3580-H9S IBM TS2290 LTO9 SAS LTO9 Tape Drive Half High

IBM TS2290 3580-H9S is an external LTO9 Half-High SAS Tape Drive that delivers up to 300 MB/sec native transfer rates, supports backups of up to 30 TB compressed capacity with 2.5 to 1 compression or up to 12 TB native capacity and supports encrypting backups. The IBM TS2290 3580-H9S LTO9 Half-High SAS Tape Drive has a 12 Gbps dual-port SAS interface that can be used with IBM i, AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, Unix and Windows servers. The IBM TS2290 3580-H9S LTO9 Half-High SAS Tape Drive can read and write to LTO9 Ultrium 9 and LTO8 Ultrium 8 cartridges. The IBM TS2290 3580-H9S LTO8 Half-High SAS Tape Drive is available as a stand-alone or rack mountable unit. The IBM TS2290 3580-H9S LTO8 Half-High SAS Tape Drive enclosure width enables two TS2290 tape units to be mounted side by side in a 19-inch IBM server rack mount shelf kit that requires 2U of rack space.

IBM TS2290 3580-H9S Performance Benchmarks and Capabilities
Read and Write: Ultrium 9 with 18 TB native capacity or 45 TB compressed, and Ultrium 8 with 12 TB native capacity or 30 TB compressed, both supporting WORM and Encryption
Does NOT read older than Ultrium 7 media.
Native Data Rate: 300 MB/s using Ultrium 9 Media
Maximum Sustained Data Rate: 600 MB/s using Ultrium 9 Media
Burst Data Rate: 600 MB/s using Ultrium 9 Media

Note: Actual performance capabilities and limitations are subject to the environment the IBM i tape drive is used, and the maximum achieved is always subject to the slowest bottleneck in the chain of an IBM i backup. Stated maximums cannot be achieved in environment where the maximum of other components involved in the backup is slower than the tape drive capabilities, such as the SAS bus, SAS media adapter, SAS cable, host processor, disk data rate, block size, compression, backup software and other variables. If the SAS media adapter is 3 Gb, the maximum transfer rate that can be achieved is 3 Gbps. To achieve faster IBM i backup and restore speeds where there bottleneck variables are not present, consider using an IBM i VTL. An IBM i VTL can achieve up to 10 GB/s and backup up to 36 TB per hour, while also supporting much faster host connection types such as 32 Gb Fiber Channel, 12 Gb SAS, and up to 40 GbE.

All new and refurbished IBM tape library and tape drive purchases include warranty and support. If you are purchasing an IBM Tape Library or Tape Drive for a Server other than an IBM i with OS400 operating system, be sure to inform your representative of the Server and OS type to ensure the IBM Tape Library ships with the correct firmware.

IBM TS2290 3580-H9S LTO9 Tape Drive Physical specifications
Width: 8.4 inch (213 mm)
Depth: 13.1 inch (332 mm)
Height: 2.3 inch (58 mm)
Weight: 9.4 lbs (4.3 kg)

In order to attach an IBM TS2290 3580-H9S external tape drive to a host system SAS adapter, at least one of the following SAS cable is required.

IBM AGKB 3 m Mini-SAS HD/Mini-SAS HD 1x Cable
IBM AGKD 1.5 m Mini-SAS HD/Mini-SAS HD 1x Cable
IBM 5507 4 m Mini-SAS HD/Mini-SAS 1x Cable

Other IBM LTO Tape Drives and Tape Libraries include:
IBM TS2240 3580-H4S LTO4 Tape Drive
IBM TS2250 3580-H5S LTO5 Tape Drive
IBM TS2260 3580-H6S LTO6 Tape Drive
IBM TS2270 3580-H7S LTO7 Tape Drive
IBM TS2280 3580-H8S LTO8 Tape Drive
IBM TS2290 3580-H9S LTO9 Tape Drive
IBM 7226-1U3 LTO Tape and DAT Storage Enclosure
IBM TS2900 LTO Tape Drive with Autoloader 3572-S8H 3572-S7H 3572-S6H 3572-S5H 3572-S4H
IBM TS3100 3573-L2U IBM Tape Library with up to 2 LTO Drives
IBM TS4300 3555-L3A and 3555-E3A Tape Library with up to 3 LTO Tape Drives
IBM TS4500 Tape Library with up to 14 LTO Tape Drives and 882 Cartridges

For significantly faster IBM i backup and restore times, consider using an IBM i Virtual Tape Library. If your organization needs a minimize or eliminate downtime for backups, consider IBM i Backup Snapshots.