IBM TotalStorage Ultrium 3580 L23, Setup And Operator Manual

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Chapter 1. Introduction
The IBM 3580 Tape Drive Models L23 and H23 are high-performance,
high-capacity data-storage devices that connect to and provide additional storage
for supported servers. Designed to perform unattended backups as well as to
retrieve and archive files, the IBM 3580 Tape Drive Models L23 and H23 feature:
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Native storage capacity of 200 GB per cartridge (400 GB at 2:1 compression)
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Native sustained data transfer rate of up to 35 MB per second (70 MB per
second at 2:1 compression)
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Burst data transfer rate of 160 MB per second for Model L23
The IBM 3580 Tape Drive Models L23 and H23 are equipped internally with the
IBM Ultrium 2 Tape Drive.
For the remainder of this guide, the IBM 3580 Tape Drive Models L23 and H23 will
be referred to as the 3580 Ultrium 2 Tape Drive. Table 1 on page 2 lists the 3580
Tape Drive models. It lists each model’s SCSI attachment, and it shows that Models
L23 and H23 are Ultrium 2 models, while all other models are Ultrium 1 models.
1. 1 GB = one gigabyte or 1 000 000 000 bytes
2. 1 MB = one megabyte or 1 000 000 bytes
Figure 1. The IBM 3580 Ultrium 2 Tape Drive
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