F/W = Fast/Wide, Diff = Differential, N/A = Not Applicable, FC = Fibre Channel, X = Extended length cartridge, IOE = IBM Onsite Exchange, CRU = Customer Replaceable Unit
NOTES 1: Max number of cartridges decreases as tape drives are added. 2: Typical compression for open system environments is 2:1 (user results may vary) 4: Also includes selected IBM xSeries®, IBM Netfinity®, IBM System i, IBM AS/400® and IBM System p servers. System z support for Linux only 5: Refer to
C = Symantec Veritas Backup Exec, D = EMC Legato NetWorker, E = CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup, F = HP OpenView Storage Data Protector, G = CommVault Galaxy, H = BakBone NetVault, I = LSC, J = IBM BRMS, K = IBM OnDemand, L = Help/Systems Robot/Save, M = LXI Media Management, N = Dantz.
3580
TS2340
TS2900
Gen 3: 80 MBps
Gen 4:
Up to 120 MBps
120 MBps
LVD SCSI
LVD SCSI,
3 Gbps SAS
3 Gbps SAS
NA
NA
N/A
System p,
System p,
System p,
System i,
System i,
System x and
System x,
System x,
other supporting
Microsoft Windo
Microsoft Windo
3 Gbps attach
ws; HP-UX;
ws, HP-UX,
Sun Solaris;
Sun Solaris,
Linux
Linux
A, B, C, D, E, F,
A (others in plan)
A (others in plan)
G, H, J, L, M, N
7
Refer to Tape
Refer to Tape
Refer to Tape
Media, page 8
Media, page 8
Media, page 8
3 years
6
3 years
6
1 year
6
CRU
CRU
CRU
for current application support 6: In most countries 7: The following vendors provide application support to the platforms defined above: A = IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager, B = Symantec Veritas NetBackup,