IBM TS3100 Tape Library 35732UL

• tape library
• 24 cartridge slots
• 220 V AC

The IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library Express Model and its storage management applications are designed to exceed your capacity, performance, data protection, reliability, affordability and application requirements. The TS3100 is designed as a functionally rich, entry-level tape-storage solution incorporating LTO tape technology. The TS3100 is an excellent solution for large-capacity or high-performance tape backup with or without random access, as well as an excellent tape automation option for IBM Power Systems, IBM System x and other open systems.

The IBM 3573 L2U TS3100 Tape Library is an external 2U LTO Tape unit that supports half-height (HH) and full height (FH) 8 Gb Fibre Channel, 6 Gb SAS and LVD SCSI LTO tape drives. The IBM TS3100 3573 L2U Tape Library can use LTO 8, LTO 7, LTO 6, LTO 5 or LTO 4 Ultrium Half-High or Full-High Tape Drives, supporting 24 Ultrium cartridge slots in two removable magazines, and includes a standard one-cartridge I/O station, remote management unit, bar code reader and is available in stand-alone or rack-mountable chassis. LTO 8 media tape cartridges allow compressed capacity of up to 30 TB with 2:5 to 1 compression. LTO-7 cartridges initialized as Type M media with appropriate level of drive firmware on LTO 8 tape drives, allows writing of 9 TB of data on a LTO 7 cartridge. The IBM 3573 L2U TS3100 Tape Library supports encryption on LTO Ultrium 8, 7, 6, 5 and 4 tape drives. The IBM TS3100 was replaced by IBM TS4300 3555-L3A LTO Tape Library.