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aka IBM 3592-E07

TS1140 Tape Drive Call 800.663.5523 for a quote. All units ship with warranty

Hardware summary

  • Linear Serpentine recording
  • 4 TB capacity using JC/JY media
  • 1.6 TB capacity using JB/JX media
  • 500 GB capacity using JK media
  • 800 MBps burst data rate
  • Compact 3.8 in x 7.8 in x 18.4 in dimensions  
  • Offers high performance and high capacity tape processing for storage consolidation
  • Helps enhance information security with support for encryption and key management
  • Improves information retention with support for existing IBM tape automation
  • Supports Write Once Read Many (WORM) cartridges to help satisfy compliance requirements
    We repair your defective IBM Enterprise Drives (all 3592 models)   [restabs alignment=”osc-tabs-left” responsive=”false”] [restab title=”Features” active=”active”] Business demands require applications that rely on high capacity and fast access to data as well as long-term data retention. The IBM® System Storage® TS1140 Tape Drive (TS1140 tape drive) features storage capabilities to help you establish easy, rapid access to data, improve security, provide long-term retention, and help maintain data governance and regulatory compliance. The TS1140 tape drive offers high-performance flexible data storage with support for data encryption. The drive can help you protect your investments in tape automation by offering compatibility with existing automation. To further protect your investment, an upgrade model is available for your existing System Storage TS1130 Tape Drives. For support of heterogeneous server environment, the TS1140 offers multiplatform support and can scale from midrange to enterprise environments. The TS1140 tape drive supports the System Storage TS3500 Tape Library and IBM racks that enable stand-alone installation. The TS1140 features three options for Type C media. The 3592 Advanced data tape cartridge, JC, provides up to 4.0 TB native capacity, and up to 4.0 TB are provided by the 3592 Advanced WORM cartridge, JY. A limited capacity of up to 500 GB Economy cartridge, JK, offers fast access to data. The TS1140 tape drive can also read and write on previous media, type B (JB and JX), and read only on type A (JA, JW, JJ and JR). To help optimize drive utilization and reduce infrastructure requirements, the TS1140 tape drives can be shared among supported open system hosts on a Storage Area Network (SAN) or between IBM FICON® mainframe hosts when attached to a System Storage Tape Controller Model C07 for IBM System z®.

Common features

  • High performance with data transfer rate up to 650 MBps with compression
  • Flexible media, including short and long length cartridges, re-writable and WORM formats and media partitioning
  • Small form factor and high capacity
  • Supports encryption and key management
  • Compatibility with existing IBM tape automation installations
  • IBM Power Systems™, IBM System i®, IBM System p®, IBM System z® and IBM System x® support
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IBM 3592 Tape Drives available in Generic Tabletop and Rackmount Enclosures 

TS1140   – 3592-E07  tape drive available in a standalone desktop enclosure with display or a dual rackmount enclosure with display/s TS1130   – 3592-E06  tape drive available in a standalone desktop enclosure with display or a dual rackmount enclosure with display/s TS1120   – 3592-E05  tape drive available in a standalone desktop enclosure with display or a dual rackmount enclosure with display/s 3592-J1A  tape drive available in a standalone desktop enclosure with display or a dual rackmount enclosure with display/s [/restab] [restab title=”TabelTop Drive”] 3592 E05 in Stand Alone Tabletop Enclosure   3592 E05 in Stand Alone Tabletop Enclosure (Rear View) Tabletop – Front and Rear [/restab] [restab title=”Dual Desktop Drive”] 3592 EO5 in Dual Rackmount3592 EO5 in Dual Rackmount (Rear View) Dual Drive Rackmount – Front and Rear [/restab] [restab title=”IBM 3592 Media”]
 

Tape length (m)

3592 J1A drive

TS1120 drive

TS1130 drive

TS1140 drive

TS1150 drive

3592 JJ/JR cartridge

246 m

60 GB

100 GB

128 GB

n/a

n/a

3592 JA/JW cartridge

610 m

300 GB

500 GB

640 GB

640 GB read only

n/a

3592 JB/JX cartridge

825 m

700 GB

1 TB

1.6TB

n/a

3592 JC/JY cartridge

880 m

n/a

n/a

4TB

7TB

3592 JD/JZ cartridge

1,072 m

n/a

n/a

n/a

10TB

3592 JK (short JC) cartridge

146 m

n/a

n/a

500GB

900GB

3592 JL (short JD) cartridge

281 m

n/a

n/a

500GB

2TB
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Feature Benefits
Up to 4 TB native capacity on an IBM 3592 JC/JY cartridge
  • High capacity helps reduce the need for additional tape drives and cartridges
  • Use fewer drives to reduce complexity of your tape infrastructure
Data transfer rate up to 650 MBps with compression
  • Improves performance of your tape operations to help maintain business performance
3592 media
  • Media options include short and long lengths, re-writable and WORM formats and media partitioning
  • Flexible ordering options
Supports encryption and key management
  • Supports a single encryption key management approach, which may help reduce audit and compliance costs
  • Helps to avoid the need for host-based encryption of data or the use of specialized encryption appliances
Media partitioning
  • Improves data management and can provide faster data access
  • Allows updating tape partitions independently
Small form factor
  • Improves space efficiency of your tape infrastructure
Virtual backhitch and high-resolution directory
  • Improves access to data
  • Reduces wear and tear on media
IBM Power Systems, IBM System i, IBM System p, IBM System z and IBM System x support
  • Supports your heterogeneous infrastructure
  • Supports flexibility for growth and change in your data center
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