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Includes advanced features
TS4500 is designed with advanced features to deliver cutting-edge performance
and long-term value. For example, the Advanced Library Management System
(ALMS) feature supports dynamic storage management, enabling you to create and
change logical libraries and configure any drive into any logical library. TS4500
also offers automatic control-path and data-path failover to help improve business
continuity and disaster recovery, and policy-based automatic media verification can
help minimize data risk.
Centralizes management of tape resources
IBM offers a wide range of management software options for TS4500. The
management software options include:
v IBM Spectrum Archive—Allows users and applications to directly access files
v IBM TS4500 command-line interface (CLI)—Provides access to TS4500 library
v Rocket Servergraph Professional—Enables administrators to monitor and report
v IBM Tape System Library Manager—Allows multi-library environments to be
v IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager—Simplifies encryption key management
IBM TS4500 tape library at a glance
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IBM TS4500: Introduction and Planning Guide
and directories stored on tape
management commands
on storage devices
managed as a single system
with an intuitive user interface
Table 4. IBM TS4500 tape library at a glance
Frame definition
Tape drive types
Number of frames per library
Number of drives
v L25—Base frame for TS1155, TS1150, and
TS1140 (3592) drives and
cartridges—includes 32 input/output
(I/O) slots
v D25—Drive-capable and storage
expansion frame for TS1155, TS1150 and
TS1140 (3592) drives and cartridges
v S25—Storage-only expansion frame for
3592 cartridges
v L55—Base frame for LTO drives and
cartridges—includes 36 I/O slots
v D55—Drive-capable and storage
expansion frame for LTO drives and
cartridges
v S55—Storage-only expansion frame for
LTO cartridges
TS1155, TS1150, and TS1140 (3592), LTO
Ultrium 8, 7, 6 and 5 tape drives
One base frame, up to 17 expansion frames
with maximum of 7 Dx5 frames
v Up to 16 per frame (up to 12 in frame 1)
v Up to 128 per library
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