Tape drives

Performance and capacity for midrange to high-end storage

IBM TotalStorage tape drives have the solution for your storage needs.

IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Drive

The IBM System Storage™ TS1120 Tape Drive offers a tape solution with high capacity, fast access to data and long-term data retention. It is supported in IBM tape libraries, or frames that support stand-alone installations.

Cartridge capacity ¹	Up to 2.1TB at 3:1 compression
Max drive data rate	104 MBps native data rate
Interface	Supports both IBM ESCON® and FICON® attachment. Sharing drives optimises drive utilisation and helps to reduce infrastructure requirements

IBM System Storage TS2230 Tape Drive Express Model

The IBM System Storage™ TS2230 Tape Drive Express Model (TS2230), P/N 3580L3E is an excellent tape storage solution for entry-level businesses requiring backup or low-cost, real-time archival of their data within a small window of time-high-capacity and performance can meet the most demanding requirements. The new TS2230 has a storage capacity of up to 800GB (with 2:1 compression) in conjunction with the new IBM TotalStorage® LTO® Ultrium™ 400GB data cartridge, which is double the capacity of the Ultrium 2™ technology. Along with its high capacity, the performance of the TS2230 Tape Drive has more than doubled over the previous half-high LTO generations for a native data transfer rate of up to 60 MBps. The TS2230 Tape Drive provides an excellent alternative to slower and smaller capacity 1/4- inch, 4 mm and 8 mm DLT/SDLT tape drives.

Cartridge capacity	400GB Native; 800GB with 2:1 compression
Max drive data rate	60 MBps
Interface	LVD SCSI

IBM System Storage TS2340 Tape Drive Express Model

The IBM System Storage™ TS2340 Tape Drive Express Model is an external drive incorporating the 4th and newest generation of IBM LTO™ technology. This is an external stand-alone or rack-mountable unit, similar to previous models of the IBM 3580 and is the entry point for the family of IBM Ultrium™ tape products. The TS2340 supports encryption of data and offers a 3 Gbps SAS connection. In addition, the TS2340 can read and write LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges and read LTO Ultrium 2 Data Cartridges.

IBM TotalStorage 3580 Tape Drive

The IBM TotalStorage 3580 model L33 Tape Drive is an external drive incorporating the 3rd and latest generation of IBM LTO technology. This an external stand-alone or rack-mountable unit, similar to previous models of the 3580 and is the entry point for the family of IBM Ultrium tape products. The 3580 Tape Drive provides an excellent migration path from digital linear tape (DLT or SDLT), 1/4-in., 4mm, or 8mm tape drives. The 3580 model L33 can read and write LTO Ultrium 2 Data Cartridges and read LTO Ultrium 1 Data Cartridges.

Cartridge capacity (Native/Compressed¹)	Ultrium 3: 400/800GB Ultrium 2: 200/400GB Ultrium 1: 100/200GB
Max drive data rate (Native/Compressed¹)	Ultrium 3: 80MB/sec Ultrium 2: 35/70MB/sec Ultrium 1: 15/30MB/sec
Interface	L33, L23, L13, L11-LVD H23, H13, H11-HVD

IBM TotalStorage 3580 Tape Drive Express Model

For small businesses that need the ability to quickly and reliably access data that is critical to their success, the IBM 3580 Express is a complete package for networked servers or individual workstations, archiving and retrieving data in a dependable and consistent manner. The IBM TotalStorage 3580 Tape Drive Express—the entry-level IBM TotalStorage tape product family offering—is the answer to growing storage requirements and shrinking backup windows.

Cartridge capacity (Native/Compressed¹)	Ultrium 3: 400/800GB
Max drive data rate (Native/Compressed¹)	Ultrium 3: 80MB/sec
Supported platforms	System x™, System i™, System p™, Windows® 2000, Windows Server 2003, Sun, HP, Linux™

IBM TotalStorage 7206 Model 336 External DDS Gen 5 Tape Drive

The IBM 7206 Model 336 External DDS Gen 5 (DAT72) Tape Drive is designed to be a cost effective tape drive featuring the popular DDS tape technology. It is designed to offer improved data quality and performance and increased capacity compared to the IBM 7206 Model 220. The 7206 Model 336 supports a migration path to greater tape storage capacity at a price point similar to IBM 7206-220 DDS4 tape drives.

Cartridge capacity (Native/Compressed¹)	36/72GB
Max drive data rate (Native/Compressed¹)	3/6MB/sec
Interface	Ultra2 SCSI LVD (68-pin), Ultra3 SCSI LVD (68-pin), Ultra320 SCSI LVD (68-pin)

IBM TotalStorage 7207 External Tape Drive

Affordable back-up, archival storage, and data interchange for your iSeries/AS400 and pSeries/RS6000 systems.

Cartridge capacity (Native/Compressed¹)	122: 4/8GB 330: 30/60GB
Max drive data rate (Native/Compressed¹)	122: .38/.76MB/sec 330: 4/8MB/sec
Interface	SCSI-2 SE, LVD/SE

IBM System Storage 7212 Storage Device Enclosure Express Model

The IBM System Storage™ 7212 Express Model Storage Device Enclosure allows you to package the latest technology options in tape drives and a DVD-RAM optical drive in a low-profile, modular design for rack-mount or limited-space desktop applications.

Cartridge capacity (Native/Compressed¹)	DAT72: 36GB Native Capacity; 72GB Compressed Capacity VXA-2: 20GB, 40GB, 80GB Native Capacity; 40GB, 80GB, 160GB Compressed Capacity VXA-320: 40GB, 80GB, 160GB Native Capacity; 80GB, 160GB, 320GB Compressed Capacity SLR60: 30GB, 37.5GB Native Capacity; 60GB, 75GB Compressed Capacity SLR100: 50GB Native Capacity; 100GB Compressed Capacity HHLTO-2: 200GB Native Capacity; 400GB Compressed Capacity DVD-RAM: 4.7GB, 9.4GB Native Capacity; 14.1GB, 28.2GB Compressed Capacity
Max drive data rate	DAT72: 6 MBps VXA-2: 12 MBps VXA-320: 24 MBps SLR60: 8 MBps SLR100: 10 MBps HH LTO-2: 48 MBps DVD-RAM: 2.77 MBps
Interface	All drives offer SCSI-LVD U320

¹ Native / Compressed Capacity: The usable capacity of a cartridge is dependent on the environment that it is used in and the compressibility of the data and is typically 2x in an open system environment and 3x in a System z9 environment

² Native / Compressed Performance: The performance of a tape drives is dependent on the environment that it is used in and the compressibility of the data as well as other factors such as the generation of Storage Are Network.