Dell PowerVault TL4000 User manual

REDEFINING
DATA BACKUP
DELL
™ POWE RVAU LT™ TL4000 & TL2000
TAPE LIBRARIES

SImPLIFyING IT
Simplifying IT can transform your organization.
By reducing cost and complexity, you can devote
more resources to making innovation a daily
business practice. Central to IT simplification
is automating data backup and minimizing
downtime — and Dell PowerVault tape libraries
can help you do both.
ThE DELL
DIFFERENCE
SImPLIFICATION IS IN OUR DNA
We are dedicated to helping you
reclaim your time and resources
through IT simplication.
INTELLIGENT AUTOmATION
Low-touch systems can reduce
the possibility of errors and help
free up your IT team to focus on
bigger initiatives.
PAy AS yOU GROW
Our storage solutions are completely
modular. Buy only what you need,
and then upgrade as your capacity
demands grow.
STANDARDIzED
Dell is committed to providing systems
that are standards-based rather than
built around proprietary technology.

SIMPLY PUT:
ThE POWERVAULT TL SERIES TAPE
LIBRARIES CAN BACK UP A mAXImUm
OF 1.73 TERAByTES PER hOUR
DELL™ POWERVAULT™ TL4000/TL2000 TAPE LIBRARIES BENEFITS
• Versatile tape automation enables unattended, reliable backups and archiving
in one simple solution
• Help free up IT resources and eliminate the cost and inconvenience of manually
attended backup/recovery
• Fast backups with LTO-4 technology
• Flexible and simple: rack-ready, customer installable
• WORM (Write Once, Read Many) technology can help meet regulatory compliance
• Library Managed Encryption available with LTO-4
• Supports iSCSI using SAS tape drives
The reliability, convenience, and affordability of tape media are still indisputable —
tape remains a vital part of any data protection and disaster-recovery strategy.
Some organizations have relied on tape autoloaders for data protection — but are now
nding that their needs have outgrown the capacity and performance of autoloaders.
For growing organizations, manually attended backups have become a major time sink,
keeping resources from other important work and raising staff costs unacceptably.
Organizations that must back up more than 1TB of data from disk to tape need more
than an autoloader — they need increased capacity and performance, as well as a way
of avoiding the stafng costs and potential data loss associated with manually attended
backups.
In the past, tape library solutions may have seemed too large, expensive, or complicated
for such organizations. But now, by changing the economics of storage, Dell has brought
the functionality and value of tape automation to smaller-but-growing organizations, with
the simplicity and affordability they need.
Dell PowerVault TL series tape libraries provide reliable, hands-off, around-the-clock
operation in compact, high-performance libraries that are customer installable and easy
to set up and manage. These libraries were designed to deliver maximum protection for
a minimal investment, putting tape automation within reach.
A SImPLE SOLUTION
TO mULTIPLE DATA
PROTECTION ChALLENGES
Ideal for small to large businesses or
organizations that have outgrown tape
autoloaders or small libraries and
require the space and reliability of an
entry-level to mid-range tape library.
AUTOmATED, COmPACT, AND
EASy-TO-USE LIBRARIES ThAT
RE DEFINE EXPECTATIONS
FOR BACKING UP AND
ARChIVING DATA IN GROWING
ORGANIzATIONS

