5
Tape Storage Systems (continued)
F/W
= Fast/Wide,
Diff
= Differential,
N/A
= Not Applicable,
FC
= Fibre Channel,
X
= Extended length cartridge,
IOE
= IBM Onsite Exchange,
CRU
= Customer Replaceable Unit
NOTES 1:
Max number of cartridges decreases as tape drives are added.
2:
Typical compression for open system environments is 2:1 (user results may vary)
4:
Also includes selected IBM xSeries
®
, IBM Netfinity
®
, IBM System i, IBM AS/400
®
and IBM System p servers. System z support for Linux only
5:
Refer to
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/config/ssic/displayesssearchwithoutjs.wss?start_over=yes
for current application support
6:
In most countries
7:
The following vendors provide application support to the platforms defined above:
A
= IBM Tivoli
®
Storage Manager,
B
= Symantec Veritas NetBackup,
C
= Symantec Veritas Backup Exec,
D
= EMC Legato NetWorker,
E
= CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup,
F
= HP OpenView Storage Data Protector,
G
= CommVault Galaxy,
H
= BakBone NetVault,
I
= LSC,
J
= IBM BRMS,
K
= IBM OnDemand,
L
= Help/Systems Robot/Save,
M
= LXI Media Management,
N
= Dantz.
Native
performance
Gen 3: 60 MBps
Gen 4:
120 MBps
Gen 3: 80 MBps
Gen 4:
120 MBps
Up to 120 MBps
Up to 120 MBps
Up to 240 MBps
Up to 240 MBps
Up to 480 MBps
80 MBps
120 MBps
Up to 2.16 GBps
Up to 23 GBps
Interface
LVD SCSI,
3 Gbps SAS
3 Gbps SAS
LVD SCSI
LVD SCSI,
3 Gbps SAS
3 Gbps SAS
4 Gbps FC
3 Gbps SAS
LVD SCSI
3 Gbps SAS
LVD SCSI
4 Gbps FC
3 Gbps SAS
LVD SCS
3 Gbps SAS
LVD SCSI
4 Gbps FC
4 Gbps FC
4 Gbps FC
3 Gbps SAS
LVD SCSI
4 Gbps FC
Supported tape
libraries
NA
NA
NA
NA
N/A
N/A
NA NA NA TS3500
TS3500
NA
NA
Platform support
4
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws, HP
-
UX,
Sun Solaris,
Linux
System p,
System x and
others support-
ing 3 Gbps
attach
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws; HP
-
UX;
Sun Solaris;
Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws, HP
-
UX,
Sun Solaris,
Linux
System p,
System x and
other supporting
3 Gbps attach
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft
Windows;
HP
-
UX; Sun
Solaris; Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft
Windows;
HP
-
UX; Sun
Solaris; Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft
Windows;
HP
-
UX; Sun
Solaris; Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft
Windows;
HP
-
UX; Sun
Solaris; Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws; HP
-
UX;
Sun Solaris;
Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws; HP
-
UX;
Sun Solaris;
Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws; HP
-
UX;
Sun Solaris;
Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws; HP
-
UX;
Sun Solaris;
Linux
Application
support
5
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L, M
A (others in plan)
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L, M, N
7
A (others in plan)
A (others in plan)
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L, M, N
7
A, B (others in
plan)
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L, N
7
A, B (others in
plan)
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L
7
A (others in plan)
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L
7
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L
7
Media
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Warranty period
3 years
6
3 years
3 years
6
3 years
6
1 year
6
3 years
6
3 years
6
3 years
6
3 years
6
1 year
1 year
1 year
1 year
Warranty type
CRU
CRU
CRU
CRU
CRU
CRU
CRU CRU CRU Onsite
Repair
(24x7)
Onsite Repair
(24x7)
Next Business
Day (9x5)
Onsite Repair
(24x7)
TS2230
TS2240
3580
TS2340
TS2900
TS3100
TS3100
TS3200
TS3200
TS1030
TS1040
TS3310
TS3500
Entry-level Tape Drives
Entry-level Tape Libraries
Midrange Tape Drives
Midrange Tape Libraries
Entry-level (cont’d)/Midrange Tape Products
