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IBM System Storage TS2230 Tape Drive Express Model

High capacity, performance half-height Linear Tape-Open Tape Drive

Highlights

Today, data is a key corporate asset in all types of businesses. The ability to access data quickly and reliably is critical to your success. Whether your business utilises a high-performance network server or individual workstations, archiving and retrieving data in a dependable and consistent manner is mission critical.

The IBM System Storage™ TS2230 Tape Drive Express LTO3 HH Model—the entry-level IBM System Storage tape product family offering—is the answer to growing storage requirements and shrinking backup windows. By leveraging advanced Linear Tape-Open technology and the half-high format, the TS2230 Tape Drive is suited for handling the backup, save and restore, and archival data storage needs of a wide range of small systems.

The System Storage TS2230 Tape Drive Express LTO3 HH Model is an excellent tape storage solution for businesses requiring backup or low-cost, real-time archival of their data within a small window of time. The TS2230 has a storage capacity of up to 800 GB (with 2:1 compression) in conjunction with the IBM TotalStorage® LTO Ultrium 400 GB data cartridge, which is double the capacity of the Ultrium 2™ technology. Along with its higher capacity, the performance of the TS2230 Tape Drive has more than doubled over the previous generation of half-high LTO drives in the market 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.

Common features

Hardware summary


Feature Benefit
Half-high LTO 3
LVD SCSI attach
3 Gbps SAS attach
WORM capable
Bundled Offering

Model number: 3580S3E (SAS version); 3580L3E (LVD SCSI version)
Rack-mount option: 96P1565
Characteristics
Tape drive type: IBM LTO Ultrium 3 Half-High
Capacity per cartridge1: Up to 800 GB compressed; 400 GB native
Sustained data transfer rate: Up to 60 MBps native
Media type: IBM Ultrium 3
Data cartridge: IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 400 GB Data Cartridge (P/N 24R1922)
Cleaning cartridge: IBM TotalStorage LTO Cleaning Cartridge (P/N 35L2086)
Dimensions: 25.0 cm W x 6.0 cm H x 27.5 cm D (9.85 in x 2.36 in x 10.8 in)
Weight: 4.08 kg (9.03 lb)
Warranty: Three-year, Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) service in most countries
Operating environment
Temperature: 10° to 38° C (50° to 100° F)
Relative humidity: 20% to 80% (non-condensing)
Electrical power: 1.0–0.5 A at 100–240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Attachment and systems support 2: The TS2230 features an LVD Ultra160 SCSI and a 3 Gbps SAS interface attaching to IBM p5, System p™, i5, System i™, System x™, RS/6000®, RS/6000 SP™, AS/400® and Netfinity® systems as well as to non-IBM servers and workstations. The TS2230 connects to Fibre Channel server adapters through selected IBM Storage Area Network Data Gateway products.
Operating systems support: Native device driver support is available for IBM AIX®, OS/400® and i5/OS®; Microsoft® Windows® 2000 (build 2195 or greater) and Windows Server® 2003 (build 3790 or greater); Sun Solaris 8 and 9; HP-UX 11.0 and 11i; and Red Hat Enterprise Linux® 3; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 8.

1 Based on 2:1 compression

2 Contact your IBM Representative for additional information

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