IBM 7214 manual Choice of Features, Tape Drive, DVD Optical Drive, GB with a data transfer rate of

DVD-ROM optical drive for a total of up to three drives. The 7214 storage device enclosure may also feature two tape drives. No more than two DVD drives may be featured in a single enclosure.

Connection of the 7214 enclosure to System p requires the PCI-X DDR Dual­ x4 SAS Adapter (Feature # 5900). Up to two 7214 enclosures may be attached to this adapter.

The new Serial SCSI electronic bus fea­ tured in the 7214 helps potentially pro­ vide higher through-put of drive data exchange on your System p server.

The 7214 also includes a control card sensor that can track hardware func­ tions, and alerts the user regarding temperature and other operating condi­ tions to help provide an available and reliable save and restore operation.

Warranty for the 7214 is one year. Service offerings include on-site service as well as a lower cost option for you to service the unit yourself during idle time of a save or restore operation.

Choice of Features

Drive options on the 7214 Storage Enclosure the DAT72 tape drive, and either a slim design DVD-RAM or DVD­ ROM optical drive feature

- Tape Drive

DAT72 4mm tape drive—Storage capacity of up to 72 GB with a data transfer rate of up to 6 MB per second (assumes 2:1 compression). The DAT72 tape drive has a Serial SCSI bus for improved through-put of data. Media used in the DAT72 drive is read/write compatible with DDS-4, DDS-3 and DDS-2 media formats.

- DVD Optical Drive

DVD drive offered on the 7214 Storage Device Enclosure use bare media and support both synchronous and

asynchronous data transfers. The DVD drive is compatible with 2.6 GB,

4.7 GB, 5.2 GB, and 9.4 GB media.

RAM drive—Native capacity of up to

9.4GB with a data transfer rate of

2.77MB per second. With a typical 3:1 compression, a single disc can read and write up to 28 GB of data. The DVD-RAM drive is mounted in the DVD sled feature, which has space for a second DVD-RAM or DVD-ROM drive. The DVD-RAM drive can read CD- recordable, CD-RW and CD-ROM media.

ROM drive—Native capacity of up to

9.4GB with a data transfer rate of

5.1MB per second. With a typical 3:1 compression, a single disc can store up to 28 GB of data. The DVD­ ROM drive is mounted in the DVD sled feature, which has space for a second DVD-ROM or DVD-RAM drive. A DVD­ ROM drive can read DVD-RAM, CD­ RW and CD-ROM media.