data storage mediums

3592 JA, Cleaning Cartridge, black 3592
IBM 3592 Tape Cartridges are designed to work with IBM System Storage TS1130 and TS1120 Tape Drives (TS1130 tape drive, TS1120 tape drive) and the IBM TotalStorage 3592 Tape Drive Model J1A (3592 J1A tape drive).

Cartridges are available in three lengths and in either rewriteable or Write Once, Read Many (WORM) formats. The short-length 3592 JJ/JR cartridges provide rapid access to data and the standard-length 3592 JA/JW cartridges provide high capacity. The 3592 Extended Data JB and Extended WORM JX high capacity cartridges support TS1130 and TS1120 tape drives only.

Rewritable cartridges
The first-generation 3592 J1A tape drive can initialize short length JJ cartridges to 60GB and initialize (or re-initialize) standard JA length cartridges to either 60GB (to support fast time to data) or 300GB (to support high capacity). The second-generation TS1120 tape drive can initialize short length JJ cartridges to 60 or 100GB and initialize (or re-initialize) standard length JA cartridges to 60, 100, 300 or 500GB to support fast access to data or to help address data growth and facilitate interchange. 3592 Extended Data JB cartridges can be initialized to 140GB for fast access to data, can be segmented to 609GB or used at full 700GB capacity. At typical compression ratios, the 3592 JB cartridge can provide usable capacity of up to 1.4TB in an open system environment and up to 2.1TB in an IBM System z™ environment when used with a TS1120 Tape Drive. The JA, JB and JJ cartridge models are suitable for storing data that has a finite life span and are re-writeable

WORM cartridges
The TS1120 and 3592 J1A tape drives are designed to work with Write Once, Read Many (WORM) JR and JW cartridges to store data in a non-erasable, non-rewriteable format. The 3592 Extended WORM JX cartridge is designed to work with the TS1120 tape drive only. WORM cartridges are intended to help support the long term retention of reference data and meet the requirements of regulatory bodies worldwide. The short length JR, the standard length JW and the extended length JX cartridges have advanced security features that are designed to prevent the alteration or deletion of stored data while allowing data to be appended to existing cartridges or files. Supported environments Special grip points and a form factor that is similar to the IBM TotalStorage 3590 cartridge models allow the 3592 cartridges to co-exist in either an IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Library 3494 or a StorageTek 9310 Powderhorn Tape Library. The 3592 cartridges can also co-exist in an IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library with IBM TotalStorage Ultrium™ LTO™ tape cartridges. This may reduce the physical tape resources and number of cartridges needed to support the environment and help reduce the cost of ownership.

Advanced media
The IBM 3592 tape cartridge contains an advanced fourth-generation metal particle formulation in a dual layer coating on a half-inch-wide tape. The IBM tape uses an advanced magnetic coating and process designed to provide a high output and signal quality to support the current TS1120 and 3592 J1A tape drives. The tape features an ultra-smooth and uniform magnetic layer less than 0.2 microns thick and a specially refined coating formulation designed to help improve media reliability and performance as well as minimize wear of the tape heads and components. A precision timing-based servo with enhanced features helps enable high track densities, high data rates and data access performance as well as high reliability and stop-start performance. In addition, modifications to the cartridge design and construction are designed to help improve pin retention, hub and clutch engagement, spool alignment and tape stacking within the cartridge. These enhancements are designed to help improve reliability and durability of not only the media but of the tape drive as well.

Common features
- Designed for the IBM System Storage TS1130 and TS1120 Tape Drives and the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive 3592;
- Available in rewritable and write once, read many (WORM) cartridge models;
- Available in three formats—fast access, standard capacity and extended capacity;
- Memory chip tracks cartridge and tape drive usage.

Hardware summary
- J/JR cartridges support fast access to data;
- The JA/JW and JB/JX cartridges support high capacity requirements.