This Scalar i3 Tape Library features simple cartridge-based media handling, and it uses Quantum’s intelligent iLayer management software to monitor library systems and provide intuitive, proactive alerts. The result is the industry’s best tape backup protection at the lowest total ownership cost. The Scalar i3 was also designed specifically to give mid-sized IT environments the kind of protection provided by LTO media, while solving the problems associated with cost, scaling, and management. The Scalar i3 can start as a single, 3U unit, providing dense, cost-effective backup storage of up to 750 TB. But then it can scale in 25-cartridge increments as data volumes increase—all the way up to 12 PB. Its Capacity-on-Demand (CoD), software-key growth makes growing the system easy and economical.