IBM 3580 Model S63 LTO-6 Ultrium Tape Drive TS2360

IBM 3580 Model S63 LTO-6 Ultrium Tape Drive TS2360

• LTO6
• SAS

The IBM 3580 TS2360 Tape Drive Model S63 has a FHLTO6 SAS Tape Drive with enclosure and power supply. The TS2360 incorporates the LTO IBM System Storage Ultrium 6 full-high SAS tape drive. The TS2360 is designed to support the LTO Generation 6 media specification native data rate performance with up to 160 MB/sec compared to the IBM TS2350 LTO full-high tape drive (Ultrium 5) at up to 140 MB/sec native data transfer rate. The TS2360 tape drive supports the LTO Generation 6 specifications for LTO tape drive technology and LTO Generation 6 media to a compressed capacity of up to 6.25 TB with 2.5 to 1 compression (2.5 TB native capacity) compared to previous LTO 5 compressed capacity of up to 3.0 TB with 2:1 compression (up to 1.5 TB native capacity) per tape cartridge. The TS2360 can read and write to Ultrium 6 and Ultrium 5 cartridges, and is read compatible with Ultrium 4 data cartridges. The Ultrium 6 tape drive is encryption capable and designed to support application managed encryption.