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IBM System Storage TS1040 Tape Drive provides an Ultrium 4
Tape Drive for the TS3500 Tape Library
The IBM System Storage TS1040 is an IBM LTO Ultrium 4 Tape
Drive that combines IBM tape reliability and performance at open systems prices.
The new Ultrium 4 Tape Drive:
 | Increases maximum data transfer rate, providing to up to
120 MB/sec native as compared to LTO Ultrium 3 |
| Provides up to 800 GB native physical capacity per
cartridge (1,600 GB with 2:1 compression) with Ultrium 4 800 GB cartridge
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| Includes a 4-Gbps Fibre Channel interface attachment
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| Supports encryption capabilities designed to work with the
IBM Encryption Key Manager Component |
| Adheres to LTO specifications |
| Mounts in TS3500 Tape Library Model L53 or D53, and in 3584
Tape Library Model L52, L32, D52, or D32 |
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The IBM System Storage TS1040 (machine type 3588,
Model F4A) is designed to be installed in an IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape
Library (machine type 3584) to offer high capacity and performance for the
midrange open systems environment. This model incorporates the new Linear
Tape-Open (LTO) IBM Ultrium 4 Tape Drive, with enhanced maximum tape drive
throughput over the IBM LTO generation 3 Tape Drive (Ultrium 3). It has a native
data transfer of up to 120 MB/sec. In addition, with the use of the IBM LTO
Ultrium 800 GB Data Cartridge, the TS1040 doubles the maximum tape cartridge
capacity providing up to 800 GB native physical capacity (1,600 GB with 2:1
compression), as compared to the IBM Ultrium 3 Tape Drives and cartridges. IBM
Ultrium 4 Tape Drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges and read
LTO Ultrium 2 Data Cartridges. The TS1040 has a 4-Gbps Fibre Channel interface
for connection to a wide spectrum of open system servers.
The IBM System Storage TS1040 LTO Ultrium 4 Tape Drive
supports data encryption on the base drive with Ultrium 4 media meeting LTO
consortium specifications and Application Managed Encryption. System Managed and
Library Managed Encryption and associated IBM Encryption Key Manager access are
available as a chargeable licensed key (feature 1604 Transparent LTO
Encryption) under the TS3500 Tape Library L-frames.
Support for the TS1040 encryption function requires a minimum
level of microcode firmware that is your responsibility to load, configure, and
maintain on the TS3500 Tape Library.
The TS1040 Tape Drive's encryption capability and its
subsystem integration support help provide you with a flexible tape data
encryption solution that supports encryption and key management across a variety
of environments, supporting a single point of control for all encryption keys,
and most importantly can help customers protect tape data in a cost effective
way.
The TS1040 can be installed in new or installed TS3500 Tape
Library Models L53 and D53, and also in 3584 Tape Library Models L52 L32, D52,
and D32.
In summary, IBM Ultrium 4 enhancements that help improve
performance and reliability include:
| Native data transfer rate up to 120 MB/sec |
| Ultrium 4 tape cartridge native physical capacity of 800 GB
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| 4-Gbps Fibre Channel drive attachment |
| A larger 256 MB internal buffer |
| LTO Ultrium 4 encryption support |
| 8 KB cartridge memory with Ultrium 4 media |
| Better integrated electronics using IBM-engineered copper
technology |
The IBM TS1040 is an IBM Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium 4 Tape
Drive designed for the heavy demands of backup tape storage. The TS1040 is
designed to mount in a TS3500 Tape Library and has a 4-Gbps Fibre Channel
interface for attachment to IBM System p, IBM System i, IBM System z, or IBM
System x products, and HP-UX, Sun, UNIX, Linux, or Windows servers.
The TS1040 incorporates fourth-generation IBM LTO Ultrium
technology. It offers the following significant improvements over the Ultrium 3
Tape Drive:
| Increased performance Maximum tape drive throughput
native data rate performance is up to 120 MB/sec. Data tracks are written 16
at a time. IBM Ultrium 4 Tape Drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 3 Data
Cartridges at Ultrium 3 capacities and rates, and read LTO Ultrium 2 Data
Cartridges at Ultrium 2 capacities with improved rates.
