IBM DS4300 manual 7204 7206 7206-VX2 7332 7208 7205 7207 7212-102 7212-312, Max Number Cartridges

Tape Storage Systems (continued)

Products (continued)

Complementary Storage Products

	7204	7206	7206-VX2	7332	7208		7205	7207	7212-102	7212-312
Product	External Disk Drive	4mm DDS-4	8mm VXA-2 Tape	4mm DDS-3,4 Tape	8mm Mammoth		SDLT Drive	SLR (QIC)	Storage Device	VXA-2 Autoloader
		4mm Gen 5 (DAT72)	Drive	Autoloader	Tape Drive		Tape Drive	Compatible External	Enclosure
								Tape Drive
Machine	7204	7206	7206	7332	7208	7205		7207	7212	7212
Model	518-18GB	220-DDS4	VX2	220-DDS4	345-Mammoth-2	550		122	102	312
	536-36GB	336-DDS Gen 5						330
	573-73GB
Product Strengths	External deskside	Cost-effective	Low-cost, high-	Autoload tape car-	High-performance		Cost-effective	Backward read/write	Rack-mountable	Rack-mountable
	disk storage	streaming tape drive	capacity VXA-2	tridges into DDS-4	8mm technology		save/restore/archive	compatible with	2-drive enclosure	Only 1 EIA rack unit
			technology	drive			solution	iSeries internal	utilizes only 1U	high
									(1.75") of space
Technology	N/A	Helical Scan	Helical Scan	Helical Scan	Helical Scan		Longitudinal	SLR (QIC format)	DDS, DVD, VXA	Helical Scan
							Serpentine
Number of	8 heads	Rotating Drum	Rotating Drum	Rotating Drum	Rotating Drum	8/536		1/1	DDS/VXA: Rotating	Rotating Drum
Heads/Tracks	4 disks								Drum
Number of Drives	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1–2	1
Max Number of	N/A	1	1	6	1	1		1	2	10
Cartridges
Cartridge Capacity	N/A	220: 20/40GB	20/40GB	20/40GB	60/150GB		160/320GB	122: 4/8GB	DDS-4: 20/40GB	80 GB/160GB
Native/Compressed		336: 36/72GB	59/118GB					330: 30/60GB	DAT72: 36/72GB
			80/160GB						VXA-2: 80/160GB
Max System	518: 18GB	220: 40GB	160GB	240GB	150GB		320GB	122: 4/8GB	160GB with two	1600 GB
Capacity	536: 36GB	336: 72GB						330: 30/60GB	VXA-2 drives
Compressed1	573: 73GB								18.8GB with two
									DVD-RAM drives
Max Drive Data	80MB/sec	220: 3/6MB/sec	6/12MB/sec	3/6MB/sec	12/30MB/sec		16/32MB/sec	122: .38/.76MB/sec	DDS/DAT72:	6/12MB/sec
Rate1		336: 3/6MB/sec						330: 4/8MB/sec	3/6MB/sec
Native/Compressed									VXA: 6/12MB/sec
Time to Data4	70ms	50 seconds	50 seconds	40 seconds	93 seconds		70 seconds	122: 85 seconds	VXA-2: 40 seconds	50 seconds
								330: 50 seconds	VXA: 40 seconds
									DAT72: 50 seconds
Interface	SCSI-3 ULTRA,	SCSI-2 F/W SE,	SCSI-3 ULTRA,	SCSI-2 F/W SE,	SCSI-2 Ultra2 LVD		SCSI-2 F/W, Diff PCI,	SCSI-2 SE, ULTRA,	SCSI-3 ULTRA,	SCSI-3 Ultra, LVD-
	LVD/SE, 160/320	LVD/SE	LVD/SE, 160/320	LVD/SE			Ultra2 SCSI LVD	LVD/SE, 160/320	LVS/SE, 160/320	SE, 160/320
SAN-Ready5	pSeries, RS/6000	pSeries, RS/6000	pSeries, RS/6000,	pSeries, RS/6000	pSeries, RS/6000,		pSeries, RS/6000	iSeries, AS/400,		pSeries/RS6000
			iSeries, AS/400,		iSeries, AS/400,			pSeries, RS/6000
			Windows NT		Windows NT
Supported	pSeries, RS/6000	pSeries, RS/6000	pSeries, RS/6000,	pSeries, RS/6000	pSeries, RS/6000,		pSeries, RS/60003	iSeries, AS/400,	pSeries, RS/6000,	pSeries/RS6000
Platforms5			iSeries, AS/400		iSeries, AS/400			pSeries, RS/6000	iSeries, AS/400
ISV (Independent	A B C E8	A B C E8	A B C E8	A B C E8	A B C E J8		A B C E8	A B C D E8	Varies	A B C E8
Software Vendor)5
Media	N/A	DDS-4: 59H4456	19P4876 (230M),	DDS-4: 59H4456	18P6485-60GB		35L1119	122: 59H3660	DDS-4: 59H4456	19P4876
Part number		DAT72: 18P7912	19P4877 (170M),					330: 19P4209	DAT72: 18P7912
1-888-IBM-Media			19P4878 (62M)						VXA-2: 19P4876
									SLR60: 19P4209
									SLR100: 35L0968
Warranty	IBM Onsite Repair	IBM Onsite Repair	IBM Onsite Repair	IBM Onsite Repair	IBM Onsite Repair		IBM Onsite Repair	IBM Onsite Repair	IBM Onsite Repair	CRU, IBM Onsite
	1 year, 24x7	1 year, 24x7	1 year, 24x7	1 year, 24x7	1 year, 24x7		1 Year, 24x7	1 Year, 24x7	1 Year, 24x7	Repair 1 year, 24x7

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: Compressed data rates are estimates and are data-, application- and processor-dependent. User results may vary. 2: Max number of cartridges decreases as tape drives are added. 3: AIX 4.1.5 or later. 4: Load and search only. 5: Server platforms with SAN-ready attachability, model- and feature-dependent. 6: Depends on virtual cartridge configuration. 7: The latest ISV support can be found in the connectivity section at ibm.com/storage/tape/conntrix. 8: The following vendors provide application support to the platforms defined above: A = Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), B = IBM SysBack™ 6000, C = CA ARCserve IT, D = Legato NetWorker, E = VERITAS NetBackup, F = CA Alexandria, G = SCH ReelLibrarian, H = SCH ReelBackup, I = LSC, J = IBM BRMS, K = IBM OnDemand, L = Help/Systems Robot/Save, M = LXI Media Management, N = Dantz.