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Tape Storage Systems (continued)
Enterprise Tape Products
Enterprise Tape Virtualization
Virtualization Engine
ProtecTIER Gateway
TS7720
TS7740
TS7650G
3957
VEA (requires additional
machine types and
models)
3957
V06 (requires additional
machine types and
models)
3958
DD3
Increases performance
Scalable
Large cache for fast recall
Increases performance
Scalable
Helps reduce cost
Eliminates redundant data by up
to a factor of 25:1
NA
Up to 128*
Up to 768* (3 site GRID)
Up to 256 (1 node)*
Up to 512 (clustered)*
no/no
no/yes
no/no
Up to 1,000,000*
Up to 1,000,000*
Up to 500,000 (1 node)*
Up to 1,000,000 (clustered)*
Up to 70 TB
Up to 210 TB (3 site GRID)
Up to 14 TB
Up to 42 TB (3 site GRID)
Up to 1 PB, 2 PB clustered
Up to 210 TB
Up to 630 TB (3 site GRID)
Up to 42 TB
Up to 126 TB (3 site GRID)
Up to 1 PB, 2 PB clustered
Up to 600 MBps
Up to 600 MBps
Up to 500 MBps, 1000 MBps
clustered
4 Gbps FC
4 Gbps FC
4 GBps FC
NA
TS3500, 3494***
NA
System z
System z
System p, System i, System x,
Microsoft Windows; HP-UX;
Sun Solaris; Linux
E
E
A, B
NA
NA
NA
1 year
1 year
1 year
Onsite Repair (24x7)
Onsite Repair (24x7)
Onsite Repair (24x7)
Product
Machine Type
model
Product strengths
Number of drives
WORM/Encryption
Number of cartridges
Native capacity
Typical capacity
1
Native performance
Interface
Supported tape library
Platform support
5
Application support
6
Media
Warranty period
Warranty type
Tape Drives
7206-336
7207
7212
7214
Product
DAT72 Tape Drive
SLR60 Tape Drive
Device Enclosure*
Device Enclosure*
Machine Type
model
7206
336-DDS Gen 5
7207
330
7212
103
7214
1U2
Product
strengths
Cost-effective streaming
tape drive
Backward read/write com-
patible with System i internal
Rack-mountable 2
-
drive
enclosure utilizes only 1U
(1.75") of space
Rack-mountable 2-drive enclosure utilizes
only 1U (1.75") of space
Number of drives
1
1
1–2
1–2
Max number of
cartridges
1
1
2
2
Cartridge capac-
ity native/
compressed
36/72 GB
330: 30/60 GB
DVD: Variable (FC1103)
DAT72: 36/72GB (FC1105)
SLR60: Variable (FC1107)
SLR100: Variable (FC1108)
HHLTO2: 200/400 GB
(FC1109)
DVDRAM: Variable (FC1420)
DVDROM: Variable (FC1421)
DAT72: 36/72 GB (FC1400)
DAT160 80/160 GB (FC1401)
HHLTO4 800 GB/1.6 TB (FC1404)
Max drive data
rate
1
native/
compressed
336: 3/6 MBps
330: 4/8 MBps
DDS/DAT72: 3/6 MBps
HHLTO2: 30/60 MBps
DAT72 3/6 MBps
DAT160 6.9/13.8 MBps
HHLTO4 120/40 MBps
Interface
SCSI-2 F/W SE, LVD/SE
SCSI-2 SE, ULTRA, LVD/SE,
160/320
SCSI-3 ULTRA, LVS,
160/320
3 Gbps SAS
Platform
support
3
System p
System p, System i
System p, System i,
IBM Power Systems
IBM Power Systems
Media
Refer to Tape Media, page 8
Refer to Tape Media, page 8
Refer to Tape Media, page 8
Refer to Tape Media, page 8
Warranty period
1 year
1 year
1 year
1 year
Warranty type
Onsite Repair (24x7)
Onsite Repair (24x7)
Onsite Repair (24x7)
Onsite Repair (24x7)
* 7212-103 and 7214-1U2 also offer DVD
-
ROM and DVD
-
RAM optical drives
For most current information, visit:
ibm.com
/servers/storage/tape/compatibility/index.html
Diff
= Differential,
N/A
= Not Applicable,
FC
= Fibre Channel,
X
= Extended length cartridge,
IOE
= IBM Onsite Exchange,
CRU
= Customer Replaceable Unit
NOTES 1:
Compressed data rates are estimates and are data-, application- and processor-dependent. User results may vary.
3:
Server platforms with SAN-ready attachability, model-
and feature
-
dependent.
6:
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.
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