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Midrange/Enterprise Tape Products
Tape Storage Systems (continued)
Tape Drive
Tape Drive
Tape Controller
Tape Library
Tape Virtualization
Enterprise Tape Virtualization
3592
3592
3592
3577
3584
ProtecTIER
Appliance
Virtualization Engine
Product
TS1130
TS1120
TS1120
TS3400
TS3500
TS7650
TS7530
Machine Type
model
3592
E06
EU6
3592
E05
3592
C06
3577
L5U
3584
L23
D23
S24
3958
AP1
3954
CV7 (requires additional machine types and
models)
Product strengths
Multiplatform support
High performance
High capacity
Data protection
Multiplatform support
High performance
High capacity
Data protection
System z attachment of TS1130
and TS1120 drives
High performance
Compact format
Operates in library or autoloader
mode
Multiplatform support
Advanced management
Scalable
High Density (HD) Slot
Technology
Eliminates redundant data by up
to a factor of 25:1
Reduces backup window
Reduces recovery time
High capacity
Number of drives
1
1
1–12
1–2
1–192
Up to 256
Up to 1024 (1 node)*
Up to 4096 (4 node)*
WORM/Encryption
yes/yes
yes/yes
yes/yes
yes/yes
yes/yes
no/no
no/yes
Number of cartridges
NA
NA
NA
18
6260
2
Up to 500,000
Up to 64,000 (1 node)*
Up to 256,000 (4 node)*
Native capacity
60/100/128 GB (JJ/JR media)
300/500/640 GB (JA/JW media)
700 GB/1 TB (JB/JX media)
60/100 GB (JJ/JR media)
300/500 GB (JA/JW media)
700 GB (JB/JX media)
NA
Up to 18 TB
Up to 6.2 PB
Up to 36 TB useable
Up to 1.7 PB
Typical capacity
1
384 GB with JJ/JR
1920 GB with JA/JW
3 TB with JB/JX
180/300 GB with JJ/JR
900/1500 GB with JA/JW
2.1 TB with JB/JX
NA
Up to 54 TB
Up to 18.6 PB
Up to 900 TB (nominal capacity
based on a deduplication ration
of 25:1)
Up to 1.7 PB
Up to 2.6 PB
Native performance
Up to 160 MBps
Up to 104 MBps
Varies
8
Up to 320 MBps
Up to 30.7 GBps
Up to 500 MBps
Up to 4.8 GBps
Interface
4 Gbps
4 Gbps FC
4 Gbps FC
4 Gbps FC
4 Gbps FC
4 GBps FC
4 Gbps FC
Supported tape library
TS3400, TS3500, 3494***
TS3400, TS3500, 3494***
TS3400, TS3500, 3494***
NA
NA
NA
TS3500, TS3310, TS3200, TS3100, 3494***
Platform support
5
System p, System i, System x,
System z; Microsoft Windows;
HP-UX; Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System i, System x,
System z; Microsoft Windows;
HP
-
UX; Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System i, System x,
System z; Microsoft Windows;
HP
-
UX; Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System i, System x,
System z, Microsoft Windows,
HP
-
UX, Sun Solaris, Linux
System p, System i, System x,
System z; Microsoft Windows;
HP
-
UX; Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System i, System x,
Microsoft Windows; HP-UX;
Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System x, System z
10
, System i
11
;
Microsoft Windows; HP
-
UX; Sun Solaris;
Linux
Application support
6
A B C D E G
A B C D E F G H J L
7
A B C D E F G H J L
7
A B C D E J
See drive
A, B
A, B
Media
Refer to Tape Media, page 8
Refer to Tape Media, page 8
NA
Refer to Tape Media, page 8
Refer to Tape Media, page 8
NA
NA
Warranty period
1 year
1 year
1 year
1 year
1 year
1 year
1 year
Warranty type
Onsite Repair (24x7)
Onsite Repair (24x7)
Onsite Repair (24x7)
Onsite Repair (24x7)
Onsite Repair (24x7)
Onsite Repair (24x7)
Onsite Repair (24x7)
*
Virtual resource specification
**
for data replication only
***
Product withdrawn from marketing
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:
Typical compression for mainframe environments is 3:1; 2:1 for open systems (user results may vary)
2:
Max number of 3592 cartridges decreases as tape drives are added
3:
IBM AIX 4.1.5 or later.
4:
Load and search only
5:
Server platforms with SAN-ready attachability, model- and feature
-
dependent.
6:
The latest ISV
support can be found in the connectivity section at
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/tape/library.html#compatibility
.
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.
8:
Performance varies by environment
10:
Applies to Linux on System z
using FCP
11:
Requires RPQ
12:
EE = Enterprise Edition LE = Limited Edition