Note: Although the Ultrium 4
Tape Drive provides the capability for excellent tape performance, other
components of the system may limit the actual performance achieved. Also,
although the compression technology used in the tape drive can typically
double the amount of data that can be stored on the media, the actual degree
of compression achieved is highly sensitive to the characteristics of the data
being compressed.
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| Increased tape cartridge capacity The tape cartridge
physical capacity is up to 800 GB native physical capacity (1,600 GB with 2:1
compression), with the use of the new IBM LTO Ultrium 800 GB Data Cartridge,
double that of the Ultrium 3 Data Cartridge. This is achieved by increasing
the linear density and the media length. The tape itself is an advanced metal
particle tape developed to help provide durability and capacity.
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| Ultrium 3 cartridge compatibility The Ultrium 4 Tape
Drive can read and write Ultrium 3 cartridges.
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| Encryption supported on Ultrium 4 Fibre Channel tape drives
The IBM System Storage TS1040 LTO Ultrium 4 Tape Drive supports data
encryption on the base drive with Ultrium 4 media, meeting LTO consortium
specifications and Application Managed Encryption. System Managed and Library
Managed Encryption and associated IBM Encryption Key Manager access are
available as a chargeable licensed key (feature 1604, Transparent LTO
Encryption) under the TS3500 Tape Library L-frames.
Support for the TS1040 encryption function requires a
minimum level of microcode firmware and is a customer's responsibility to
load, configure, and maintain on the TS3500 Tape Library.
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| Attachment options The TS1040 Tape Drive comes with 4
Gbps Fibre Channel attachment models, for connection to a wide spectrum of
open system servers. They are supported on IBM System p, IBM System i, IBM
System x, or IBM System z products, and Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Microsoft Windows
2003, Linux, and other open systems.
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| WORM media support The IBM 3589 Ultrium 4 800 GB WORM
Tape Cartridges are designed for applications such as archiving and data
retention, as well as those applications requiring an audit trail. These
cartridges work with the IBM LTO Ultrium 4 Tape Drive to help prevent the
alteration or deletion of user data. IBM Ultrium 800 GB WORM Tape Cartridges
can be ordered as unique 3589 models with the following features:
 | Pre-labeling, with the ability to specify a starting
volume serial and color coding |
| Packaging in individual jewel cases or in bulk
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| Cartridge memory, built into every cartridge, which helps
to enhance functionality and media reliability by storing access history and
media performance information for use by the tape drive every time the
cartridge is accessed |
| Half-inch particle tape with a 800 GB WORM native
capacity in a single cartridge |
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| Larger internal data buffer There is a 256 MB internal
data buffer in the Ultrium 4 Tape Drive. |
| Highly integrated electronics using IBM engineered copper
technology This technology is designed to reduce the total number of
components in the drive, help lower chip temperatures, and reduce power
requirements, helping to provide for a more reliable drive. The
fourth-generation drive electronics are designed to provide error correction
of soft errors in the memory arrays in data and control paths. |
Proven IBM LTO Ultrium features enhanced in the IBM LTO
Ultrium 4 Tape Drive include:
| Dual-stage 16-channel head actuator The actuator is
designed to provide precision head alignment to help support higher track
density and improved data integrity. |
| Independent tape loader and threader motors and positive
pin retention These are designed to help improve the reliability of loading
and unloading a cartridge, and to retain the pin even if tension is dropped.
An independent loader motor, coupled with the positive pin retention, is
designed to cause the tape to thread with a higher level of reliability.
