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IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library

IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library

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Highlights

  • Supports highly scalable, automated data retention on tape utilising Linear-Tape Open (LTO) Ultrium and IBM 3592 and TS1100 families of tape drives
  • Delivers extreme scalability and capacity, growing from 1 to 16 frames per library and from one to 15 libraries per library complex using the TS3500 shuttle connector
  • Provides up to 900 petabyte (PB) of automated, low-cost storage under a single library image, dramatically improving floor space utilisation and reducing storage cost per terabyte (TB)
  • Offers optional second robotic accessor to enhance data availability and reliability
  • Enables data security and regulatory compliance via support for tape drive encryption and write once, ready many (WORM) cartridges.

The IBM® System Storage TS3500 Tape Library is designed to provide a highly scalable, automated tape library for mainframe and open systems backup and archive that can scale from midrange to enterprise environments.

The TS3500 Tape Library continues to be one of the leaders in the industry in tape drive integration with features such as persistent World Wide Name, multipath architecture, drive/media exception reporting, remote drive/media management and host-based path failover.

The TS3500 Tape Library supports IBM System z when used with the IBM 3953 Tape System, the IBM Virtualisation Engine TS7740, or the IBM System Storage Tape Controller for System z with its embedded library manager. These systems enable System z hosts to access the TS3500 Tape Library cartridge inventory and allow connection to TS1140, TS1130, TS1120 and IBM TotalStorage 3592 Model J1A Tape Drives. The TS3500 Tape Library can support up to four 3953 tape systems, up to eight IBM Virtualisation Engine TS7740 subsystems per physical library and up to sixteen IBM System Storage Tape Controllers for System z per logical library.

Common features

  • Ability to attach multiple simultaneous heterogeneous servers
  • Remote management using a web browser
  • Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) functionality
  • Advanced Library Management System (ALMS)
  • Persistent World Wide Name
  • Multipath architecture
  • Drive/media exception reporting
  • Shuttle connector
  • Remote drive/media management
  • Host-based path failover
  • Supports TS1120, TS1130, TS1140, TS1040 and TS1050 Tape Drive encryption

Hardware summary

  • One base frame and up to 15 expansion frames per library; up to 15 libraries interconnected per complex
  • Up to 12 drives per frame (up to 192 per library, up to 2,700 per complex)
  • Up to 224 input/output (I/O) slots (16 I/O slots standard)
  • IBM 3592 JA/JJ/JB/JC and JW/JR/JX/JY (WORM) cartridges or IBM LTO Ultrium 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 cartridges
  • Up to 60 PB compressed with IBM Ultrium 5 cartridges per library, up to 900 PB compressed per complex
  • Up to 180 PB compressed with 3592 extended capacity cartridges per library, up to 2.7 EB compressed per complex
  • LTO Fibre Channel (FC) interface for server attachment

Feature Benefits
TS7700 Virtualisation Engine
  • Allows quick access to active data on ‘virtual volumes’ on disk and reduces overall solution cost storing inactive data on ‘volumes’ on tape
  • Optimise data read and write to tape
  • Supports tape automation in a System z environment
3593 tape system
  • Supports tape automation in a System z environment
  • Also supports the TS7700 Virtualisation Engine
Tape Controller for System z
  • Supports tape automation in a System z environment
Crossroads ReadVerify Appliance (RVA)
  • Maximises performance and utilisation of tape drives and media by providing system monitoring, policy-based alerting and reporting
Shuttle Connector
  • Allows connection of up to 15 IBM TS3500 tape libraries as a single library complex for managing vast amounts of data centrally
  • Allows flexible library string lengths for customer floor layout flexibility
Dual accessor option
  • Helps increase the mount performance and overall system availability
  • Two accessors can operate simultaneously in multiple frame configurations
Flexible upgrade path
  • Start with an entry base frame and expand at the time of need
  • Capacity on Demand (CoD) configurations available
Remote, web browser-based management
  • Access key management functions from any network connected computer
Redundant power supplies and AC feeds
  • Designed to increase reliability of the system
Control-path and data-path automatic failover
  • Helps to enhance the autonomic capabilities of the library
Mixed LTO Ultrium and 3592 media
  • Helps you protect current media investments
  • Support a heterogeneous environment
Supports TS1140/TS1130/TS1120, TS1050 and TS1040 Tape Drive encryption
  • Helps you secure sensitive at-rest data

TS3500 Tape Library at a glance
Characteristics
Frame definition L23 – base frame for TS1140, TS1130, TS1120 or 3592

D23 – drive-capable and storage expansion frame for TS1140, TS1130, TS1120 or 3592, S24 – storage-only expansion frame for 3592 cartridges

L53 – base frame for LTO, D53 – drive-capable and storage expansion frame for LTO, S54 – storage-only expansion frame for LTO cartridges

HA1 – high availability service bay frame for use with the dual accessor feature

SC1 – library strings shuttle connector
Library shuttle connector IBM System Storage Tape Library Connector Model SC1
Tape drive types TS1140, TS1130, TS1120 or 3592 Tape Drives or IBM LTO Ultrium 5, 4, 3, 2 or 1 Tape Drives
Number of frames per library One base frame, up to 15 expansion frames

The TS3500 Model HA1 installation provides one of the two additional frames required as service bays in a dual accessor library
Number of libraries per complex Up to 15 libraries
Number of drives Up to 12 per frame

Up to 192 per library string

Up to 2,700 per library complex
Number of tape cartridges L23 – up to 260; D23 – up to 400; S24 – up to 1,000

Total supported per library: >15,000

Total supported per complex: >225000

L53 – up to 287; D53 – up to 440; S54 – up to 1,320

Total supported per library: >20,000

Total supported per complex: >300,000
Number of I/O slots Up to 224 per library (16 I/O slots standard)

