Customer data is vital to business operations. IBM offers entry-level tape products that are designed to provide backup and protection of client data at an appealing cost to a company's budget.
The IBM System Storage® TS2230 Tape Drive Express Model H3V 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, with the high capacity and performance to meet the most demanding requirements. The TS2230 has a storage capacity of up to 800 GB (with 2:1 compression) in conjunction with the IBM System Storage LTO® 400 GB 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-height LTO generations for a native data transfer rate of up to 80 MB/sec. The TS2230 Tape Drive provides an excellent alternative to slower and smaller capacity 1/4 in., 4 mm and 8 mm digital linear tape (DLT or SDLT) drives.
The IBM System Storage® TS2240 Tape Drive Express Model H4V is an external drive incorporating the fourth generation of IBM LTO® technology in a half-height form factor. This is an external stand-alone or rack-mountable unit, similar to previous models of the TS2230 and is the entry point for the family of IBM Ultrium® tape products. The TS2240 supports encryption of data and a 6 Gbps SAS connection. In addition, the TS2240 can read and write to LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges and read LTO Ultrium 2 Data Cartridges. The TS2240 Tape Drive provides an excellent migration path from 1/4-in., 4 mm, or 8 mm digital linear tape (DLT or SDLT) drives.
The IBM System Storage™ TS2250 Tape Drive Express is an external drive, incorporating the 5th generation of IBM Linear Tape-Open™ (LTO™) technology in a half height form factor. This external stand-alone or rack-mountable unit, is the entry point for the family of IBM Ultrium™ tape products. It is designed to provide greater capacity and improved data transfer rate with the capability of data encryption and media partitioning with a 6Gbps SAS interface connection. In addition, the TS2250 can read and write LTO Ultrium 4 data cartridges and read LTO Ultrium 3 data cartridges.
The IBM System Storage TS2340 Tape Drive Express Model is an external drive incorporating the fourth generation of IBM Linear Tape-Open (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 3Gigabits per second (Gbps) Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) connection. In addition, the TS2340 can read and write LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges and read LTO Ultrium 2 Data Cartridges.
The IBM System Storage TS2900 Tape Autoloader Express is a single-drive, low profile automated tape solution and the first entry automation solution for small- to mid-market tape environments. The TS2900 leverages the technology of IBM half-height (HH) Linear Tape-Open (LTO) tape drives to help create a high-capacity tape storage solution suited for handling backup and archival data storage for the Windows®, Linux® and other open system environments.
The IBM TS3100 Tape Library Express Model is well-suited for handling backup, save and restore and archival data-storage needs for small to medium-size environments. With one full-height tape drive or up to 2 half-height tape drive(s) and 24 tape cartridge capacity, the IBM TS3100 model is designed to leverage Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology to help cost effectively handle growing storage requirements.
The IBM TS3200 Tape Library Express Model is well-suited for handling backup, save and restore and archival data-storage needs for small to medium-size environments. With up to two Ultrium full height tape drive(s) or up to 4 Ultrium Half-Height tape drive(s) and 48 tape cartridge capacity, the IBM TS3200 is designed to leverage Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology to help cost effectively handle growing storage requirements.
For businesses challenged with rapidly growing data backup needs and limited physical space for a tape library, the IBM System Storage™ TS3310 offers simple, rapid expansion as processing needs grow. This tape library allows you to start small with only a single 5 EIA rack unit high library. Over time, as your need for tape backup expands, you can add additional 9U expansion modules, each of which contains space for additional cartridges, tape drives and a redundant power supply. The entire system grows vertically. Currently, available configurations include the 5U base library module and a 5U base with one 9U expansion module. Future configurations will allow the interconnection of several 9U modules, allowing a TS3310 tape library to hold over 400 LTO tape cartridges.
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.
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.
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.
Affordable back-up, archival storage, and data interchange for your iSeries/AS400 and pSeries/RS6000 systems.
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.
The IBM System Storage™ 7214 Tape and DVD Storage Device Table-Top Enclosure features a low-profile design that can be configured with up to three storage devices and placed on a desk or table-top.
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.
3 using 3592 JA/JW cartridges initialsed to Gen 1 format
4 using 3592 JA/JW cartridges initialsed to Gen 2 format
5 using 3592 JJ/JR cartridges initialsed to Gen 1 format
6 using 3592 JJ/JR cartridges initialsed to Gen 2 format
7 SCSI or fibre generation 3 IBM LTO tape drives
8 HP-UX patches may be required
