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IP
Glossary
Internet Protocol –
y the Internet.
Java Script
The data transport protocol used b
Java script used in web pages that is interpreted by the user's browser.
Java Virtual
Machine
A program that interprets Java script.
Location
Designator
A Location Designator contains alphanumeric characters used to describe any
physical
tape storage location within the RLS.
LAN
Local Area Network – A physical interconnection medium allowing computers to
communicate with each other.
Library
A robotic media handler that is capable of storing multiple pieces of removable media
and loading and unloading them from one or more tape drives in arbitrary order.
Logical
Library
Partitions
One of up to five partitions of the physical library. Logical library partitions
ensure that each software application has dedicated and secure access to
specific tape drives, cartridge slots, and I/O ports. The handler is shared
among all logical library partitions.
LTO
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Linear Tape Open – an industry standard ½-inch tape format also know as Ultrium.
Copyrighted by HP, IBM and Seagate
Medium-
changer
The official SCSI name for the portion of a tape library that actually moves tape
cartridges (data medium). See Changer.
PCBA
Printed Circuit Board Assembly
Physical
Library
The entire library, including all tape drives, cartridge slots, the robotics and the I/O
ports.
Robotics
Any part of the library that moves automatically. This includes the Carriage, Gripper,
Handler, etc.
SAN
Storage Area Network – usually provided by a Fibre Channel backbone.
SMTP
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol – The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet.
Stacker
A term that refers to a “Single-pass, sequential-only Changer.” A Stacker device
changes Tape Cartridges for a single Tape Drive from a stack of available Tapes
Cartridges. The sequence cannot be repeated without operator intervention. A Stacker
needs no commands from a host computer to perform its function. All that is required
of the host computer is for it to write its data to tape and then eject the tape when it
becomes full.
Storage
Matrix
A Storage Matrix is a fixed matrix of tape cartridge storage slots. The storage matrices
may be removed from the unit for bulk loading or removal of cartridges. The locations
within storage matrices are referred to as Storage Elements in the SCSI specification.
