Tape Drive delivers 500 Gb native cartridge capacity.
Press Release Summary:
Featuring high-availability design, System Storage(TM) TS1120 Tape Drive Model E05 helps address needs of tape users across range of computing environments with up to 100 MB/sec native data rate and support for capacity scaling of JA tape cartridges to 100 GB. It incorporates dual-ported, switched fabric, 4 Gbps FC attachments and is supported for integration in TotalStorage® Tape Libraries, Virtual Tape Servers, and tape controllers. Unit is also available in stand-alone rack.
Original Press Release:
IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Drive Model E05 Enhances Performance and Capacity
At a glance
With its higher performance, greater capacity, and smaller size, as compared to a 3590 Tape Drive, the use of the TS1120 E05 Tape Drive can help save costs as you reduce your number of tape drives and cartridges, and the associated floor space. Enhancements over the 3592 Model J1A Tape Drive include:
Up to 100 MB/sec native data rate, over 2.5 times the 40 MB/sec of the 3592 Model J1A, and over seven times the 14 MB/sec of the 3590 E or H Models
Up to 500 GB native cartridge capacity, a 1.6 times increase over the 3592 Model J1A, and a five times increase over the 60 GB for the 3590 H Models
Dual-ported switched fabric 4-Gbps Fibre Channel attachments
Small form factor that allows double the drives in a single 3494 frame, as compared to the 3590 Tape Drive
High reliability and availability design
Additional performance and access improvements over the 3592 J1A
For ordering, contact:
Your IBM representative, an IBM Business Partner, or IBM Americas Call Centers at 800-IBM-CALL (Reference: YE001).
Overview
The IBM System Storage(TM) TS1120 Tape Drive Model E05 (machine type 3592, model E05) is supported for integration in the IBM TotalStorage® Tape Libraries, Virtual Tape Servers (VTS), and tape controllers. The TS1120 Tape Drive is designed to provide higher levels of performance, reliability, and cartridge capacity than the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive 3592 Model J1A. The TS1120 E05 Tape Drive can help address the needs of tape customers across a broad range of computing environments. A 4 Gb Fibre Channel Switch feature is also available with its integrated support in the IBM TotalStorage 3592 Tape Controller Model J70, the IBM TotalStorage 3953 Library Manager Frame Model F05, and the IBM TotalStorage 3494 Tape Library Model D22.
The TS1120 E05 Tape Drive has a dual-port 4-Gbps Fibre Channel interface for Fibre Channel attachment to host systems or a switched fabric environment. It has a high-technology design that increases the native data rate to up to 100 MB/sec, 2.5 times the 40 MB/sec data rate of the 3592 Model J1A, and over 7 times the 14 MB/sec data rate of the 3590 E or H Models.
With the use of the IBM TotalStorage Tape Data Cartridge 3592, the TS1120 Model E05 can format a cartridge uncompressed up to 500 GB (1.5 TB with 3:1 compression), 1.6 times the maximum capacity of the 3592 Model J1A and eight times more than the maximum capacity of a 3590 H Model. The TS1120 E05 is designed for automation and uses a tape cartridge with a form factor similar to the 3590 tape cartridges, which allows it to be used in the IBM TotalStorage 3584 and 3494 Tape Libraries, and StorageTek Automated Cartridge System (ACS) solutions. It is also available for installation in a stand-alone rack. TS1120 E05 Tape Drives attached to a 3494 VTS Model B10 or B20 will operate in J1A emulation mode.
The TS1120 E05 is designed to support capacity scaling of JA tape cartridges to 100 GB. Capacity scaling allows the utilized length of tape to be logically shortened, allowing improved data access times in trade-off for reduced capacity. The tapes can subsequently be scaled back to full capacity as needed. Multiple scale settings are supported on the E05 drive including a 100 GB, 20% scaled JA cartridge. Additional enhancements have been made to the TS1120 E05 Tape Drive to help improve availability, performance, and capacity.
Key prerequisites
The TS1120 E05 Tape Drive is supported in a wide range of environments including selected IBM i5 and iSeries(TM), AS/400®, p5 and pSeries®, RS/6000®, xSeries®, IBM mainframe Linux(TM), Sun, and Hewlett Packard servers, as well as Intel(TM)-compatible servers running Linux, Microsoft(TM) Windows(TM) 2000, or Windows Server 2003. A tape controller is required for attachment to ESCON® or FICON(TM) channels on IBM mainframe servers.
Planned availability dates
November 18, 2005, for feature numbers 3478, 3488, and 4897
November 18, 2005, for TS1120 attachment to 3592 Model J70 and 3494 VTS Model B10 and B20
October 28, 2005, for all other models and features
