IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Hardware
Announcement ZG14-0114
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Note:
Although the Ultrium 5 Tape Drive provides the capability for excellent
tape performance, other components of the system may limit the actual
performance achieved. Although the compression technology used in the
tape drive can typically double the amount of data that can be stored on the
media, the actual degree of compression achieved is highly sensitive to the
characteristics of the data being compressed.
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Increased tape cartridge capacity:
The LTO Generation 5 media specification
tape cartridge physical capacity is up to 3.0 TB compressed physical capacity,
more than double that of the Ultrium 4 and 5 Data Cartridge. This is achieved by
increasing the linear density, track density, and media length. The IBM Ultrium
5 tape itself is an advanced Barium Ferrite tape developed to help provide
durability and increased capacity.
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Encryption:
The IBM TS1050 LTO Ultrium 5 Tape Drive supports data encryption
on the base drive with Ultrium 5 media. System Managed and Library Managed
Encryption and associated IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager access are
all available as a chargeable licensed key (feature 1604, Transparent LTO
Encryption) under the TS4500 Tape Library L-frames. IBM Security Key Lifecycle
Manager is required with this feature.
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Attachment options:
The TS1050 Tape Drive comes with 8 Gbps Fibre Channel
dual-ported attachment models for connection to a wide spectrum of open
system servers. They are supported on a wide range of environments including
select IBM Power Systems, IBM System i, IBM System p, IBM System x, IBM
System z (zLinux), other servers running Linux, Oracle Solaris, and Microsoft
Windows operating system environments.
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WORM media support:
LTO Generation 5 with media specification provides up
to 1.5 TB native capacity, up to 3.0 TB in compressed mode, and up to 140 Mbps
native data rate. IBM 3589 Ultrium 5 WORM Tape Cartridges are designed for
archiving and data retention applications, as well as those applications requiring
an audit trail. These cartridges work with the IBM LTO Ultrium 5 Tape Drive
to help prevent the alteration or deletion of user data. IBM LTO 5 WORM Tape
Cartridges can be ordered as unique 3589 models with the following features:
– Prelabeling with the ability to specify a starting volume serial and color coding
– Packaging in individual jewel cases or in bulk
– Cartridge memory, built into every cartridge, enhances functionality and media
reliability by storing access history and media performance information for use
by the tape drive every time the cartridge is accessed
– Half-inch particle tape with up to 3.0 TB WORM compressed capacity in a
single cartridge
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Larger internal data buffer:
There is a 512 MB internal data buffer in the
Ultrium 5 Tape Drive.
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Digital speed matching:
The Ultrium 5 Tape Drive is designed to perform
dynamic speed matching to adjust the drive's native data rate as closely as
possible to the net host data rate (after data compressibility has been factored
out). This helps reduce the number of backhitch repositions and improve
throughput performance. Speed matching is 40 to 140 MB/sec on Ultrium 5.
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IBM LTFS partitioning support:
The principal function of the media
partitioning is to allow for faster data access by splitting the cartridge into two
media partitions. LTFS media partitioning is supported in the TS1050 Tape
Drive, and LTFS LE, LTFS EE, and LTFS Storage Manager will be supported in the
TS4500 Tape Library. WORM media cannot be partitioned.
The IBM LTFS software leverages LTO5 tape partitioning. It is designed to enable a
self-describing tape file format and to deliver an easy tape storage and distribution
solution without the use of additional database applications. Customers of IBM LTFS
software are those who require a standard tape cartridge format at a low cost and
will use standalone IBM LTO5 tape drives. IBM LTFS is the perfect solution for those
in the media and entertainment industry, and other fields that need massive data
storage on tape for long retention periods, such as banking, scientific research,
and government sectors. For further information and a list of supported operating
systems, refer to the following website
http://www.ibm.com/tape/ltfs
