IBM 3580 Model H23 LTO-2 Ultrium Tape Drive
IBM TotalStorage Ultrium Tape Drive 3580 Model H23 offers high capacity, performance, and technology designed for the midrange open systems environment. This model incorporates the new Linear Tape-Open (LTO) IBM TotalStorage Ultrium 2 Tape Drive, which more than doubles tape drive performance over the generation 1 LTO Ultrium Tape Drive (Ultrium 1), up to 35MB/sec native data transfer rate (70MB/sec with 2: 1 compression). In addition, with the use of the new IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 200GB Data Cartridge, the Ultrium 2 Tape Drive doubles the tape cartridge capacity up to 200 GB native capacity (400 GB with 2: 1 compression). IBM Ultrium 2 Tape Drives can read and write original LTO Ultrium Data Cartridges at original Ultrium 1 capacities and with improved performance up to 20MB/sec native data transfer rate (40 MB/sec with 2: 1 compression). The Model H23 comes with a UltraSCSI HVD attachment, for connection to a wide spectrum of open system servers