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IBM
IBM Tape Libraries
IBM Tape Drives
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TS3100 Tape Library Express Model

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Designed to support the IBM
Ultrium 5, or Ultrium 4 Full Height and IBM Ultrium 5, Ultrium 4 and Ultrium 3
Half-Height Tape Drive, for increased capacity and performance including Low
Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI, fibre-channel and SAS attachments
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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
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Designed to support
cost-effective backup, save and restore and archival storage in sequential or
random access mode with a standard bar-code reader
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Remote library management
through a standard Web interface designed to offer flexibility and greater
administrative control of storage operations
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8 Gb fibre channel or 6 Gb
SAS interfaces in LTO 5
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LVD SCSI drive, 4 Gb fibre
channel (only FH) or 3 Gb SAS interfaces in LTO 4
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Use of up to 2 LTO Ultrium
Half-Height Tape Drives
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Stand-alone or rack-mount
option
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 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 is also an excellent choice for tape automation for
IBM Power Systems, IBM System x® and other open systems.
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 the use of one LTO Full Height tape drive or up to two LTO Half-Height tape
drives and 24 tape cartridge capacity, the IBM TS3100 is designed to take
advantage of LTO technology to cost-effectively handle growing storage
requirements. The TS3100 Tape Library 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 also comes
standard with remote management capabilities to allow for remote administration
of the tape library through a Web interface. Path Failover, a new optional
feature for this library, is designed to provide automatic control path failover
to a preconfigured redundant control path in the event that a host adapter or
control path drive is lost, without aborting the current job in process.
The IBM Ultrium 5 technology is designed to provide greater capacity with
continued support for encryption of data. The hardware encryption and decryption
core and control core reside in the IBM Ultrium 5 tape drive (available to the
TS3100 with the 6 Gbps SAS and 8 Gbps FC interface). A larger internal data
buffer in the Full Height drive 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 5 tape cartridges, the LTO 5 tape drive can read and write to LTO 4
cartridges and read LTO 3 cartridges with improved data rates. The IBM Ultrium 5
tape drive is designed to support up to 140 MBps native data-transfer rates and
up to 1.5 TB native physical capacity when using the IBM System Storage Ultrium
1.5 TB Data Cartridge (3.0 TB with 2:1 compression). The TS3100 featuring
Ultrium 5 tape drives has a capacity of up to 36 TB native (72 with 2:1
compression).
The IBM LTO 4 tape drives are designed to support up to 120 MBps native
data-transfer rates. In addition, the TS3100 featuring Ultrium 4 tape drives has
a capacity of up to 19.2 TB (38.4 TB with a 2:1 compression).
The IBM TS3100 Tape Library Express featuring Full Height and Half Height
technology offers an 8 Gbps fibre-channel and 6 Gbps SAS interfaces for
Ultrium 5 drives. While for Ultrium 4 drives, offers an LVD SCSI, 4 Gbps FC (FH
only) and 3 Gbps SAS interface, and it can be attached to a wide variety of
open-system servers. The sequential or random access library comes in a
stand-alone base configuration with the option of an industry-standard 19-inch
rack-mount kit. The IBM TS3100 also has an LCD display and indicators for power,
drive and activity, error status and message information.
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Drive options |
Ultrium 5 Full Height: 6 Gbps SAS (FC # 8245 or
46X2683); 8 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC # 8244 or 46X2682)
Ultrium 5 Half-Height: 6 Gbps SAS (FC # 8247 or
46X2685); 8 Gbps Fibre Channel (FC # 8248 or 46X2684)
Ultrium 4 Full Height: LVD SCSI (FC # 8143 or
95P5002), 3 Gbps SAS (FC # 8145 or 95P5006); Fibre Channel (8144 or
95P5004)
Ultrium 4 Half-Height: 3 Gbps SAS (FC # 8147 or
45E2243)
Ultrium 3 Half-Height: 3 Gbps SAS (FC # 8047 or
95P5000) |
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Available models |
3573 2UL: TS3100 Tape Library Model L2U Driveless |
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Optional feature codes |
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Path Failover |
45E9503 or FC # 1682 |
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Transparent LTO Encryption |
45E3081 or FC # 5900 |
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Rack mount |
23R6998 or FC # 7002 |
Right-side magazine set
Left-side magazine |
23R6999 or FC # 8106
45E2237 or FC # 8109 |
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Ultrium Tape Cartridges |
Ultrium 5 media: 46C2084 or FC # 8505 / Ultrium 4
media: 95P4278 or FC # 8405/Ultrium 3 media: 95P2020 or FC # 8305 |
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Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge |
23R7008 or FC # 8002 |
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Tape drive type |
IBM LTO Ultrium 5 Half-Height and Full Height; IBM
LTO Ultrium 4 Half-Height and Full Height; IBM LTO Ultrium 3 Half-Height |
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Number of tape cartridges |
24 |
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Physical capacity |
Up to 3.0 TB per cartridge compressed; 1.5 TB native
with LTO 5
Up to 1.6 TB per cartridge compressed; 800 GB native
with LTO 4
Up to 800 GB per cartridge compressed; 400 GB native
with LTO 3
Up to 72 TB per tape library compressed; 36 TB
native with LTO 5
Up to 38.4 TB per tape library compressed; 19.2 TB
native with LTO 4
Up to 19.2 TB per tape library compressed: 9.6 TB
native with LTO 3 |
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Data transfer rate |
Up to 140 MBps native with LTO 5 Full Height and
Half-Height
Up to 120 MBps native with LTO 4 Full Height and
Half-Height
Up to 60 MBps native with LTO Ultrium 3 Half-Height |
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Dimensions (W x H x D) |
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Stand alone |
17.6 in (447.5 mm) x 3.84 in (97.6 mm) x 31.9 in
(810 mm) |
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Rack mount |
17.6 in (447.5 mm) x 3.44 in (87.6 mm) x 29.13 in
(740 mm) |
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Weight |
33 lb (15 kg) without rack mount |
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Operating environment |
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Temperature |
50 to 113 degrees F, 10 to 45 degrees C |
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Relative humidity |
10% RH to 80% RH (non-condensing) |
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Electrical power |
4.0 amps at 100 V ac, 2.0 amps at 240 V ac 0.1 KVA |
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Attachment and systems support |
8 Gbps fibre- channel and 6 Gbps SAS interfaces,
attaching to IBM Power Systems, IBM System x, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, UNIX®,
Linux® and Windows® servers and non-IBM servers, workstations and
personal computers that support the interface specifications. |
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Operating systems support |
Native device-driver support is available for
IBM Power Systems, IBM System x, Windows Server® 2003, Sun Solaris,
HP-UX, Red Hat and United Linux. |
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