Customer data is vital to business operations. IBM offers entry-level tape products that are designed to provide backup and protection of client data at an appealing cost to a company's budget.

IBM System Storage TS2230 Tape Drive Express Model   Product details   The IBM System Storage™ TS2230 Tape Drive Express Model (TS2230), P/N 3580L3E is an excellent tape storage solution for entry-level businesses requiring backup or low-cost, real-time archival of their data within a small window of time—high-capacity and performance can meet the most demanding requirements. The new TS2230 has a storage capacity of up to 800GB (with 2:1 compression) in conjunction with the new IBM TotalStorage® LTO® Ultrium™ 400GB data cartridge, which is double the capacity of the Ultrium 2™ technology. Along with its high capacity, the performance of the TS2230 Tape Drive has more than doubled over the previous half-high LTO generations for a native data transfer rate of up to 60 MBps. The TS2230 Tape Drive provides an excellent alternative to slower and smaller capacity 1/4- inch, 4 mm and 8 mm DLT/SDLT tape drives. Request a Quote   Cartridge capacity   400GB Native; 800GB with 2:1 compression Max. drive data rate   60 MBps Interface   LVD SCSI

IBM System Storage TS2340 Tape Drive Express Model   Product details   The IBM System Storage™ TS2340 Tape Drive Express Model is an external drive incorporating the 4th and newest generation of IBM LTO™ technology. This is an external stand-alone or rack-mountable unit, similar to previous models of the IBM 3580 and is the entry point for the family of IBM Ultrium™ tape products. The TS2340 supports encryption of data and offers a 3 Gbps SAS connection. In addition, the TS2340 can read and write LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges and read LTO Ultrium 2 Data Cartridges. Request a Quote   Cartridge capacity   800 GB native physical capacity Max. drive data rate   Up to 120 MB/sec native Interface   LVD SCSI, 3 Gbps SAS

IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library Express Model   Product details   The IBM TS3100 Tape Library Express is well-suited for handling backup, save and restore, and archival data-storage needs for small to medium-size environments. With its single Ultrium™ 4 or Ultrium 3 tape drive and 24 tape-cartridge capacity, the IBM TS3100 model is designed to leverage Linear Tape-Open™ (LTO) technology to help cost effectively handle growing storage requirements. Request a Quote   Max. number of cartridges   24 Max. system capacity (2:1 Compression)   19.2 TB Supported platforms   IBM System p™, IBM System i™, IBM RS/6000®, IBM AS/400®, IBM System x™ and other open systems No. of drives   1

IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library Express Model featuring half-high Ultrium 3 technology   Product details   The IBM TS3100 Tape Library Express featuring half-high Ultrium 3 technology is well-suited for handling backup, save and restore, and archival data-storage needs for small to medium-size environments. With up to 2 Ultrium™ 3 Half High tape drive(s) and 24 tape cartridge capacity, the IBM TS3100 Half High model is designed to leverage Linear Tape-Open™ (LTO) technology to help cost effectively handle growing storage requirements. Request a Quote   No. of drives   1-2 Max. system capacity (2:1 Compression)   19.2 TB Max. number of cartridges   24 Supported platforms   IBM System p™, IBM System i™, IBM System x™ and other open systems

IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library Express Model   Product details   The IBM System Storage™ TS3200 Tape Library Express Model is designed for backup, save and restore, and archival data-storage needs for small to medium-size environments. The TS3200 is an external 4U standalone or rack-mountable unit that incorporates up to two Ultrium™ 4 or Ultrium 3 tape drives and 48 tape cartridge slots. Request a Quote   Supported platforms   System i™, System p™, System x™, System z™, HP, Sun, UNIX® and Windows® servers Max. system capacity (2:1 Compression)   Up to 76.8 TB compressed, Up to 38.2 TB native No. of drives   Up to 2 drives Max. number of cartridges   48 data cartridges

IBM System Storage TS3200 Tape Library Express Model featuring half-high Ultrium 3 technology, P/N 3573L34 and P/N 3573S34   Product details   The IBM System Storage™ TS3200 Tape Library Express Model featuring half-high Ultrium™ 3 technology is designed for backup, save and restore and archival data-storage needs for small to medium-size environments. The TS3200 featuring half-high Ultrium 3 technology is an external 4U standalone or rack-mountable unit that incorporates up to four Ultrium 3 half high tape drives and 48 tape cartridges, in addition to a 3-slot I/O station and 1 dedicated cleaning cartridge slot. Request a Quote   No. of drives   Up to 4 half high drives Supported platforms   System i™, System p™, System x™, System z™, HP, Sun, UNIX® and Windows® servers Max. system capacity (2:1 Compression)   Up to 38.4 TB compressed, Up to 19.2 TB native Max. number of cartridges   48 data cartridges, 3 I/O slots, and 1 dedicated cleaning cartridge slot

