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Selecting a Solution

Open

Solution

Native Performance

Native Capacity*

System z

System p

System i**

System x

Systems***

3580 tape drive

120 MBps

1600 GB

TS3100 tape library

120 MBps

up to 35.2 TB

Entry tape

TS3100 tape library with

60 MBps

up to 19.2 TB

products

HH drives

TS3200 tape library

240 MBps

up to 70.4 TB

TS3200 tape library with

120 MBps

up to 38.4 TB

HH drives

TS1040 tape drive

120 MBps

1600 GB

Midrange tape

TS3310 tape library

up to 21.6 GBps

up to 633.6 TB

products

TS3500 tape library

up to 23 TBps

up to 11 PB

TS1120 tape drive

up to 104 MBps

2100 GB

Enterprise tape

TS1120 tape controller

up to 230 MBps

NA

products

TS3400 tape library

up to 208 MBps

up to 37.8 TB

TS3500 tape library

up to 19.2 TBps

up to 13.1 PB

TS7510**

up to 600 MBps

up to 92 TB

Tape

TS7520**

up to 4.8 GBps

up to 1.76 PB

Virtualization

TS7740

up to 600 MBps

up to 54 TB

3996

up to 12 MBps

10.4 TB

7206-336

up to 3 MBps

72 GB

Other backup

7206-VX2

up to 6 MBps

60 GB

products

7206-VX3

up to 24 MBps

160 GB

7207-330

up to 4 MBps

60 GB

7212-103

up to 12 MBps

320 GB

*

Compressed; see ibm.com/storage for specific capacities.

Yes

No

Partial

**

Available on System i through AIX/Linux partitioning

***

See ibm.com/storage for specific open systems connectivity.

IBM Systems

Customer demand for lightning-fast communication and transactions has driven the need for universal commitment to e-business. No matter what industry, or what size company, success today hinges on building a high-performance, responsive infrastructure that embraces open standards—exactly what you will find in the IBM Systems product portfolio. Investments in servers often result in demands on disk and tape storage systems. IBM has a family of storage offerings that complements the IBM Systems product portfolio. There is no better storage offer­ ing for IBM Systems than an IBM System Storage product. These offerings are tested and sup­ ported by IBM and are backed by outstanding IBM service and support.

IBM System Storage Proven Program Helps Simplify Interoperability

Overview

The IBM System Storage Proven™ program has been designed on a simple premise: give cus­ tomers the ability to select the best combination of interoperable storage technologies to help minimize their investment risk, increase business efficiency and expedite their infrastructure implementation.

The IBM System Storage Proven program is all about leveraging IBM storage with business applications, ISV and Business Partner software, and market leading hardware components which together deliver solutions that address today’s client needs.

Customer Benefits

Pre-qualified configurations

Customers will be better able to identify a variety of pre-qualified, interoperable storage ele­ ments. By taking pre-qualified applications and hardware and combining them with IBM storage technology a client can have an easier time identifying solutions that address their storage needs.

IBM Business Partner Benefits

Potential for reduced sales cycle and integration issues

For IBM Business Partners, the IBM System Storage Proven program is intended to help reduce the sales cycle and integration issues, allowing more time for higher margin customization. Another added value for IBM Business Partners is the interoperability qualification program where companies work together with IBM, which can help supports their ability to develop and deliver products or solutions that interoperate with the broad portfolio of IBM System Storage products.

Please visit the System Storage Proven Web site at ibm.com/storage/proven to view more than five hundred available products and solutions from over three hundred participating compa­ nies to meet your storage needs.

IBM Business Partner Innovations Centers (BPIC)

More than 140 worldwide IBM TotalStorage Solution Centers can deliver one-stop shopping for storage hardware, software and consulting services. The Solution Centers offer you both a local venue for hands-on testing of IBM storage solutions and a platform for proof-of-concept and benchmarking activities. These centers also work with the leading storage software providers to support a wide variety of choices for interoperability. IBM Business Partners will help you select and implement a solution to help your business succeed in today’s dynamic marketplace. Visit: ibm.com/storage/tssc

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