IBM DS4300 manual Tape Storage Systems Products, 3592 3590 3494 3494-VTS

Tape Storage Systems

Products

Tape Products

	3592	3590	3494	3494-VTS
Product	1/2" Tape Drive	1/2" Tape Drive	1/2" Cartridge Tape Library	Virtual Tape Server
Machine	3592	3590	3494 (Frames)	3494
Model	J1A		L12, L14, L22-Library D12,D14,D22,D24-Library	B10, B20
			(Frame)
			S10-Storage
			HA1-High Availability
Product Strengths	Multipurpose drive, capacity, performance, Write Once	Capacity, performance, reliability	Modular, reliable automation for high-volume storage	Virtualtape,fastaccess peer-to-peercopy
	Read Many (WORM) support
Technology	Longitudinal Serpentine	Longitudinal Serpentine		Disk: Emulated 3490E Tape: 3592, 3590 1/2"
Number of	8/512	H: 16/384	Drive Dependent	N/A
Heads/Tracks		E: 16/256
Number of Drives	1	1	Drive Dependent	64–256 (virtual)
Max Number of	N/A	N/A	6,2402	500,000 (virtual volumes)
Cartridges
Cartridge Capacity	300/900GB	E: 20/60GB	Drive Dependent	Drive Dependent
Native/Compressed	300/900GB WORM	EX: 40/120GB
	60/180GB	H: 30/90GB
	60/180GB WORM	HX: 60/180GB
Max System	900GB	EX: 120GB	H: 561TB	Disk: up to 5.2TB
Capacity		HX: 180GB	HX: 1122TB	Tape: 5616TB
Compressed1			J1A: 5616TB
Max Drive Data	40/120MB/sec	E: 14/42MB/sec	Drive Dependent	VTS: Drive Dependent
Rate1		H: 14/42MB/sec
Native/Compressed
Time to Data4	Cartridge Dependent	Model Dependent	Drive Dependent	VTS: 1–3 seconds if data in VTS Cache
Interface	FC, ESCON®, FICON, 2Gb FICON	SCSI-2 F/W, Diff PCI, Ultra SCSI, FC, ESCON, FICON, 2Gb	SCSI-2 F/W, Diff PCI, Ultra SCSI, FC, ESCON, FICON, 2Gb	Ultra SCSI, ESCON, FICON
		FICON	FICON
SAN-Ready5	pSeries, iSeries, RS/6000®, Sun, HP, Windows NT®,	pSeries, iSeries, RS/6000, Sun, HP, Windows NT, Linux,	pSeries, iSeries, RS/6000, Sun, HP, Windows NT, Linux,	pSeries, RS/6000, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Sun
	Linux, Windows 2000	Windows 2000, Tru64 UNIX	Windows 2000, Tru64 UNIX
Supported	iSeries, AS/400®, pSeries, RS/6000, zSeries, S/390®,	iSeries, AS/400, pSeries, RS/6000, zSeries, S/390, Tru64	iSeries, AS/400, pSeries, RS/6000, zSeries, S/390,	pSeries, RS/6000, zSeries, S/390, Windows 2000,
Platforms5	Linux, Windows 2000, Sun, HP	UNIX, Linux, Windows 2000, Sun, HP	Linux, Windows 2000, Sun, HP	Sun, HP
ISV (Independent	Model Dependent7	Model Dependent7	A B D E F G H I J K L M8
Software Vendor)5
Media	18P7534	05H4434	18P7534 (3592)	18P7534
Part number		X: 05H3188	05H4434 (3590)	05H4434
1-888-IBM-Media			X: 05H3188 (3590)	X: 05H3188
Warranty	IBM Onsite Repair 1 year, 24x7	IBM Onsite Repair 1 year, 24x7	IBM Onsite Repair 1 year, 24x7	IBM Onsite 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.