This topic describes the supported tape drives for use
with the 3592-C07 controller,
as well as listing various uses for the tape drives and controller.
The 3592-C07 supports
the following tape drives:
- IBM® System Storage™ TS1120 Tape Drive (also
referred to as 3592-E05)
- IBM System Storage TS1130 Tape Drive (also
referred to as 3592-E06 and 3592-EU6)
- IBM System Storage TS1140
Tape Drive (also referred to as 3592-E07)
The 3592-C07 does
NOT support the following tape drive:
- IBM TotalStorage Tape Drive
Model J1A
Each controller supports the attachment of up to 16 tape drives
in a TS3500 Tape
Library and
up to 12 tape drives in a stand-alone rack. The controller can be
directly attached to a maximum of four tape drives. When attaching
more than four tape drives a Fibre Channel switch is required. For
more information, refer to the topics in the Related information section.
The
3592-C07 together
with its supported tape drives can be used for the following:
- Encrypting data
- Storing and accessing sequential application data sets
- Creating and accessing temporary data sets
- Satisfying off-site data storage requirements for disaster recovery
- Backing up and restoring systems
- Meeting data acquisition needs
- Creating tapes for file archiving
- Creating write-once, read-many data tapes
For the latest drives information refer to the following:
- For TS1120 and TS1130 tape drives, see the IBM System
Storage 3592 Tape Drives and TS1120 Controller Introduction and
Planning Guide, GA32-0555, and the IBM System
Storage 3592 Tape Drives and TS1120 Controller Operator Guide,
GA32-0556
- For the TS1140 Tape Drive, see the IBM 3592
Model E07 Tape Drive Customer Information Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/jagdrive/cust/index.jsp