IBM TS3100 Tape Library & LTO-3 HH 3 Gbps SAS Tape Drive

TS3100 Tape Library with LTO-3 HH 3 Gbps SAS Tape Drive -Designed to support the new IBM LTO™ Ultrium™ 4 Half–High (HH) Tape Drive and the IBM LTO Ultrium 3 HH Tape Drive, to help increase capacity and performance with Low Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI and 3 Gb Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) attachments.
-Designed to support cost–effective backup, save and restore and archival storage in sequential or random access mode with a standard bar–code reader.
-IBM Ultrium 4 technology is designed to support encryption of data with 3 Gbps SAS and continues to support write–once, read–many (WORM) operations.
-Designed to offer outstanding capacity, performance and reliability for midrange and network tape–storage environments in a 2U form factor with 24 data cartridge slots and a mail slot.
-Remote library management through a standard Web interface supports flexibility and greater administrative control of storage operations.

The IBM System Storage™ TS3100 Tape Library Express Model and its storage management applications are designed to address capacity, performance, data protection, reliability, availability, affordability and application requirements. It is designed as a functionally rich, entry tape–storage solution incorporating LTO Ultrium tape technology. The IBM TS3100 Express model is an excellent solution for large–capacity or high–performance tape backup with or without random access. The TS3100 featuring half–high Ultrium technology is also an excellent choice for tape automation for IBM System p™, IBM System i™, IBM System x™ and other open systems.

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 the use of up to two LTO Half–High tape drives and 24 tape cartridge capacity, the IBM TS3100 HH model is designed to take advantage of LTO technology to cost–effectively handle growing storage requirements. The TS3100 Tape Library featuring half–high drive technology is configured with two removable cartridge magazines, one on the left side (12 data cartridge slots) and one on the right (12 data cartridge slots). Additionally, the left magazine includes a single mail slot to help support continuous library operation while importing and exporting media. A bar–code reader is standard in the library, supporting the library’s operation in sequential or random access mode. The TS3100 HH also comes standard with remote management capabilities to allow for remote administration of the tape library through a Web interface.

The IBM Ultrium 4 technology is designed to support encryption of data. The hardware encryption and decryption core and control core reside in the IBM Ultrium 4 tape drive (available to the TS3100 with the 3 Gbps SAS interface). A larger internal data buffer helps improve data access rates and reduce cartridge fill and rewind times along with dynamic channel calibration designed to help increase data throughput. In addition to reading and writing to LTO Ultrium 4 tape cartridges, the HH LTO 4 tape drive can read and write to LTO Ultrium 3 cartridges and read LTO Ultrium 2 cartridges. The IBM Ultrium 4 HH tape drive is designed to support up to 120 MBps native data–transfer rates and up to 800 GB native physical capacity when using the IBM System Storage Ultrium 800 GB Data Cartridge (1.6 TB with 2:1 compression). The TS3100 featuring Ultrium 4 HH tape drives has a capacity of up to 19.2 TB native (38.4 with 2:1 compression).

The IBM LTO Ultrium 3 Half–High Tape Drives are designed to support up to 60–MBps native data–transfer rates. In addition, with the use of the IBM TotalStorage® LTO Ultrium 400 GB Data Cartridge, the IBM Ultrium 3 Half–High Tape Drive doubles tape–cartridge physical capacity up to 400 GB native physical capacity (800 GB with a 2:1 compression).

The IBM TS3100 Tape Library Express featuring half–high Ultrium technology offers an LVD SCSI or a 3 Gbps SAS interface for HH LTO 3 drives and 3 Gbps SAS interface for HH LTO 4 and can attach to a wide variety of open–system servers. The sequential or random access library comes in a stand–alone or optional rack–mountable configuration. The IBM TS3100 HH also has an LED display and indicators for power, drive and activity, error status and message information.

-Designed to support the IBM LTO Ultrium 3 or Ultrium 4 Half–High Tape Drive, for increased capacity and performance including Low Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI and now 3 Gb SAS attachments.
-Designed to offer outstanding capacity, performance and reliability for midrange and network tape storage environments in a 2U form factor with the 24 data cartridge slots and a mail slot.
-Designed to support cost–effective backup, save and restore and archival storage in sequential or random access mode with a standard bar–code reader.
-Remote library management through a standard Web interface designed to offer flexibility and greater administrative control of storage operations.

-3 Gb SAS interface.
-Use of up to 2 LTO Ultrium Half–High Tape Drives.
-Stand–alone or rack–mount option.