Mounted in a removable media device slot of a system unit or an expansion tower, these tape units

may be used for save/restore, alternate IPL, program distribution, migration and 1/4-inch cartridge

tape exchange.

Will read/write:

50GB (up to 100GB with compression in SLR100 format) with IBM SLR100-50GB Data Cartridge

(35L0968)

30GB (up to 60GB with compression in SLR60 format) with IBM SLR60-30GB Data Cartridge

(19P4209)

25GB (up to 50GB with compression in MLR3 format) with IBM MLR3-25GB Data Cartridge

(59H4128)

5GB (up to 10GB with compression in SLR100 format) with IBM SLR100-5GB Data Cartridge

(35L0661)

Will read:

16GB (up to 32GB with compression in QIC5010 format) with IBM MLR1-16GB Data Cartridge

(59H4175)

4GB (QIC4GB format) with SLR5-4GB Data Cartridge (59H3660)

2GB (up to 4GB with compression in QIC5010 format) with IBM MLR1-2GB

Specifications for the primary recording format:

Cartridge Capacity (Native) = 50.0GB (1500-ft tape)

Cartridge Capacity (Compression) = 100.0GB (1500-ft tape)

Data Rate (Native) = 5.0MB/s

Data Rate (Compression) = 10.0MB/s

Supported on the following systems: 520, 550, 570, 595, 800, 810, 825, 830, 840, 870, 890