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| Graceful dynamic braking In the event of power failure,
reel motors are designed to maintain tension and gradually decelerate instead
of stopping abruptly, helping reduce tape breakage, stretching, or loose tape
wraps during a sudden power outage. |
| Servo and track layout technology There are 704 data
tracks in Ultrium 4 and Ultrium 3 versus 512 data tracks in Ultrium 2. The
high-bandwidth servo system features a low-mass servo to help more effectively
track servo bands and improve data throughput with damaged media in
less-than-optimal shock and vibration environments. |
| Surface Control Guiding Mechanism IBM's patented Surface
Control Guiding Mechanism is designed to guide the tape along the tape path in
the Ultrium 4 Tape Drive. This method uses the surface of the tape, rather
than the edges, to control tape motion. This helps reduce tape damage
(especially to the edges of the tape) and tape debris, which comes from the
damaged edges and can accumulate in the head area. |
| Magneto Resistive (MR) head design Use of flat lap head
technology in MR heads for Ultrium 4 helps minimize contact, debris
accumulation, and wear on the tape as it moves over the read/write heads.
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| Digital speed matching The Ultrium 4 Tape Drive is
designed to perform dynamic speed matching (at one of six speeds: 30, 48, 66,
84, 103, or 120 MB/sec) to adjust the drive's native data rate as closely as
possible to the net host data rate (after data compressibility has been
factored out). This helps reduce the number of backhitch repositions and
improve throughput performance. Speed matching on Ultrium 4 ranges from 30 to
120 MB/sec versus 30 to 80 MB/sec on Ultrium 3. |
| Robust drive components optimized for automation
environments To help enhance reliability and prolong the life of drives,
uses some of the most robust components available, such as (1) all metal
clutch, (2) steel ball bearings in loader, (3) robust leader block design, (4)
single circuit card. |
| Power management The Ultrium 4 Tape Drive power
management function is designed to control the drive electronics to be either
completely turned off or in a low-power mode when the circuit functions are
not needed for drive operation. |
| Adaptive read equalization Designed to automatically
compensate for dynamic changes in readback signal response. |
| Dynamic amplitude asymmetry compensation This is designed
to optimize readback signals for linear readback response from MR read head
transducers. |
| Separate writing of multiple filemarks Separate writing
of multiple filemarks is designed to cause any write command of two or more
filemarks to cause a separate data set to be written containing all filemarks
after the first. This feature has two advantages. First, it helps improve
performance if a subsequent append overwrites somewhere after the first
filemark. Second, write of multiple filemarks typically indicates a point
where an append operation might occur after the first of these filemarks. This
change helps prevent having to rewrite datasets containing customer data and
the first filemark, if such an append occurs. |
| LTO Data Compression (LTO-DC) The Ultrium 4 uses LTO-DC,
which is an implementation of a Lempel-Ziv class 1 (LZ-1) data compression
algorithm. LTO-DC is an extension of Adaptive Lossless Data Compression (ALDC)
and an improvement over previous IBM lossless compression algorithms. IBM's
patented "Scheme-Swapping" compression is designed to look ahead at incoming
data, and determine the most efficient storage method (either ALDC or
pass-thru mode) to help provide optimal data compression and increase data
throughput. |
| LTO Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM) Contained within the LTO
Ultrium data cartridge is the LTO-CM, which is a passive, contactless silicon
storage device that is physically a part of the cartridge. The LTO-CM is
designed to hold information about that specific cartridge, the media in the
cartridge, and the data on the media. The storage capacity of the LTO-CM is 8
KB. Communication between the drive and the LTO-CM is via a low-level RF field
transmitted by the drive to the cartridge. |
| Statistical Analysis and Reporting System (SARS) The
Ultrium 4 Tape Drive uses SARS to help isolate failures between media and
hardware. SARS uses the cartridge performance history saved in the CM module
and the drive performance history kept in the drive flash EEPROM to help
determine the most likely cause of failure. SARS is designed to cause the
drive to request a cleaner tape, to mark the media as degraded, and to
indicate that the hardware has degraded. |
With support for LTO Ultrium-format tape data cartridges, the
TS1040 with the TS3500 Tape Library can be a cost-effective solution for backup,
save-and-restore, and archiving functions.
Ultrium 800 GB Data Cartridge
The tape cartridge physical capacity of the IBM Ultrium 800 GB
Data Cartridge has doubled over the IBM Ultrium 400 GB Data Cartridge to 800 GB
native physical capacity (1,600 GB with 2:1 compression). IBM LTO Ultrium 4 Tape
Drives can read and write Ultrium 3 data cartridges, and read only Ultrium 2
data cartridges. Ultrium 4 cartridges can be resident in the same TS3500 Tape
Library with the Ultrium 3 and Ultrium 2 data cartridges. LTO Ultrium 800 GB
data cartridges can be ordered using machine type 3589, LTO Ultrium tape
cartridges.
