IBM System Storage TS1140 Tape Drive

Addresses data protection and long term retention

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TS1140 tape drive at a glance
Characteristics
Recording technique Linear Serpentine
Number of tracks 2560
Native capacity (uncompressed) 4 TB (using JC/JY media), 1.6 TB (using JB/JX media), or 500 GB (using JK media)
Native sustained data rate (uncompressed) 250 MBps
Adaptive instantaneous data rates 13 speeds, from 76 MBps to 251 MBps for 3592 JC/JK/JY cartridges initialized in Gen 4 format

13 speeds, from 74 MBps to 203 MBps for 3592 JB/JX cartridges initialized in Gen 4 format

13 speeds, from 41 MBps to 163 MBps for 3592 JB/JX cartridges initialized in Gen 3 format

13 speeds, from 39 MBps to 151 MBps for 3592 JB/JX cartridges initialized in Gen 2 format

13 speeds, from 18 MBps to 72 MBps for 3592 JA/JJ/JR/JW cartridges initialized in Gen 1 format

13 speeds, from 36 MBps to 144 MBps for 3592 JA/JJ/JR/JW cartridges initialized in Gen 2 or Gen 3 format
Burst data rate 800 MBps
High-speed search (maximum) 12.4 mps
Warranty One year
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 95 mm H x 198 mm W x 467 mm D (3.8 in x 7.8 in x 18.4 in)
Weight 5.7 kg (12 lbs 7 oz)
Operating environment
Temperature with media 16° to 32° C (60° to 90° F)
Relative humidity 20% to 80% non-condensing (limited by media)
Wet bulb maximum 26° C (78.8° F)
Maximum continuous operating power dissipation (drive and integrated blower) 51 Watts
Platform support
  Platform Operating System
IBM Power Systems IBM AIX®, IBM i1, Linux
System p IBM AIX and Linux
System i IBM i1 and IBM OS/400®1
System x see open system support
System z IBM z/OS®, IBM z/VM®, IBM z/VSE® and Linux
Open systems Hewlett-Packard HP-UX
Oracle Solaris
Servers with Intel® or AMD processors SUSE Linux
Red Hat
Microsoft Windows
Encryption support   z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE IBM i, AIX, HP, Sun, Linux and Windows
 Tape Controller Model C07 for System z at a glance
Characteristics
Number of FICON interfaces up to 4
FICON maximum channel link speed 400 MBps
FICON long wavelength maximum distance (unrepeated, single link to controller) 100 km
FICON short wavelength maximum distance (unrepeated, single link to controller) 150 m
Warranty 1 year
Physical characteristics
Dimensions 172 mm H × 442 mm W × 573 mm D (6.8 in H × 17.4 in W × 22.6 in D)
Weight 35 kg (78 lb)
Operating environment
Temperature with media 16° to 32° C (60° to 90° F)
Relative humidity 20% to 80% non-condensing (limited by media)
Wet bulb maximum 23° C (73.4° F)
Heat output 2.05 BTU/hr
Power requirements 600 Watts

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