User's Manual

Tape Storage Systems
Products
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: Compressed data rates are estimates and are data-, application- and processor-dependent. User results may vary. 2: Max number of cartridges decreases as tape drives are added. 3: AIX 4.1.5 or later. 4: Load and search only. 5: Server platforms with SAN-ready attachability, model- and feature-dependent. 6: Depends on virtual cartridge configuration. 7: The latest ISV support
can be found in the connectivity section at ibm.com/storage/tape/conntrix. 8: The following vendors provide application support to the platforms defined above: A = Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM),
B = IBM SysBack™ 6000, C = CA ARCserve IT, D = Legato NetWorker, E = VERITAS NetBackup, F = CA Alexandria, G = SCH ReelLibrarian, H = SCH ReelBackup, I = LSC, J = IBM BRMS, K =IBM
OnDemand, L = Help/Systems Robot/Save, M = LXI Media Management, N = Dantz.
Tape Products
3592 3590 3494 3494-VTS
Product 1/2" Tape Drive 1/2" Tape Drive 1/2" Cartridge Tape Library Virtual Tape Server
Machine
Model
3592
J1A
3590 3494 (Frames)
L12, L14, L22-Library D12,D14,D22,D24-Library
(Frame)
S10-Storage
HA1-High Availability
3494
B10, B20
Product Strengths Multipurpose drive, capacity, performance, Write Once
Read Many (WORM) support
Capacity, performance, reliability Modular, reliable automation for high-volume storage Virtualtape,fastaccess peer-to-peercopy
Technology Longitudinal Serpentine Longitudinal Serpentine Disk: Emulated 3490E Tape: 3592, 3590 1/2"
Number of
Heads/Tracks
8/512 H: 16/384
E: 16/256
Drive Dependent N/A
Number of Drives 1 1 Drive Dependent 64–256 (virtual)
Max Number of
Cartridges
N/A N/A 6,240
2
500,000 (virtual volumes)
Cartridge Capacity
Native/Compressed
300/900GB
300/900GB WORM
60/180GB
60/180GB WORM
E: 20/60GB
EX: 40/120GB
H: 30/90GB
HX: 60/180GB
Drive Dependent Drive Dependent
Max System
Capacity
Compressed
1
900GB EX: 120GB
HX: 180GB
H: 561TB
HX: 1122TB
J1A: 5616TB
Disk: up to 5.2TB
Tape: 5616TB
Max Drive Data
Rate
1
Native/Compressed
40/120MB/sec E: 14/42MB/sec
H: 14/42MB/sec
Drive Dependent VTS: Drive Dependent
Time to Data
4
Cartridge Dependent Model Dependent Drive Dependent VTS: 1–3 seconds if data in VTS Cache
Interface FC, ESCON®, FICON, 2Gb FICON SCSI-2 F/W, Diff PCI, Ultra SCSI, FC, ESCON, FICON, 2Gb
FICON
SCSI-2 F/W, Diff PCI, Ultra SCSI, FC, ESCON, FICON, 2Gb
FICON
Ultra SCSI, ESCON, FICON
SAN-Ready
5
pSeries, iSeries, RS/6000®, Sun, HP, Windows NT®,
Linux, Windows 2000
pSeries, iSeries, RS/6000, Sun, HP, Windows NT, Linux,
Windows 2000, Tru64 UNIX
pSeries, iSeries, RS/6000, Sun, HP, Windows NT, Linux,
Windows 2000, Tru64 UNIX
pSeries, RS/6000, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Sun
Supported
Platforms
5
iSeries, AS/400®, pSeries, RS/6000, zSeries, S/390®,
Linux, Windows 2000, Sun, HP
iSeries, AS/400, pSeries, RS/6000, zSeries, S/390,Tru64
UNIX, Linux, Windows 2000, Sun, HP
iSeries, AS/400, pSeries, RS/6000, zSeries, S/390,
Linux, Windows 2000, Sun, HP
pSeries, RS/6000, zSeries, S/390, Windows 2000,
Sun, HP
ISV (Independent
Software Vendor)
5
Model Dependent
7
Model Dependent
7
A B D E F G H I J K L M
8
Media
Part number
1-888-IBM-Media
18P7534 05H4434
X: 05H3188
18P7534 (3592)
05H4434 (3590)
X: 05H3188 (3590)
18P7534
05H4434
X: 05H3188
Warranty IBM Onsite Repair 1 year, 24x7 IBM Onsite Repair 1 year, 24x7 IBM Onsite Repair 1 year, 24x7 IBM Onsite Repair 1 year, 24x7