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TS2340 Tape Drive Express Model

Fourth generation, Linear Tape-Open Tape Drive designed for the midrange open systems environment

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Available Configurations Model L43 – One IBM Ultrium 4 Tape Drive, LVD Ultra160 SCSI attach
Model S43 – One IBM Ultrium 4 Tape Drive, 3 Gbps SAS attach
Common features
Tape Drive Type IBM LTO Ultrium 4
Physical Capacity 1 Up to 1.6 TB per cartridge with 2:1 compression; 800 GB native
Number of Tape Drives 1
Number of tape cartridges 1
Data transfer rate Up to 120 MB/sec native
Media Type IBM LTO Ultrium 4
IBM TotalStorage® LTO Ultrium 800 GB Data Cartridge (PN TBD)
IBM TotalStorage LTO Cleaning Cartridge (PN TBD)
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Warranty Three year, Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU), in most countries
Weight 14.2 lb. (6.45kg)
Power requirements 1.0–0.5 A at 100–240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Dimensions 4.75"H x 9.85"W x 11.50"D (12.0 cm x 25.0 cm x 29.2 cm)
Operating environment
Temperature: 10° to 38° C (50° to 100° F)
Relative humidity: 20% to 80% (noncondensing)
Electrical power: 1.0 - 0.5 amps at 100 - 240 V ac
Operating systems support: Native device driver support is available for IBM AIX® 5L V5.1, V5.2, or V5.3, OS/400® V5R3 and i5/OS® V5R3 or later; Microsoft® Windows® 2003 (build 3790 or later) and Windows Server® 2003 (build 3790 or greater); Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10; 64-bit HP-UX 11iv1 and 11iv2; and Red Hat Enterprise Linux® version 3; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SLES 9), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10), Asianux 2.0

1 Capacity depends on drives installed, number and type of cartridges used, and compression ratio achieved. Listed capacity is physical. Usable capacity may be less.

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