Up to 3,360 per complex
Number of logical libraries Maximum of 192 per library (up to number of drives installed)

Maximum of 2,700 per complex
Number of 3953 systems Maximum of four per TS3500 subsystem
Number of TS7700 virtualisation engines Maximum of eight per TS3500 subsystem
Number of tape controllers for System z Maximum of sixteen per TS3500 logical library
Capacity1 IBM Ultrium 5 Cartridges: up to 30 PB per library (up to 60 PB with 2:1 compression), up to 900 PB per complex when compressed

3592 Advanced cartridges: up to 60 PB per library (180 PB with 3:1 compression), up to 2.7 exabyte (EB) per complex when compressed
Media type L23/D23/S24: IBM 3592 JA/JJ/JB/JC and JW/JR/JX/JY (WORM) cartridges

L53/D53/S54: IBM LTO Ultrium 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 cartridges
Dimensions (all frames) 70.9 in. H × 30.8 in. W × 47.7 in. D (1,800 mm × 782 mm × 1,212 mm)
Maximum weight L23 – 1,079 lbs (490 kg); D23 – 994 lbs (451 kg), S24 – 1,160 lbs (526 kg)

L53 – 1,061 lbs (481 kg); D53 – 970 lbs (440 kg), S54 – 1,240 lbs (563 kg)
Warranty One year limited warranty, on-site service, same day around-the-clock, service upgrades available
Operating environment
Temperature 16° to 32°C (61° to 90°F)
Relative humidity 20 to 80 percent (non-condensing)
Wet bulb maximum 23.0°C (73.4°F)
Electrical power 8.0 A at 200 - 240 V ac; 1.6 kVA
Attachment and systems support The TS3500 Tape Library can attach to IBM Power Systems, IBM System p, IBM System i and IBM System x servers and non-IBM servers and workstations.

Attach to System z can be made via the IBM 3953 Tape System (3953 tape system), the IBM Virtualisation Engine TS7740, or the IBM System Storage Tape Controller for System z
Operating systems support Device driver support is available for IBM AIX; IBM OS/400; IBM i, IBM z/OS; Windows® 2000; Windows Server 2008; Linux®; Sun Solaris and HP-UX

3953 Tape System at a glance
Characteristics
Frame 3953 Model F05 + feature code 5505 – base frame for the 3953 tape system, consisting of the mechanical frame, power and cabling infrastructure to support the library manager(s) and a single TS1120 tape controller

Up to five additional F05s can be configured as expansion frames, each capable of supporting up to three TS1120 tape controllers
Library manager 3953 Model L05 – single library manager. Maximum of two (redundancy only) per 3953 tape system
Number of frames Six total: One base frame and up to five expansion frames
TSSC One per 3953 tape system
TS7700 Virtualisation Engine support Maximum of two TS7700s per 3953 tape system, maximum of eight per TS3500 Tape Library
TS1120 Tape Controller support Maximum of 14 with two TS7700s, up to 16 with 0 TS7700s
TSSC capability Yes, required
Dimensions (all frames) 71 in. H × 43.4 in. W × 25.4 in. D (1,804 mm × 1,102 mm × 644 mm)
Weight 3953 Model F05 – 620.4 lbs (282 kg)
Warranty One-year limited warranty, on-site service, same day around-the-clock, service upgrades available
Operating environment
Temperature 16° to 32°C (61° to 90°F)
Relative humidity 20 to 80 percent (non-condensing)
Wet bulb maximum 23.0°C (73.4°F)
Electrical power 8.0 A at 200 - 240 V ac; 1.5 kVA
Attachment and systems support The 3953 tape system enables the TS1130, TS1120 and 3592 J1A Tape Drives within the TS3500 Tape Library to attach to System z hosts or the TS7700 Virtualisation Engine
Operating systems support IBM z/OS

Crossroads RVA* at a glance
1U appliance provides real-time Tape Library monitoring and alerting
Individual drive utilisation and performance metrics as well as comparison across drives in a system

Statistics correlating activity by drive and cartridge

Supports LTO, IBM Enterprise TS11x0 and other enterprise-class tape drives

Tape/drive read/write error correlation, drive cleaning metrics
Policy-based alerting and reporting
Daily and weekly reporting on tape library system activity – load-balancing, drive performance and utilisation, hard/soft errors correlated to drives and tapes, alert activity

Configurable alerts on potential data recovery issues, such as communication loss, degrading device conditions, stuck tape and excessive tape loads

Accessible database of all monitored and derived statistics
ArchiveVerify optional feature
Enables users to ensure that the data written to tape media can be read for recovery or compliance audits

Offers a completely automated process to validate media readability based on administrator-applied policies

Verification procedures test the entire written length of written media with no disruption of existing operations, all while the data remains securely within the library
ReadVerify Advanced reporting optional feature
Generates dynamic, customisable, multi-variable reports

Identifies complex relationships that may impact system behaviour, saving operation and capital expenses

Long-range data views help project future budget and system needs
Physical characteristics
SAN Connectivity 1, 2, 4 GB fibre channelFC Support
AC Power 100 - 240 V ac autosensing

50/60 Hz, 4.0 A
Dimensions 43.1 mm H (1U) × 426 mm W × 358 mm D (1.72 in. H × 16.8 in. W × 14.1 in. D)
Weight 10.4 kg (23 lbs)
Operating environment
Temperature 10° to 40°C (50° to 104°F)
Relative humidity 20 to 80% non-condensing
Heat output 564 British thermal units (BTUs)

* Only available in the US, Canada and Europe
1 Only available in the US, Canada and Europe

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