casette library

Generalized tape library products include tape autoloaders and tape libraries. Tape autoloaders and tape libraries are actually a combination of tape and tape drives. An autoloader is a tape drive and automatic tape changer in a stand-alone machine that can pick up a tape from a magazine loaded with multiple tapes and place it in a drive, or perform the reverse process. It can back up 100GB-200GB or more data. Autoloaders can support routine backup processes and automatically load new tapes for daily backup jobs. A small company or branch office with a workgroup server can use an autoloader to automate backups.

The tape library is a tape-based backup system like an auto-loading tape drive. The tape library consists of multiple drives, multiple slots, and robotic arms. Robots can automatically disassemble and reload tapes. It can provide the same basic automatic backup and data recovery functions, but at the same time it has more advanced technical features. It can work in parallel with multiple drives, or it can point to several servers pointing to different servers for backup. The storage capacity reaches PB (1PB = 1 million gigabytes) level, which can realize continuous backup, automatic search for tapes, etc., and can be used in management software. With the support of smart recovery, real-time monitoring and statistics, it is the main equipment for centralized network data backup.

The tape library not only has much larger data storage capacity, but also has unparalleled advantages in terms of backup efficiency and manual occupancy. In the network system, the tape library can form a network storage system through a SAN (Storage Area Network) system, providing strong guarantee for enterprise storage, it is easy to complete remote data access, data storage backup, or through tape mirror technology to achieve more Tape library backup is undoubtedly a good storage device for large-scale network applications such as data warehousing and ERP.