These cartridges have been designed to provide several
enhancements over previous tape technologies. They are designed to work with
tape drives that have increased tape speeds and high-density data recording. The
case is specially designed for use in automated libraries and is designed for
repeated, unattended handling.
As you compare competitive tape solutions, consider:
| Capacity and performance requirements |
| Data integrity and encryption, reliability, and
availability |
| Storage usage and application requirements |
| Affordability |
| Loyalty to legacy or existing tape formats |
The TS1040 and software applications are designed to address
these requirements and constitute a functionally rich tape storage solution
incorporating LTO Ultrium 4 Tape Drive technology.
The TS1040 is an excellent choice if you use tape drives that
require larger-capacity or higher-performance tape backup. The TS1040 Tape Drive
can be the answer to growing storage requirements and shrinking backup windows.
The TS3500 Tape Library and IBM software applications excel in
addressing these requirements and can constitute a functionally rich tape
storage solution incorporating LTO Ultrium and 3592 tape technology. You also
gain flexibility of automated tape library management and unattended
save/restore operations.
The TS3500 Tape Library models are a smart choice for tape
automation for IBM System i, IBM System p, IBM System x, IBM System z products,
or Linux, and other popular open systems. The TS3500 utilizes the patented
Multi-Path Architecture, designed to allow homogeneous or heterogeneous open
systems applications to share the library robotics, with Advanced Library
Management System (ALMS) for storage slot pooling and flexible drive assignment.
Additional TS3500 features include capacity on demand entry library frames, LTO
and 3592 drive technology choices and integration, dual active accessors, and
16-frame expansion.
The TS3500 Tape Library Base Frame Model L53 or L52 offers 64
to 287 slots for LTO Ultrium tape cartridge media and up to 12 IBM LTO Ultrium
Fibre Channel Tape Drives. It is designed to provide excellent price and
performance in the open systems environments.
The TS3500 Tape Library Base Frame Model L23 or L22 offers 58
to 260 slots for 3592 tape cartridge media and up to 12 IBM TS1120 or 3592 Tape
Drives. The TS1120 or 3592 Tape Drives are designed to provide high capacity,
performance, and reliability in open systems environments with tape drive
flexibility to accommodate capacity as well as fast access where these
requirements are needed.
Up to 15 3584 or TS3500 Tape Library Expansion Frame Models
D22, D23, D32, D52, or D53 can be added to either the Model L22, L23, L32, L52,
or L53. The Model D23 or D22 provides up to 400 cartridge slots for 3592 media,
and can contain up to 12 TS1120 or 3592 Tape Drives. The Model D32, D52, or D53
provide up to 440 slots for Ultrium media, and can contain up to 12 Ultrium Tape
Drives. When a Model HA1 is attached, the last Model D22, D23, D52, or D53 in
the TS3500 Tape Library functions as a Service Bay B for the second accessor.
The TS3500, part of a family of IBM System Storage LTO Ultrium
tape products, can be the answer to growing storage requirements and shrinking
backup windows.
If you have existing digital linear tape experience or require
high-performance automated tape backup, the TS3500 Tape Library constitutes an
excellent tape storage solution. The IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drives in the TS3500
Tape Library provide an excellent functional alternative to DLT/SDLT, 1/4-inch,
4mm, 8mm, or IBM Magstarฎ MP 3570 tape drives.
Depending on capacity requirements, a wide spectrum of tape
libraries are available from the IBM Ultrium Tape family of products, based on
your storage usage and requirements. Tape automation products to choose from
include the IBM System Storage TS3310, TS3200, or TS3100 Tape Libraries.
For high-cycle and start/stop intensive tape applications,
with mission-critical data protection and high-capacity requirements, consider
the IBM System Storage TS1120 or 3592 Tape Drive with the IBM System Storage
TS3400 or TS3500 Tape Library.
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