IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware Announcement
ZG14-0114, dated May 19, 2014
IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware
Announcement ZG14-0114
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IBM TS4500 tape library models deliver higher
storage density, integrated storage management, and
improved ease of use
Table of contents
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Overview
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Publications
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Key prerequisites
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Technical information
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Planned availability date
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Terms and conditions
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Description
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Prices
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Product positioning
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Announcement countries
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Product number
At a glance
The IBM® TS4500 tape library combines IBM tape and automation reliability at open
systems prices. New models expand capacity and function, and are designed to
deliver the following enhancements:
• Storage for up to 2.2 PB of data in a single frame library, up to 3.4 times
improvement over the previous generation of IBM tape libraries
• Improved storage density with expansion frame capacity increase of up to 2.4
times and support for 33 percent more tape drives
• Dynamic storage management through the Advanced Library Management
System (ALMS) which is now standard in the TS4500
• Improved business continuity and disaster recovery with automatic control path
and data path failover
• Data security and regulatory compliance through support for tape drive
encryption and WORM media
