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## Preinstallation planning and sizing 

## 4 

This chapter provides information to help you plan the installation and implementation of the IBM TS7700. 

This chapter includes the following topics: 

GLYPH<SM590000> 4.1, “Hardware installation and infrastructure planning” on page 132 

GLYPH<SM590000> 4.2, “Planning for a grid operation” on page 157 

GLYPH<SM590000> 4.3, “Planning for software implementation” on page 168 

GLYPH<SM590000> 4.4, “Planning for logical and physical volumes” on page 176 

GLYPH<SM590000> 4.5, “Tape analysis and sizing the TS7700” on page 188 

Remember:  For this chapter, the term tape library  refers to the IBM TS3500 and TS4500 tape libraries. 

