TS3200 Tape Library Express Model

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• Available with one or two Ultrium™ 4 or Ultrium 3 Tape Drives with either Low Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI, 4 Gbps Fibre Channel or 3 Gbps SAS (LTO4 only) attachment
  
   
• Configured to hold four removable magazines, providing 48 data cartridges, including a three-slot I/O station
  
   
• Standard bar code reader and remote management unit to give the user greater flexibility in deployment and operation
  
   
• Removable cartridge magazines supports quick bulk load of the tape library as well as ease of storage for media
  
   
• Ultrium WORM cartridges are supported with the IBM Ultrium Tape Drives.
  
   
• Standalone or rack-mountable

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The new IBM System Storage™ TS3200 Tape Library Express Model is designed to offer high capacity and performance technology for the midrange open systems environments. The TS3200 Tape Library is an external 4U standalone or rack-mountable unit that incorporates up to two Linear Tape-Open™ (LTO) IBM TotalStorage® Ultrium 4 or 3 Tape. The new LTO Ultrium 4 tape drive has a native data rate of up to 120 Mbps, per drive.

The IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library Express Model is an excellent tape storage solution for organizations with existing digital linear tape or requiring high-performance automated tape backup. The TS3200 is also designed for organizations that have limited physical space in their IT environments. Operating in a rack environment allows organizations the advantage of placing the TS3200 in a standard 19" rack, which provides 76.8 TB of compressed tape storage in just a 4U space.

The TS3200 Tape Library can be ordered with up to two Ultrium 4 or Ultrium 3 LVD SCSI, 4 Gbps Fibre Channel 3 Gbps SAS (LTO4 only) drives, which allow connection to a wide spectrum of open systems servers. IBM Ultrium 4 tape drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 3 and read LTO Ultrium 2 data cartridges; in addition IBM Ultrium 4 tape drives in either 4 Gbps FC or 3 Gbps SAS attach help support encryption of data.

The TS3200 Tape Library has four removable cartridge magazines, providing 48 data cartridge slots, including one three I/O station. The TS3200 Tape Library provides a media capacity of up to 38.4 TB (76.8 TB with 2:1 compression) data storage per unit. Remote management and a bar code reader are standard in the library, allowing the library to run in sequential or random access mode. Optional features available are rack mount kit, additional power supply and Path Failover.
 

• Standard bar code reader and remote management unit to give the user greater flexibility in deployment and operation
• Removable cartridge magazines support quick bulk load of the tape library as well as ease of storage for media
• Ultrium 3 WORM cartridges are supported with the IBM Ultrium 3 Tape Drives.
• Tape drive type: IBM LTO Ultrium 3(SCSI) or Ultrium 4(Fibre)
• Number of drives: 1-2
• Number of tape cartridges: 48
• Number of mail slots: 3
• Up to 38.4 TB capacity per tape library compressed; 19.2 TB native
• Up to 120 Mbps native with LTO Ultrium 4
• Up to 80 Mbps native data rate with LTO Ultrium 3
• Dimensions (W x H x D): 17.6 in (447.5 mm) x 7.29 in (185.2 mm) x 31.9 in (810 mm)

TS3200 data sheet

	Feature		Benefits
	Up to two LTO Ultrium 3 tape drives Native data rate of 80 Mbps per drive   More than double the performance over the previous generation of LTO tape drives
	SCSI or Fibre Channel connections Flexibility to fit into your open systems infrastructure
	Can read LTO Ultrium 1 data cartridges Upgrade your tape LTO drive infrastructure without making existing archives obsolete.
	Media capacity of 19.2 TB (38.4 TB with 2:1 compression) High capacity to address your tape storage demands now and into the future
	Standard bar code reader and remote management Supports both sequential and random access modes
	Optional rack mount kit High capacity enclosure fits in 4U of rack space to conserve precious space in your server racks.

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Drive Options Ultrium 4: LVD SCSI—FC (8143); 4 Gbps Fibre channel—FC(8144); 3 Gbps SAS—FC(8145) Ultrium 3: LVD SCSI—FC (8043); 4 Gbps Fibre channel (8044) Available Models: 3573 L4U 3573L3H (Express model, PN) includes IBM LTO Ultrium 3 LVD Ultra160 attach, SCSI tape drive, rack mount kit 3573F3H (Express model, PN) includes IBM LTO Ultrium 3 four Gbps Fibre Channel tape drive, rack mount kit 3573L4H (Express PN) includes IBM LTO Ultrium 4 LVD Ultra160 attach, SCSI tape drive 3573S4H (Express PN) includes IBM LTO Ultrium 4 three Gbps SAS attach tape drive 3573F4H (Express PN) includes IBM LTO Ultrium 4 four Gbps Fibre Channel attach tape drive Optional Feature Codes Rack mount 7002 Right-side magazine set 8106 Path Failover 1682 Additional Power Supply 1901 Tape drive type IBM LTO Ultrium 3 Number of Drives 1-2 Number of tape cartridges 48 Number of mail slots 3 Capacity Up to 1.6 TB per cartridge compressed; 800 GB native Up to 800 GB per cartridge compressed; 400 GB native Up to 76.8 TB per tape library compressed; 38.4 TB native Up to 38.4 TB per tape Library compressed; 19.2 TB native Data transfer rate Up to 120 Mbps native with LTO Ultrium 4 Up to 80 Mbps native with LTO Ultrium 3 Dimensions (W x H x D) Stand alone 17.6 in (447.5 mm) x 7.29 in (185.2 mm) x 31.9 in (810 mm) Rack-mount 17.6 in (447.5 mm) x 6.89 in (175.2 mm) x 29.13 in (740 mm) Weight 33 lb (15kg) without rack mount Operating Environment Temperature 50 to 95 degrees F, 10 to 35 degrees C Relative Humidity 15% RH to 85% RH (non-condensing) Electrical power 1.3 amps at 100 V ac, 0.7 amps at 240 V ac Attachment and systems support The TS3200 features LVD Ultra160 and 3 Gbps SAS (LTO4 only) interfaces, attaching to IBM System p™ and System p5™, pSeries®, IBM System i™ and System i5™, iSeries™, IBM System x™, IBM RS/6000® SP™, IBM AS/400®, IBM BladeCenter®, and IBM Netfinity® systems, and non-IBM servers, workstations and personal computers Operating Systems support Native device driver support is available for IBM AIX®, IBM OS/400®, IBM i5/OS®, Windows® 2000, Windows Server® 2003, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Red Hat and United Linux®.