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Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004
The IBM LTO 3581 Autoloader is an
external stand-alone
rack-mountable unit and contains a
LTO Ultrium tape drive designed for
the heavy demands of backup tape
storage. The Ultrium Tape
Autoloader 3581 capacity is seven
to eight tape cartridges depending
on the model.
The new Ultrium 2 models of the
IBM TotalStorage Ultrium Tape
Autoloader 3581 (L28/F28) incorporate the IBM TotalStorage Ultrium 2 Tape
Drives. This more than doubles tape drive performance over the first
generation LTO Ultrium Tape Drive. It is designed to support up to 35 MB/sec
native data transfer rates (70 MB/sec with 2:1 compression). In addition, with
the use of the IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 200 GB Data Cartridge, the IBM
TotalStorage Ultrium 2 Tape Drive doubles the tape cartridge capacity up to
200 GB native capacity (400 GB with 2:1 compression). The IBM
TotalStorage Ultrium 2 Tape Drives can read and write first generation LTO
Ultrium Data Cartridges at original capacities and with improved performance.
It is an ideal automation solution for handling the storage needs of small- to
medium-sized environments.
IBM TotalStorage Ultrium Tape Library 3582
The IBM LTO 3582 Tape Library is an
external stand-alone unit that my be
optionally rack-mounted. It supports up
to two IBM TotalStorage Ultrium 2 Tape
Drives with up to 35 MB/sec native data
transfer rates (70 MB/sec with 2:1
compression) per drive.
The 3582 provides tape cartridge
capacity up to 200 GB native capacity
(400 GB with 2:1 compression) when using the new IBM TotalStorage LTO
Ultrium 200 GB Data Cartridge. The IBM TotalStorage Ultrium 2 Tape Drives
can read and write original LTO Ultrium data cartridges at first generation
Ultrium 1 capacities with improved performance.
The 3582 is an ideal automation solution for handling the storage needs of
small to medium sized environments. The Ultrium Tape Library is designed to
leverage the LTO technology to cost-effectively handle growing storage
requirements. Using IBM patented multipath technology the library can be
partitioned so that different tape drives and cartridge slots can be used by
multiple heterogeneous servers.
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