Components And Connectors; System Specifications - Lenovo IBM TS2900 Product Manual

Components and connectors

The following figure shows the front of the TS2900 Tape Autoloader.
Figure 2. Front view of the TS2900 Tape Autoloader
The following figure shows the rear of theTS2900 Tape Autoloader.
Figure 3. Rear view of the TS2900 Tape Autoloader

System specifications

The following table lists the TS2900 Tape Autoloader system specifications.
Table 1. System specifications
Attribute Specification
Form factor 1U rack mount or standalone
Drive technology LTO Ultrium 8, LTO Ultrium 7, LTO Ultrium 6, or LTO Ultrium 5 half-high drives
Drive interface 1x 6 Gb SAS x1 port (Mini-SAS SFF-8088)
Number of drives 1
Number of 9
cartridge slots
Cartridge
capacity (native /
compressed)
IBM TS2900 Tape Autoloader for Lenovo
LTO 8 (L8): 12 TB / 30 TB*
LTO 7 initialized LTO 8 Type M (M8): 9 TB / 22.5 TB*
LTO 7 (L7): 6 TB / 15 TB*
LTO 6 (L6): 2.5 TB / 6.25 TB*
LTO 5 (L5): 1.5 TB / 3.0 TB compressed**
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