shelf bin

modules (4 shelf bins each) are built into the load port

assembly

• 12 shelf bins - DLT and SDLT tape cartridges use two

removeable 6-cartridge magazines

• If the library is configured with both DLT and LTO tape

drives, stationary LTO load port shelf bin modules are used

• Up to 16 tape drives

Figure 1

shows the storage bin, load port bin, and tape drive

numbering conventions. These conventions are used by the library

GUI and the diagnostic software program.

P3000 Model (drives/bins) 16/326

Capacity in Terabytes (TB) (110 GB per cartridge) 35.86

Throughput (GB/hr) based on 16 MB/sec transfer rate 922