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.
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. Request a quote
Cartridge capacity
400GB Native; 800GB with 2:1 compression
Max. drive data rate
60 MBps
Interface
LVD SCSI
IBM System Storage TS2240 Tape Drive Express Model
The IBM System Storage™ TS2240 Tape Drive Express Model is an external drive incorporating the 4th and newest generation of IBM LTO™ technology in a half-high 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 with a 3 Gbps SAS connection. In addition, the TS2240 can read and write LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges and read LTO Ultrium 2 Data Cartridges. The TS2240 Tape Drive provides an excellent migration path from digital linear tape (DLT or SDLT), 1/4-in., 4 mm, or 8 mm tape drives. Request a quote
Cartridge capacity
800 GB native physical capacity
Interface
3 Gbps SAS
Max. drive data rate
Up to 120 MB/sec native
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. Request a quote
Cartridge capacity
800 GB native physical capacity
Max. drive data rate
Up to 120 MB/sec native
Interface
LVD SCSI, 3 Gbps SAS
IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library Express Model
The IBM TS3100 Tape Library Express is well-suited for handling backup, save and restore, and archival data-storage needs for small to medium-size environments. With its single Ultrium™ 4 or Ultrium 3 tape drive 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. Request a quote
Max. number of cartridges
24
Max. system capacity (2:1 Compression)
19.2 TB
Supported platforms
IBM System p™, IBM System i™, IBM RS/6000®, IBM AS/400®, IBM System x™ and other open systems
No. of drives
1
IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library Express Model featuring half–high Ultrium technology
The IBM TS3100 Tape Library Express featuring half–high Ultrium technology is well–suited for handling backup, save and restore and archival data–storage needs for small to medium–size environments. With up to 2 Ultrium™ Half–High tape drive(s) and 24 tape cartridge capacity, the IBM TS3100 Half–High model is designed to leverage Linear Tape–Open™ (LTO) technology to help cost effectively handle growing storage requirements. Request a quote
No. of drives
1-2
Max. system capacity (2:1 Compression)
38.4 TB
Max. number of cartridges
24
Supported platforms
IBM System p™, IBM System i™, IBM System x™ and other open systems
IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library Express Model
The IBM System Storage™ TS3200 Tape Library Express Model is designed for backup, save and restore, and archival data-storage needs for small to medium-size environments. The TS3200 is an external 4U standalone or rack-mountable unit that incorporates up to two Ultrium™ 4 or Ultrium 3 tape drives and 48 tape cartridge slots. Request a quote
Supported platforms
System i™, System p™, System x™, System z™, HP, Sun, UNIX® and Windows® servers
Max. system capacity (2:1 Compression)
Up to 76.8 TB compressed, Up to 38.2 TB native
No. of drives
Up to 2 drives
Max. number of cartridges
48 data cartridges
IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library Express Model featuring half–high Ultrium technology
The IBM TS3200 Tape Library Express is well–suited for handling backup, save and restore and archival data–storage needs for small to medium–size environments. With up to 4 Ultrium™ Half–High tape drive(s) and 48 tape cartridge capacity, the IBM TS3200 model is designed to leverage Linear Tape–Open™ (LTO) technology to help cost effectively handle growing storage requirements. Request a quote
No. of drives
1-4
Max. system capacity (2:1 Compression)
Up to 76.8 TB compressed, Up to 38.4 TB native
Max. number of cartridges
48 data cartridges, 3 I/O slots, and 1 dedicated cleaning cartridge slot
Supported platforms
IBM System p™, IBM System i™, IBM System x™, and other open systems
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. Request a quote
No. of drives
Up to 6 LTO Generation 3 tape drives (max 2 drives for the base Model L5B library)
Max. number of cartridges
Base Model L5B: 30 storage and 6 I/O. Expansion module, Model E9U: 92 storage or 80 storage and 12 I/O
Max. system capacity (2:1 Compression)
Over 97 terabytes in a 14U configuration or 24 terabytes in a Model L5B base library
Supported platforms
OS/400® V5R2, V5R3, or later; AIX 5L™ V5.1, V5.2, V5.3, or later; Sun Solaris 8 and 9; Microsoft® Windows® 2000 (build 2195, or greater); Microsoft Windows 2003 (build 3790, or greater); HP-UX 11.0, HP-UX 11.11 and HP-UX 11.232; Linux® distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
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. Request a quote
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. Request a quote
Cartridge capacity (Native/Compressed)
Ultrium 3: 400/800GB
Max drive data rate
Ultrium 3: 80MB/sec
Supported platforms
IBM System x ™, IBM System i™, IBM 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. Request a quote
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. Request a quote
The IBM System Storage™ 7214 Storage Device Enclosure features the latest technology options in tape drives and DVD optical drives. The 7214 Storage Enclosure is a low-profile design that is an excellent choice for mounting in your System p™ 19" rack. Request a quote
Typical compression
2:1 for tape drives; 3:1 for DVD optical drives
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 initialized to Gen 1 format 4 using 3592 JA/JW cartridges initialized to Gen 2 format 5 using 3592 JJ/JR cartridges initialized to Gen 1 format 6 using 3592 JJ/JR cartridges initialized to Gen 2 format 7 SCSI or fibre generation 3 IBM LTO tape drives 8 HP-UX patches may be required
