| Title: | Ask the Storage Architecture Group |
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| Created: | Wed Oct 15 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Hi,
A customer wants to buy a DLT loader to his Retma rack !
After reading 5586 I know it works for TZ885. What about
the others ? If you have any input please reply !!
Retma / Drive version Metric / Drive version
TZ875 ? ?
TZ877 TZ877-NE * TZ877-NE *
TZ885 ? ?
TZ887 ? ?
* Universal Mounting kit included
Another rack problem : I know that some Compac rack is deeper, so
the drive will hang in the front OR rear
brackets ( not both ). Is there some kind
of extender for that ?
Reg. Joel Eriksson CTS Sweden
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| 6548.1 | HOUNDD::BASSETT | Bill | Fri Apr 04 1997 18:07 | 50 | |
Joel,
The TZ8x7's all use the same mounting brackets. This is the same
mounting rail that was used in the SF400 for TF8x7 tapes. (Not
surprising since the SF400 and SW800 cabinets use the same frame.)
These rails can also be used in the older SF200, SA600, SA650, SA800,
SA850, and SA900. These are RETMA cabinets. In ALL cases (SW800 and
the older RETMA cabinets) the distance from the inside of the front
vertical cabinet rail to the inside of the rear vertical cabinet rail
is the same. What varies between all these cabinets is the distance
between the side holes and the stagger of these holes. How to explain
this.... let me try an EDT picture:
+-------+ - +-------+
| | |<- stagger | |
| +------- -------+ |
| ^ ^ |
|<---- this ------->|
distance
+----------+ +----------+
| | | |
| | | |
| +------- -------+ |
^ ^ ^
|<-- versus ->| \
this use this rail
NOTE: This is NOT to scale
If you've ever used a BA35X-RB kit to mount a BA350 or BA356 you will
see this stagger as two sets of holes in two different planes. One
set is for the HSC family and the OLD SA6x0/SA8x0 cabinets while the
other is for the SA900 RETMA pattern. The -RB kit has been used with
other RETMA cabinets but I designed it specifically for those cabinets.
(Initially for HSC's, then we did the SA900 rail stagger hole pattern.
At the time of design, we thought we might offer the BA350 as a field
upgrade in SA900's. That's going back a few years....)
Anyhow, if the distance from the front rail to the rear rail is
"normal" the mounting kit for the TZ8x7's will work.
I just don't know the TZ8x5's well enough to comment.
Regards,
Bill
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