Ibm Ts3200 Library Works Seamlessly With Lto-3, Lto-4, And Lto-5 Ultrium Tape Generations

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The 21st century business environment has become more interconnected and collaborative. The backup storage needs are increasing at a rapid rate, and the data retention laws force the organizations to store their business records and data files for longer time durations. The I.T managers have to store & archive data efficiently, and satisfy the rigid compliance requirements within their tight IT budgets.

IBM has the right solution for your rapidly growing needs. IBM has more than 50 years of technical experience and industry knowledge in backup media storage. IBM is proud to introduce ultra-high capacity TS3200 tape library that is perfect for small to mid-range organizations. The tape library offers a staggering recording capacity of 144 TB (compressed). This functionally-rich IBM TS3200 library incorporates the LTO ultrium technology. In addition to LTO-4 and LTO-3 tape generations, the IBM TS3200 library also supports the latest generation LTO 5 ultrium tape. Now you can efficiently meet your tough business continuity and backup storage challenges with highly economical TS3200 tape library.

IBM LTO backup ...
... tapes are highly robust and can withstand the stress of heavy workloads and repeated load/unload cycles. Two full-height and four half-height drives can be integrated into TS3200 library. The cartridge slots have been increased up to 48. The LTO ultrium tapes can be easily configured into four cartridge magazines. Each cartridge magazine can house up to 24 LTO backup tapes. IBM TS3200 library offers the most dramatic savings on energy and maintenance costs than competing tape libraries. The TS3200 library is very space-efficient, and can be easily integrated into a 4U rack-mount. It has been built tough to deliver long term reliability at a lower cost per GB.

LTO ultrium tape format remain unrivaled in terms of reliability, capacity and storage efficiency. Its advantageous media interoperability and exceptional compatibility with major backup applications and operating systems plays a vital role in ensuring long term investment protection. The customers can benefit from this open tape standard by interchanging LTO media among different brands of LTO ultrium tape drives. Foremost brands of LTO are Fuji, Dell, Sony, Imation, Verbatim, HP, Quantum and TDK.

Few of the popular LTO-5, LTO-4 and LTO-3 tapes have been mentioned below for the readers' convenience:

46X1290, IBM LTO 5 ultrium tape
16008030, Fuji LTO-5 tape
LTX800G, Sony LTO4 tape
341-4640, Dell LTO4 ultrium tape
C7973a, HP LTO 3 tape
183900, Maxell LTO3 backup tape
MR-L3MQN-01, Quantum LTO 3 tape

IBM TS3200 library comes standard with time-saving remote management functionality. This special feature enables the IT managers to remotely access the library via web interface, thus providing the customers greater administrative control. With the incorporation of bar-code reader, the library can efficiently perform its storage & retrieval operations in either random or sequential mode. Major competitors of LTO format are AIT, SLR-MLR, DLT, VXA, RDX cartridge, SDLT and Travan tape technologies.

TS3200 library can be confidently installed in a broader range of open systems specifically in IBM's System x and Power Systems. Powerful attributes and cutting-edge features of IBM TS3200 library assist the users to address their backup demands at the best price. When you purchase IBM-branded products, you're making a wise decision. Product and software names mentioned throughout this article are trademarks and are sole property of their owners.

Rob Miller is the Marketing Manager of Tape4backup and markets LTO 5 ultrium tape, IBM LTO-5 tape and lto-5 tape. He has vast experience in the marketing.

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