IBM 3555 L3A TS4300 Tape Library

IBM 3555 L3A TS4300 Tape Library

• Supports LTO6 to LTO9
• 40 tape slots

IBM TS4300 Tape Library is the next-generation storage solution designed for the heavy demands of backup tape storage to help mid-size enterprises respond to future challenges. Requirements for secure, long-term data retention, especially in the financial services, healthcare and life sciences industries, are common and increasingly stringent, with data volumes growing massively as a result. Tape storage offers a less costly long-term storage option than disk drives or flash, and data stored on tape kept offline, or on write-once media, is almost impossible to hack.

IBM TS4300 Tape Library can be used as standalone, L3A model only, or rack mountable when expansions (E3A model) are added to the base. The modular design enables users to increase cartridge and drive capacity as needed, scaling vertically with up to seven modules (including the base library), with expansion for LTO Ultrium 8, Type M media, 7 and 6 cartridges, drives, and redundant power supplies, and a single robot which manages all modules in the stack, allowing the library to run in sequential or random access mode.

IBM TS4300 Tape Library capacity is 280(7) tape cartridges, providing a media physical capacity up to 1.75 PB with 2.5:1 compression (up to 700 TB native capacity) data storage with LTO6, up to 4.2 PB with 2.5 to 1 compression (up to 1.6 PB native capacity) data storage with LTO 7 per unit and up to 8.4 PB with 2.5 to 1 compression (up to 3.3 PB native capacity) data storage with LTO 8 per unit

IBM TS4300 Tape Library supports LTO 6, 7, and 8 hot-swappable drives, up to three half-height or one full-height drive plus one half-height drive with SAS or Fibre Channel attachment.

• Support for a single IBM LTO Ultrium 6 Full-High Tape Drive:
  • Fibre Channel Tape Drive (#AGKH) 
• Support for a single IBM LTO Ultrium 7 Full-High Tape Drive:
  • Fibre Channel Tape Drive (#AGKL) 
• Support for a single IBM LTO Ultrium 8 Full-High Tape Drive:
  • Fibre Channel Tape Drive (#AGKP) 
• Support for up to two IBM LTO Ultrium 6 Half-High Tape Drives:
  • Fibre Channel Half-High Tape Drive (#AGKF)
  • SAS Half-High Tape Drive (#AGKG) 
• Support for up to two IBM LTO Ultrium 7 Half-High Tape Drives:
  • Fibre Channel Half-High Tape Drive (#AGKJ)
  • SAS Half-High Tape Drive (#AGKK) 
• Support for up to two IBM LTO Ultrium 8 Half-High Tape Drives:
  • Fibre Channel Half-High Tape Drive (#AGKM)
  • SAS Half-High Tape Drive (#AGKN)
• Support for Ultrium 6, 7, and 8 Tape Drives
  • Ultrium 6 Tape Cartridge capacity of up to 2.5 TB (6.25 TB with 2.5:1 compression)
  • Ultrium 7 Tape Cartridge capacity of up to 6 TB (15 TB with 2.5:1 compression)
  • Ultrium 8 Tape Cartridge capacity of up to 12 GB (30 TB with 2.5:1 compression)