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Tape Storage Systems (continued)
Enterprise Tape Products
Tape Drive Tape Controller Tape Library Tape Virtualization
3592 3592 3577 3584 Virtualization Engine
Product TS1120 TS1120 TS3400 TS3500 TS7530 TS7740
Machine Type
model
3592
E05
3592
C06
3577
L5U
3584
L23
D23
3954
CV7 (requires additional machine types
and models)
3957
V06 (requires additional machine types
and models)
Product
strengths
Multiplatform support
High performance
High capacity
Data protection
Systemz attachment of TS1120 drives
High performance
Compact format
Operates in library or autoloader mode
Multiplatform support
Advanced management
Scalable
Reduces backup window
Reduces recovery time
High capacity
Increases performance
Scalable
Helps reduce cost
Number of drives 11–12 1–2 1–192 Up to 1024 (1 node)*
Up to 4096 (4 node)*
Up to 128*
Up to 768* (3 site GRID)
WORM/
Encryption
yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes no/yes no/no
Number of
cartridges
NA NA 18 62602Up to 64,000 (1 node)*
Up to 256,000 (4 node)*
Up to 1,000,000*
Native capacity 60/100 GB (JJ/JR media)
300/500GB (JA/JW media)
700GB (JB/JX media)
NA Up to 1.8TB
Up to 9TB
Up to 12.6TB
Up to 626TB
Up to 3.1PB
Up to 4.3PB
Up to 1.7 PB Up to 6 TB
Up to 18 TB (3 site GRID)
Typical capacity1180/300GB with JJ/JR
900/1500GB with JA/JW
2.1TB with JB/JX
NA Up to 5.4TB
Up to 27TB
Up to 37.8TB
Up to 1.87PB
Up to 9.3PB
Up to 13.1PB
Up to 1.7 PB
Up to 2.6 PB
Up to 18 TB
Up to 54 TB (3 site GRID)
Native
performance
Up to 104MBps Varies8Up to 208 MBps Up to 19.2TBps Up to 4.8 GBps Up to 600 MBps
Interface 4Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC 4Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC
Supported tape
library
TS3400,TS3500, 3494*** TS3400,TS3500, 3494*** NA NA TS3500, TS3310, TS3200, TS3100,
3494***
TS3500,3494***
Platform
support5
Systemp, System i, System x, System z;
MicrosoftWindows; HP-UX; Sun Solaris;
Linux
Systemp, System i, System x, System z;
MicrosoftWindows; HP-UX; Sun Solaris;
Linux
Systemp, System i, System x, System z,
MicrosoftWindows, HP-UX, Sun Solaris,
Linux
Systemp, System i, System x, System z;
MicrosoftWindows; HP-UX; Sun Solaris;
Linux
Systemp, System x, System z10,
Systemi11; Microsoft Windows; HP-UX;
SunSolaris; Linux
Systemz
Application
support6
A B C D E F G H J L7A B C D E F G H J L7A B C D E J See drive A,B E
Media Refer to Tape Media,page 8 NA Refer to Tape Media,page 8 Refer to Tape Media,page 8 NA NA
Warranty period 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year
Warranty type Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7)
* Virtual resource specification
** for data replication only
*** Product withdrawn from marketing
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
NOTES1: Typical compression for mainframe environments is 3:1; 2:1 for open systems (user results may vary) 2: Max number of 3592 cartridges decreases as tape drives are added 3: IBM AIX®4.1.5 or later. 4: Load and search only 5: Server platforms with SAN-ready attachability,model- and fea ture-dependent.
6:The latest ISV support can be found in the connectivity section at http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/tape/library.html#compatibility.7: 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 Da ta Protector,G= CommVault Galaxy, H= BakBone NetVault,I= LSC,J= IBM BRMS, K= IBM OnDemand,L= Help/Systems Robot/Save, M= LXI Media Management. 8: Performance varies by environment 10: Applies to Linux
on Systemz using FCP 11: Requires RPQ 12: EE=Enterprise Edition LE=Limited Edition