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Product Name TS1120 TS1120 TS3400 TS3500 TS7510 TS7520 TS7740
Machine Type
model
3592
E05
3592
C06
3577
L5U
3584
L23
D23
3954
CV5 (requires additional machine
types and models)
3954
CV6 (requires additional machine
types and models)
3957
V06 (requires additional machine
types and models)
Product
strengths
multiplatform support
high performance
high capacity
data protection
System z attachment of TS1120
drives
high performance
compact format
operates in library or autoloader
mode
multiplatform support
advanced management
scalable
reduces backup window
reduces recovery time
augments native tape
reduces backup window
reduces recovery time
high capacity
increases performance
scalable
reduces cost
Number of
drives
1 1–12 1–2 1–192 up to 512 (1 node)*
up to 1,024 (2 node)*
up to 1024 (1 node)*
up to 4096 (4 node)*
up to 128*
up to 768* (3 site GRID)
WORM/
Encryption
yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes no/yes** no/yes no/no
Number of
cartridges
NA NA 18 6260
2
up to 4,096 (1 node)*
up to 8,192 (2 node)*
up to 64,000 (1 node)*
up to 256,000 (4 node)*
up to 1,000,000*
Native capacity 60/100 GB (JJ/JR media)
300/500 GB (JA/JW media)
700 GB (JB/JX media)
NA up to 1.8 TB
up to 9 TB
up to 12.6 TB
up to 626 TB
up to 3.1 PB
up to 4.3 PB
up to 23 TB (1 node)
up to 46 TB (2 node)
up to 884 TB EE
12
up to 19.5 TB LE
12
up to 6 TB
up to 18 TB (3 site GRID)
Typical
capacity
1
180/300 GB with JJ/JR
900/1500 GB with JA/JW
2.1 TB with JB/JX
NA up to 5.4 TB
up to 27 TB
up to 37.8 TB
up to 1.87 PB
up to 9.3 PB
up to 13.1 PB
up to 46 TB (1 node)
up to 92 TB (2 node)
up to 884 TB EE
12
up to 1.76 PB
up to 18 TB
up to 54 TB (3 site GRID)
Native
performance
up to 104 MBps Varies
8
up to 208 MBps up to 104 MBps up to 600 MBps up to 4.8 GBps up to 600 MBps
Interface 4 Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC 2 Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC
Supported tape
library
TS3400, TS3500, 3494*** TS3500, 3494*** NA NA TS3500, 3494*** TS3500, TS3310, TS3200, TS3100,
3494***
TS3500, 3494***
Platform
support
5
System p, System i, System x,
System z; Microsoft Windows;
HP UX; Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System i, System x,
System z; Microsoft Windows;
HP UX; Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System i, System x,
System z, Microsoft Windows,
HP UX, Sun Solaris, Linux
System p, System i, System x,
System z; Microsoft Windows;
HP UX; Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System x, System z
10
,
System i
11
; Microsoft Windows;
HP UX; Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System x, System z
10
,
System i
11
; Microsoft Windows;
HP UX; Sun Solaris; Linux
System z
Application
support
6
A B C D E F G H J L
7
A B C D E F G H J L
7
A B C D E J See drive A, B, D, E, F, H
7
A, B E
Media Refer to Tape Media, page 8 NA Refer to Tape Media, page 8 Refer to Tape Media, page 8 NA NA NA
Warranty period 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year
Warranty type Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7)
* Virtual resource specification
** for data replication only
*** Product withdrawn from marketing
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: Typical compression for mainframe environments is 3:1; 2.1 for open systems (user results may vary) 2: Max number of 3592 cartridges decreases as tape drives are added 3: IBM AIX® 4.1.5 or later. 4: Load and search only 5: Server platforms with SAN-ready attachability, model- and
feature-dependent. 6: The latest ISV support can be found in the connectivity section at ibm.com/storage/tape/compatibility. 7: The following vendors provide application support to the platforms defined above: A = IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, B = Symantec VERITAS NetBackup, 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. 8: Performance varies by envi-
ronment 10: Applies to Linux on System z using FCP 11: Requires RPQ
12: EE=Enterprise Edition LE=Limited Edition
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