IBM LTO Tape Drive - Overview
Gain up to 75 TB of compressed data per cartridge with next-generation LTO Ultrium 10 technology
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Overview:
IBM® LTO-10 Tape Drive incorporates the latest generation of Linear Tape-Open (LTO) technology, delivering even higher capacity than the previous generation.
In addition to backup, LTO Tape Drive is designed to help your business handle the growing data demands of modern tape use cases like cloud computing, media and entertainment, digital video surveillance, active file archiving and, of course, for backup archive.
Highlights
- Store up to 1.73EB per 18-frame library with 2.5:1 compression
- Store up to 99PB compressed in 10-sq-ft library with LTO 10 tape drives
- Achieve 75TB compressed capacity per cartridge, 66% better than LTO 9
- Support for new and field merge LTO 10 drives into 3584 models L55 and D55
- Execute fast restores with 400MB/s transfer rate
- Retrieve data 73% faster with Open Recommended Access Order (oRAO)
- Enable intuitive and graphical access to data with IBM Storage Archive
- Get better protection with Physical Air Gap adding a barrier to hackers
- Avoid data corruption with data immutability using WORM capabilities
- Prevent data visibility with AES-256-bit data encryption at rest
Features:
Fast data transfer
The LTO-10 tape drive boasts an uncompressed data transfer rate of up to 400 MBps with 2.5:1 compression. Data transfer rate may vary depending on host usage and interface utilization -- up to 1000 MBps for 32 Gbps FC and 12 Gbps SAS interface -- for full-high (FH) tape drives.
Simplified access and management
IBM Storage Archive™ helps simplify LTO-10 Tape Drive access and management by enabling text-based file tagging for more intuitive searches of drive content.
Flexible network integration
The LTO-10 tape drive with 32 Gbps FC interface offers two FC ports and one Ethernet port facilitating integration into existing modern SAN infrastructures by offering a flexible network integration for attaching to 32Gb and 64Gb networks without special connectivity requirements reducing SAN infrastructure costs.
Maximized performance and enhanced security
IBM Storage Archive creates an efficient “data footprint” that dynamically stores every bit of data at the optimal cost, helping maximize performance and ensuring security.
File-level access to tape data
The LTO Ultrium 10 provides partitioning support, which, in conjunction with IBM Storage Archive, provides users with file-level access to tape data. This support helps users quickly locate and update information.
Interchangeable Ultrium 10 tape media
LTFS tape format is designed to be interchangeable among compatible LTO tape drives and supported operating systems, so administrators will not have to worry about hardware and software compatibility.
Data encryption
The LTO Ultrium 10 technology is also designed to natively support data encryption, with core hardware encryption and decryption capabilities resident in the LTO Ultrium 10 tape drive itself.
High capacity and operational simplicity
LTO-10 Tape Drive supports the LTO Consortium compression specification for LTO Ultrium 10, offering up to 75 TB of data storage per cartridge (30 TB native).
Recommended Access Order (RAO), available on LTO-10, enables tape control applications to accelerate the retrieval of a certain number of user data segments (UDSs) – files or blocks of data from a single tape cartridge, thereby reducing the seek time between them.
Benefits:
Reduced storage costs
Gain 66% more storage capacity in the same footprint. Store up to 75 TB (compressed) per cartridge — better capacity than previous-generation LTO cartridges.
Simplify data management
Make tape-based data easy to access. IBM Storage Archive™ supports the tape-oriented IBM Linear Tape File System™ (IBM LTFS).
Help meet compliance requirements
Enhance security and compliance with data encryption and Write Once Read Many (WORM) support.
Increase flexibility
LTO tape drives are available in Full Height and Half Height form factors, providing flexibility for addressing a variety of needs from small to enterprise business.
Empower your users
Integration with IBM Storage Protect™ allows users to create, manage and archive — including concurrent copies of content, plus active, inactive and offsite content.
Easily integrate
Cross-platform, open systems support helps integrate high-capacity tape backups with a variety of systems running Microsoft Windows or UNIX operating systems.
Cyber protection
IBM Tape drives offer AES-256 bit data encryption at-rest and Post-Quantum Cryptography certificates for Private Key Infrastructure (PKI) protecting data privacy and securing data from cyber-attacks or accidental exfiltration.
Specifications:
| IBM LTO 10 Tape Drive at a glance | Details |
|---|---|
| Available configuration | Model 3588 Fibre Channel Drives FAC and SAS Drives SAC — One LTO Ultrium 10 full height internal tape drive |
| Interface | 32 Gb FC or 12 Gb SAS |
| Tape drive type | LTO Ultrium 10 |
| Physical capacity | 30 TB native; 75 TB with 2.5:1 compression |
| Number of tape drives | 1 |
| Number of tape cartridges | 1 |
| Data transfer rate | Up to 400 MBps native on FC & SAS, up to 1000 MBps on SAS, and up to 1200 MBps on FC with compression |
| Media Type (Read and Write) |
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| Weight | 3.4 kg (7.49 lb) |
| Power Requirements | 100 – 240 V AC, 50 – 60 Hz auto-ranging |
| Dimensions (Without Bezel) | Width: 146 mm (5.74 in) Depth: 284.3 mm (11.19 in) Height: 82.5 mm (3.24 in) |
| Dimensions (With Bezel) | Width: 148.26 mm (5.83 in) Depth: 289.5 mm (11.39 in) Height: 84.76 mm (3.3 in) |
| Warranty | One-year limited warranty, IBM on-site service in most countries, next-business-day 9x5, service upgrades available |
Documentation:
Download the IBM LTO Tape Drive - Overview (.PDF)
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