IBM System Storage TS3310 Tape Library   Product details   For businesses challenged with rapidly growing data backup needs and limited physical space for a tape library, the IBM System Storage™ TS3310 offers simple, rapid expansion as processing needs grow. This tape library allows you to start small with only a single 5 EIA rack unit high library. Over time, as your need for tape backup expands, you can add additional 9U expansion modules, each of which contains space for additional cartridges, tape drives and a redundant power supply. The entire system grows vertically. Currently, available configurations include the 5U base library module and a 5U base with one 9U expansion module. Future configurations will allow the interconnection of several 9U modules, allowing a TS3310 tape library to hold over 400 LTO tape cartridges. Request a Quote   No. of drives   Up to 6 LTO Generation 3 tape drives (max 2 drives for the base Model L5B library) Max. number of cartridges   Base Model L5B: 30 storage and 6 I/O. Expansion module, Model E9U: 92 storage or 80 storage and 12 I/O Max. system capacity (2:1 Compression)   Over 97 terabytes in a 14U configuration or 24 terabytes in a Model L5B base library Supported platforms   OS/400® V5R2, V5R3, or later; AIX 5L™ V5.1, V5.2, V5.3, or later; Sun Solaris 8 and 9; Microsoft® Windows® 2000 (build 2195, or greater); Microsoft Windows 2003 (build 3790, or greater); HP-UX 11.0, HP-UX 11.11 and HP-UX 11.232; Linux® distributions: Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 4; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

IBM TotalStorage 3580 Tape Drive   Product details   The IBM TotalStorage 3580 model L33 Tape Drive is an external drive incorporating the 3rd and latest generation of IBM LTO technology. This an external stand-alone or rack-mountable unit, similar to previous models of the 3580 and is the entry point for the family of IBM Ultrium tape products. The 3580 Tape Drive provides an excellent migration path from digital linear tape (DLT or SDLT), 1/4-in., 4mm, or 8mm tape drives. The 3580 model L33 can read and write LTO Ultrium 2 Data Cartridges and read LTO Ultrium 1 Data Cartridges. Request a Quote   Cartridge capacity (Native/Compressed)   Ultrium 3: 400/800GB Ultrium 2: 200/400GB Ultrium 1: 100/200GB Max drive data rate   Ultrium 3: 80MB/sec Ultrium 2: 35/70MB/sec Ultrium 1: 15/30MB/sec Interface   L33, L23, L13, L11-LVD H23, H13, H11-HVD

IBM TotalStorage 3580 Tape Drive Express Model   Product details   For small businesses that need the ability to quickly and reliably access data that is critical to their success, the IBM 3580 Express is a complete package for networked servers or individual workstations, archiving and retrieving data in a dependable and consistent manner. The IBM TotalStorage 3580 Tape Drive Express—the entry-level IBM TotalStorage tape product family offering—is the answer to growing storage requirements and shrinking backup windows. Request a Quote   Cartridge capacity (Native/Compressed)   Ultrium 3: 400/800GB Max drive data rate   Ultrium 3: 80MB/sec Supported platforms   IBM System x ™, IBM System i™, IBM System p ™, Windows® 2000, Windows Server 2003, Sun, HP, Linux™

¹ Native / Compressed Capacity: The usable capacity of a cartridge is dependent on the environment that it is used in and the compressibility of the data and is typically 2x in an open system environment and 3x in a System z9 environment
² Native / Compressed Performance: The performance of a tape drives is dependent on the environment that it is used in and the compressibility of the data as well as other factors such as the generation of Storage Are Network.
³ using 3592 JA/JW cartridges initialized to Gen 1 format
⁴ using 3592 JA/JW cartridges initialized to Gen 2 format
⁵ using 3592 JJ/JR cartridges initialized to Gen 1 format
⁶ using 3592 JJ/JR cartridges initialized to Gen 2 format
⁷ SCSI or fibre generation 3 IBM LTO tape drives
⁸ HP-UX patches may be required