SIMPLIFY BACKUPS AT DELL.COM/TLSeries
DELL POWERVAULT TL4000 & TL2000
mANy DATA PROTECTION ChALLENGES —
ONE SImPLE SOLUTION
The PowerVault TL series tape libraries enable two critical
data protection activities: backup and archiving.
Backup
Help avoid the risk of data loss. Create on-site backup copies
of data, using the rewritable functionality of LTO media.
Archiving
Create permanent, portable archive copies of data using
WORM (Write Once, Read Many) capability. WORM
enables you to create data copies that cannot be
overwritten, to help you comply with government
and industry data-protection requirements.
SImPLICITy FROm ThE START
The PowerVault TL series tape libraries come rack-ready
and can be connected to a server or a SAN. It features
an intuitive operator control panel, plus remote Web
management — you can perform setup and diagnostics,
check status, monitor operations and logs, and upgrade
rmware all from any standard Web browser.
ThE FREEDOm OF AUTOmATION
Manual involvement in backup and recovery costs valuable
staff time — and it could cost you data. The PowerVault TL
series tape libraries can free your staff from the burden of
attended backups, while freeing you from the worry of lost
or misplaced tape cartridges.
Here’s how it works: the libraries contain multiple
slots for storing tape media, and use a robotic
mechanism to move media automatically and operate
independently — unattended.
To keep contents properly organized, a bar code reader
inventories all tapes stored in the library and tracks them as
they are imported and exported. The optical cartridge-location
technology enables precision cartridge handling and inventory,
helping to improve the overall reliability of backups.
LTO-4 backs up a staggering 432GB per hour per drive,
while your staff is deployed on other work. But you stay in
control, with an intuitive LCD interface plus Web-based
remote monitoring and management.
ThE ENTRy LEVEL TO mID-RANGE TAPE LIBRARy
ThAT’S RIGhT FOR yOU
With two models in the TL series to choose from, choose
the size you need and you get the same great functionality
in both units. The PowerVault TL4000 is a 4U solution
holding up to 48 tapes, up to 38.4TB native capacity and is
ideal for growing organizations. The PowerVault TL2000 is
a 2U solution that holds up to 24 tapes for a native capacity
of up to 19.2TB and is ideal for customers who are moving
into the library technology.
If your data protection needs have grown and you want versatility
and simplicity in an affordable compact tape-automation solution,
choose the PowerVault TL series tape library.
INTRODUCING DELL PROSUPPORT
Designed to address the technology challenges you face today.
Designed for IT professionals like you, Dell ProSupport for IT
provides 24/7 direct access to Dell Expert Centers, fast-track
dispatch of parts and labor without phone troubleshooting
when desired for Dell-certied technicians, and escalation
management through Dell’s Global Command Centers. In
addition, Dell ProSupport optional services align with the way
you use technology by providing rapid response to your needs,
helping to protect your investment, productivity and sensitive
data, and enhancing proactive support services to help reduce
the risk and complexity of managing your infrastructure.
Speed of Response
With the Mission Critical1 option, you get priority response for
server and storage environments when avoiding unplanned
downtime and reducing recovery time are critical. Includes
priority 4-hr. on-site1 service or optional 2-hr. response1 with
6-hr. hardware repair,1 Dell’s proven Critical Situation process,
and emergency dispatch.
Protection
With the Keep Your Hard Drive2 option, you retain control of
your sensitive data and comply with data privacy regulations
(to help mitigate regulatory and civil liability risks) by
keeping your hard drive.
Premium Proactive
With the Enterprise-Wide Contract option, you get enhanced,
proactive capabilities via a designated Service Delivery
Manager, performance benchmarking and custom reporting,
and planning and assessments. Our Proactive Maintenance
option is designed to proactively maximize the availability
and stability of your infrastructure. Includes a detailed system
assessment and implementation of driver or rmware updates
and upgrades for your server or storage systems. The Remote
Advisory option provides telephone and Internet access to
technical expertise for specialized applications and solutions
such as Microsoft® Exchange, Virtualization, and more.
ADDITIONAL SERVICE OFFERINGS
Comprehensive Storage Training and Certication
Provides expertise for integrating Dell storage into an existing IT
infrastructure. For company compliance, an advanced certication
path is available for validating or maintaining skill sets.
Backup and Recovery
Solutions that help ensure adequate procedures are in
place to minimize or avoid data loss.
Storage Consolidation
Our storage experts can analyze your existing infrastructure,
operational practices, and technical readiness, and develop
a detailed consolidation deployment plan that includes a
validated and rened solution design.
1
For terms of service, please visit www.dell.com/servicecontracts 2The defective hard drive must still be covered by the hardware limited warranty.