IBM System Storage TS2340 Tape Drive Express Model
Fourth-generation, high capacity, high performance Linear Tape-Open Tape Drive.
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Highlights
- Designed to provide high-capacity and performance to address the most demanding backup and archiving requirements
- Double the cartridge capacity of previous generation LTO drives
- Available hardware encryption designed to offer highly secure data storage along with high performance
- Native data transfer rate of up to 120 MBps
- Choice of SCSI or SAS interfaces
Today, data is a key corporate asset in all types of businesses. The ability to access data quickly and reliably is critical to your success. Whether your business utilizes a high-performance network server or individual workstations, archiving and retrieving data in a dependable and consistent manner is mission critical.
The IBM System Storage TS2340 Tape Drive is an excellent tape storage solution for businesses requiring backup or low-cost, real-time archival storage of their data within a small window of time—it offers high capacity and performance to help address the most demanding requirements. The TS2340 has a physical storage capacity of up to 1.6 TB (with 2:1 compression) in conjunction with the IBM Ultrium™ 800 GB data cartridge, which provides up to double the capacity of previous Ultrium 3 technology. Along with its higher capacity, the data transfer performance of the TS2340 Tape Drive has increased over the previous generation for a native data transfer rate of up to 120 MBps. The TS2340 Tape Drive continues to provide an excellent alternative to slower and smaller capacity 1/4-inch, 4 mm and 8 mm DLT/SDLT tape drives
Available Models | Model L43 – One IBM Ultrium 4 Tape Drive, LVD Ultra160 SCSI attach; Model S43 – One IBM Ultrium 4 Tape Drive, 3 Gbps SAS attach |
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Tape Drive Type | IBM LTO Ultrium 4 |
Media Type | IBM LTO Ultrium 4 IBM TotalStorage® LTO Ultrium 800 GB Data Cartridge (PN TBD) IBM TotalStorage LTO Cleaning Cartridge (PN TBD) |
# of Tape Drives | 1 |
# of Cartridge Slots | 1 |
Drive Transfer Rate | Up to 120MB/sec native |
Features | Native device driver support is available for IBM AIX®5L V5.1, V5.2, or V5.3, OS/400® V5R3 and i5/OS® V5R3or later; Microsoft® Windows® 2003 (build 3790 or later) and Windows Server® 2003 (build 3790 or greater);Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10; 64-bit HP-UX 11iv1 and 11iv2; and RedHat Enterprise Linux® version 3; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SLES9), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES 10), Asianux 2.0 |
Manufacturer | IBM |
Part No. | ts2340 |
Width | 250 |
Height | 120 |
Depth | 292 |
Weight [Kg] | 6.45 |
Rack Units | N/A |
Standard | Three year, Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU), in most countries. |