Lto-5 Backup Tape Drives Are Supported By The Intelligent Ibm Ts3100 Tape Library

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The more you have data, the more it is at risk. Hardware/software malfunction, malicious alterations, viruses and natural disasters are some of the major causes that can affect the data integrity and even lead to complete loss of information. This concern applies to all organizations ranging from small to large enterprises. Growth in data volume is outpacing the media capacity, which has increased the demand for more cost-effective, efficient and high performance backup solution to manage this avalanche of massive data.

LTO tape media technology is the most preferred solution for data intensive environments and space-constrained businesses. LTO tape products are highly compatible and are well-suited for disaster recovery, long term archiving, data compliance and secure offline & offsite backups. In order to address the needs of modern data rich environments, IBM has made advancements to its TS3100 tape library that is now fully compatible with the LTO-5 tape generation. In addition to this, the IBM TS3100 tape library also supports LTO-3 and LTO-4 tape versions.

High performance LTO-5 tape media, automated ...
... libraries and tape drives deliver significant efficiency gains and advantages over the prior LTO generations. Organizations using the previous versions of LTO tapes will find more compelling and advantageous features to upgrade their backup recording system. LTO-5 tape devices deliver higher capacity of 3 TB (compressed). IBM TS3100 tape library is engineered to lower the maintenance & operational costs and provide consistent performance during heavy workloads.

TS3100 library supports up to 24 backup tapes and 1-2 tape drives. IBM TS3100 library provides economical restore and backup solution in random/sequential access mode along with barcode reader. Remote management functionality is offered by TS3100 tape library that enables the users to access the tape library from remote locations through web interface. IBM has introduced a new highly advantageous path fail-over system. In case if the control path or host adapter is lost, the path fail-over system automatically provides an alternate control path without abandoning the current task in progress.

IBM LTO-5 ultrium drive and storage tape are specifically engineered to offer unmatched reliability with support for data encryption. IBM TS3100 tape library can utilize the encryption capability of IBM LTO-5 tape drive through the 8 GB/s FC and 6 GB/s SAS interfaces. Top selling LTO tapes are:

Imation LTO 5 tape
27672

HP LTO5 tape
C7975A

Maxell LTO4 tape
183906

Sony LTO-4 tape
LTX800G

HP LTO-3 tape
C7973a

Dell LTO 3 tape
341-2647

Fuji LTO 2 tape
26220001

Quantum LTO2 tape
MR-L2MQN-01

HP LTO1 tape
C7971A

Sony LTO 1 tape
LTX100G

IBM LTO5 drives support 140 MB/s native speed along with physical capacity of 1.5 TB. IBM TS3100 tape library featuring the LTO-3 drive will deliver 19.2TB native capacity. Similarly with LTO-4 and LTO-5 drive the IBM TS3100 tape library will offer 19.2 TB and 36TB native capacity respectively. With the helps of 6 Gbps SAS and 8 GB/s fibre interfaces, you can efficiently connect the IBM TS3100 library with Linux serves, Windows servers, UNIX, Sun Solaris, IBM System x, IBM Power Systems and non-IBM personal computers, workstations and servers that support these interfaces.

Rob Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets LTO-5 Tape and Imation 27672 Tape. He has vast experience in the marketing and trading industries and has been helping buyers who have the backup needs and guide clients about the technology.

Rob Miller
34972 Newark Blvd,# 501,Newark CA 94560
Tel: 888-491-4949
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Email: rob@tape4backup.com