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Abstract
The IBM® TS3100 and TS3200 Tape Libraries are well-suited for handling the backup, restore, and archive data-storage needs for small-to-medium environments. See latest abstract here: http://w3.itso.ibm.com/abstracts/tips1342.html
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This IBM® Redbooks® Product Guide describes the IBM TS3100 and TS3200 Tape Libraries, which are well-suited for handling backup, restore, and archive data-storage needs for small-to-medium environments. The TS3100 and TS3200 units are shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. TS3100 (3573 L2U) Tape Library and TS3200 (3573 L4U) Tape Library
The TS3100 library with its use of one IBM Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium 6 or LTO Ultrium 5 Full-High tape drive, or up to two LTO Ultrium 6 or LTO Ultrium 5 Half-High tape drives and 24 tape cartridge capacity has a library capacity of 150 TB compressed 2:5:1 (60 TB native). The TS3200 48 tape cartridge capacity and use of up to two LTO Ultrium 6 or 5 Full-High tape drives or up to four LTO Ultrium 6 or 5 Half-High tape drives scale to 300 TB compressed 2:5:1 (120 TB native). The LTO Ultrium 6 tape drive supports up to 160 MBps native data transfer; LTO Ultrium 5 tape drive supports up to 140 MBps native data-transfer.
Both libraries include, as standard, a bar-code reader, supporting their operation in sequential or random access mode. The design of the remote library management through a standard web interface offers flexibility and greater administrative control of storage operations. Path Failover, an optional feature for the libraries, provides automatic control path failover to a preconfigured redundant control path, if a host adapter or control path drive is lost, without aborting the current job in process.
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The TS3100 and TS3200 Tape Libraries are designed for storage management, capacity, performance, data protection, reliability, affordability, and application requirements. They are functionally rich, high-capacity, entry-level tape-storage solutions that incorporate the latest generation of IBM LTO Ultrium 6 tape technology. Both IBM TS3100 and TS3200 models are excellent solutions for large-capacity or high-performance tape backup with or without random access. They are also excellent choices for tape automation for IBM Power Systems™, IBM System x®, System x (Lenovo), and other open systems.
Highlights
The IBM TS3100 and TS3200 take advantage of LTO technology to cost-effectively handle growing storage requirements:
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