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IBM
IBM Tape Libraries
IBM Tape Drives
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IBM System Storage™ TS3310 Tape Library

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Modular, scalable tape library designed to grow
as your needs grow
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Available in desktop, desk side and rack mounted
configurations
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Designed for optimal data storage efficiency
with high cartridge density using standard or WORM LTO data cartridges
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Hot-swap tape drives and power supplies
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Redundant power and host path connectivity
failover options
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Remote Web-based management and SMI-S interface
capable
The IBM System Storage™ TS3310 Tape Library is
a modular, scalable tape library designed to address the tape storage needs of
rapidly growing companies who find themselves space and resource constrained
with tape backup and other tape applications.
Designed around a 5U high modular base library unit, the TS3310 is designed to
scale vertically with expansion for LTO tape cartridges, drives and redundant
power supplies.
The base library module, model L5B, is the entry point for the product family.
It contains all of the necessary robotics and intelligence to manage the 5U high
library system, which houses up to 41 cartridges (35 storage slots and
6 Input/Output slots) and two LTO generation 4 and/or generation 3 tape drives.
The TS3310 model L5B can be expanded with the addition of expansion units, the
model E9U.
Each model E9U contains 92 physical LTO cartridge storage cells and space for up
to four LTO 4 and/or LTO 3 tape drives. The TS3310 supports either the standard
or WORM LTO data cartridge. Additionally, the E9U has space for up to two (one
redundant) power supply modules. (At least one power supply module must be
installed if a drive is present in the E9U.)
For organizations unsure of their short or long term tape capacity needs, the
TS3310 Tape Library’s Capacity on Demand (COD) capability allows the system to
scale as needs grow. In the initial shipped configuration, an E9U has half of
its storage cells enabled. As your business grows, the purchase of a capacity on
demand key allows you to enable the second half of the model E9U storage cells.
Building on the success of IBM’s patented Multi-path architecture, the TS3310
can be divided into one logical library per installed tape drive. These logical
libraries can be simultaneously connected to a wide variety of different
servers, running different operating systems and tape applications.
Designed for the ultimate in system availability, optional data path and control
path feature can help support ongoing host connectivity under a variety of
adverse conditions.
To help you measure and evaluate media and drive performance in the library, an
Advanced Reporting may be activated via license key. This feature enables drive
resource utilization reporting and media integrity analysis reporting functions.
These user-configurable reporting functions provide graphical displays for both
diagnostic and trend analysis data, designed to help evaluate tape drive, and
media performance and drive utilization parameters. The drive resource
utilization report can help you identify drives or groups of drives that are
nearing 100% utilization. It will also help identify drive resources that are
not being fully utilized and provide information necessary to determine if
additional drives are necessary.
An Encryption Key Manager path diagnostic function is also available to assist
administrative users in the setup, configuration, or troubleshooting of
encryption enabled libraries.
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Modular, scalable design |
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- Easy expansion for growing tape
storage needs
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Designed for high density |
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- Save space in tightly constrained
data centers
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Capacity on demand option |
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- Provide for unplanned spikes in
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- Expand quickly to meet the needs of
your business
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Vertical expansion over 400 LTO cartridges |
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- Protect your investment through
expandability
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Patented Multipath architecture |
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- Serve your heterogeneous
infrastructure with a single integrated system
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- Ease the burden on storage
administrators
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3576 Model L5B |
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3576 Model L5B and four E9U models |
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Configuration |
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Base library |
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Base library and 4 expansion units |
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LTO storage slots (max) |
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35 |
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401 |
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LTO Input/Output slots (max) |
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6 |
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54 |
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Maximum tape drives |
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18 |
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Total Physical Capacity (2:1 compression) |
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56 TB |
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up to 641.6 TB |
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Capacity on Demand increments |
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n/a |
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46 cartridges |
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Maximum logical libraries |
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2 |
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18 |
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Form factor/height
(H x W x D) |
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L5B: 219.7 mm (8.65 in) x 443.2 mm (17.45 in) x
801.4 mm (31.55 in)
L5B+E9U: 620.8 mm (24.4 in) x 443.2 mm (17.45 in) x
801.4 mm (31.55 in) |
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Tape Drive Interface options |
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4 Gbps Fibre Channel and 3 Gbps SAS (LTO4 only),
SCSI-U160 (LTO3 only) |
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Network interface |
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Ethernet |
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Power supply
(std/max) |
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L5B: 1 standard (2 max) L5B+E9U: 2 standard (4 max);
L5B+E9U+E9U: 3 standard (6 max); L5B+3 E9U: 4 std (8 max); L5B + 4 E9U:
5 std (10 max) |
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Hot-swap components |
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Power supplies, tape drives |
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RAID support |
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n/a |
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Systems management |
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SMI-S enabled |
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Operating systems supported |
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OS/400®, V5R2, V5R3, or later
AIX 5L™ V5.1, V5.2, V5.3 or later
Sun Solaris 8 and 9
Microsoft® Windows® 2000
Microsoft Windows 2003
HP-UX 11.0, HP-UX 11.11 and HP-UX 11.231
Linux® distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Version 4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 |
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Limited warranty |
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1 year 9 x 5 next business day |
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Weight |
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L5B: 38.6 kg (85 lb) max
L5B+E9U: 88.5 kg (195 lb) max |
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