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IBM System Storage TS2230 Tape Drive Express

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.

Cartridge capacity:	400GB Native; 800GB with 2:1 compression
Max. drive data rate:	60 MBps
Interface:	LVD SCSI

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IBM System Storage TS2240 Tape Drive Express

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.

Cartridge capacity:	800 GB native physical capacity
Interface:	3 Gbps SAS
Max. drive data rate:	Up to 120 MB/sec native

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IBM System Storage TS2340 Tape Drive Express

The IBM System Storage™ TS2340 Tape Drive Express Model is an external drive incorporating the 4 th 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.

Cartridge capacity:	800 GB native physical capacity
Max. drive data rate:	Up to 120 MB/sec native
Interface:	LVD SCSI, 3 Gbps SAS

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IBM System Storage TS2900 Tape Autoloader

The IBM® System Storage™ TS2900 Tape Autoloader is a single-drive, low profile automated tape solution and the first entry automation solution for small- to mid-market tape environments. The TS2900 leverages the technology of IBM half-high LTO tape drives to help create a high-capacity tape storage solution suited for handling backup and archival data storage for the Windows®, Linux® and other open system environments.

No. of drives:	1
Max. number of cartridges:	9
Max. system capacity (2:1 Compression):	7.2 TB Native; 14.4 TB with 2:1 compression
Supported platforms:	IBM Power™ Systems, IBM System x™, Intel® and other open systems server platforms.

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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.

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.

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IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library Express (Ultrium)

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.

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.

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IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library

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.

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

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IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library Express (Ultrium)

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.

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

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IBM System Storage TS3310 Tape Library

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.

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

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IBM TotalStorage 3580 Tape Drive

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.

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™

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IBM TotalStorage 7207 External Tape Drive

Affordable back-up, archival storage, and data interchange for your iSeries/AS400 and pSeries/RS6000 systems.

Cartridge capacity (Native/Compressed):	122: 4/8GB 330: 30/60GB 37.5/75GB
Max. drive data rate (Native/Compressed):	122: .38/.76MB/sec 330: 4/8MB/sec
Interface:	SCSI-2 SE, LVD/SE

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IBM System Storage 7212 Storage Device Drive

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

Cartridge capacity (Native/Compressed):	DAT72: 36GB Native Capacity; 72GB Compressed Capacity VXA-2: 20GB, 40GB, 80GB Native Capacity; 40GB, 80GB, 160GB Compressed Capacity VXA-320: 40GB, 80GB, 160GB Native Capacity; 80GB, 160GB, 320GB Compressed Capacity SLR60: 30GB, 37.5GB Native Capacity; 60GB, 75GB Compressed Capacity SLR100: 50GB Native Capacity; 100GB Compressed Capacity HHLTO-2: 200GB Native Capacity; 400GB Compressed Capacity DVD-RAM: 4.7GB, 9.4GB Native Capacity; 14.1GB, 28.2GB Compressed Capacity
Max. drive data rate:	DAT72: 6 MBps VXA-2: 12 MBps VXA-320: 24 MBps SLR60: 8 MBps SLR100: 10 MBps HH LTO-2: 48 MBps DVD-RAM: 2.77 MBps
Interface:	All drives offer SCSI-LVD U320