The AML/J automated storage library offers a unique combination of solutions for your large-system data storage needs.

It’s the right solution for changing technology because mixing and changing media is easy. Supporting more than a dozen technologies, the AML/J is designed for easy field integration of new drive technologies. And since it supports concurrent operation of different technologies in the same library, older and newer technologies can easily co-exist.

The AML/J is the right solution for data growth because it offers true scalability within a single library. Barrier-free expansion modules let you scale the system easily and economically–from as few as two drives and 400 cartridges to as many as 226 drives and 7,500 cartridges.

Finally, the AML/J is the right solution for enterprise storage because the system makes it easy to share the library between different applications and operating systems. Its multi-host architecture lets the AML/J become a shared network resource. You can also partition the library into user-defined volumes.

Features and Benefits

• Grows economically with your data using a unique barrier-free expansion system that eliminates pass-through ports
• Provides the industry's widest choice of storage technologies, including simultaneous use of different media
• Protects your organization's IT investment by offering an easy migration path to new technologies
• Offers an integrated multi-host architecture that makes it easy to share the library between different applications and operating systems
• Provides for automated data and media management and allows easy remote monitoring and operation
• Supported by one of the industry's premier global networks of integration, logistics, and field support experts

The AML/J scales easily with your data, while maintaining the performance, reliability, and economy of a single integrated library. Up to nine Expansion Modules can be attached to the Base Module without pass-through ports.

Library Configurations and Capacity
The AML/J grows with your data through a barrier-free expansion system that never uses pass-through ports. The Base Module houses drives, media, an import/export unit, and the library controller. The library can be expanded with up to nine Expansion Modules, each housing only media (Storage Expansion Module) or a combination of media and drives (Drive Expansion Module).

Sample Capacity Range Per Base Module Media Drives Media 3590 Up to 6 Up to 520 AIT Up to 10 Up to 784 DLTtape Up to 10 Up to 468 MO (5.25") Up to 8 Up to 396 Betacam, Large Up to 2 Up to 160

Sample Capacity Range Per Expansion Module Media Drives Media 3590 Up to 8 Up to 250 AIT Up to 24 Up to 784 DLTtape Up to 24 Up to 468 MO (5.25") Up to 12 Up to 396 Betacam, Large Up to 8 Up to 160

Drive and Media Support

Drive	Native Media Capacity	Cartridge Range		System Capacity		Maximum Drives
		From	To	From	To
3590E	20.0GB	320	5,000	6.4TB	100.0TB	Up to 76
DLT8000	40.0GB	324	4,536	13.0TB	181.4TB	Up to 226
DLT7000	35.0GB	324	4,536	11.3TB	158.8TB	Up to 226
AIT2	50.0GB	504	7,560	25.2.TB	378.0TB	Up to 226
9840	20.0GB	300	4,980	6.0TB	99.6TB	Up to 114
LTO Ultrium	100.0GB	320	5,000	32.0TB	500.0TB	Up to 226
SD-3 (RedWood)	50.0GB	320	5,000	16.0TB	250.0TB	Up to 76
3480/90/E	0.8GB	320	5,000	0.3TB	4.0TB	Up to 76
M8100	10.0GB	320	5,000	3.2TB	50.0TB	Up to 114
8mm (Mammoth)	20.0GB	504	7,560	10.1TB	151.2TB	Up to 114
Optical Disk	5.2GB	264	3,828	1.4TB	19.9TB	Up to 114
CD-ROM (caddy)	0.7GB	420	5,820	0.3TB	3.8TB	Up to 226
DST, Medium	300.0GB	72	1,152	21.6TB	345.6TB	Up to 38
DST, Small	150.0GB	108	1,836	16.2TB	275.4TB	Up to 38
DTF, Large	200.0GB	96	1,536	19.2TB	307.2TB	Up to 38
DTF, Small	60.0GB	176	2,768	10.6TB	166.1TB	Up to 38
4mm	12.0GB	484	6,820	5.8TB	81.8TB	Up to 171
VHS	14.5GB	180	2,448	2.6TB	35.5TB	Up to 57
Betacam, Large	110 minutes	96	1,536	176.0 hours	2,816.0 hours	Up to 57
Betacam, Small	36 minutes	176	2,768	105.6 hours	1,660.8 hours	Up to 57

Note: Minimum configuration assumes Base Module with import/export unit and maximum drive count. Maximum configuration assumes Base Module plus nine Expansion Modules filled with media.

Multi-Host Architecture
With the AML/J's integrated multi-host architecture, your storage library can play a central role in managing all of your data. Multi-host architecture lets your AML/J become a shared network resource that protects and organizes your information across all of your network applications and operating systems, including Storage Area Networks (SANs). It also lets you partition your library into user-defined volumes, automate media management, and support remote monitoring and operation.

Product

Connectivity:	Multiple, heterogeneous servers via the AML Management Unit
Compatibility:	Half-inch (3480, 3490, 3590, 9840, M8100, SD-3 RedWood)
	DST, small
	DST, medium
	DLT
	LTO
	CD-ROM (Caddy)
	4mm (DDS)
	8mm
	AIT
	VHS
	Betacam, small
	Betacam, large
	DTF, small
	DTF, large
	Optical Disk 5.2
	Optical Disk Reflection
Performance:	Up to 175 exchanges per hour Access time less than 10 seconds
Reliability:	1,000,000 MCBF (Mean Cycles Between Failure)
	Automatic calibration routines
	Two-hour MTTR (Mean Time To Repair)

Physical

	Base Module	Storage Expansion Module (With No Drives)	Drive Expansion Module (With Drive Shelves)
Dimensions:	42.7”W x 63.4”D x 76.8”H (1085mm x 1610mm x 1950mm)	29.5”W x 31.3”D x 76.8”H (750mm x 795mm x 1950mm)	29.5”W x 63.4”D x 76.8”H (750mm x 1610mm x 1950mm)
Weight:	777 lbs without drives/media(353kg)	253 lbs without drives/media(115kg)	451 lbs without drives/media(205kg)

Environmental

Electrical:	120/230 VAC, 0.7kVA
Temperature:	16° to 32°C operating
Humidity:	15 to 75% non-condensing operating