IBM Tape Storage

Partner with IBM, the worldwide tape market leader, to preserve your data in the most cost-effective manner

Full range of tape storage products

Including drives, autoloaders, libraries, virtual tape systems, and IBM Spectrum Archive software

Tape goes high speed

'Flape' storage uses intelligent software-defined storage to combine the cost and performance advantages of flash, tape and SDS

More than 60 years of tape innovation

IBM continues to push the limits of capacity and the boundaries of tape technology innovation going forward

By placing data in the right tier at the right time — in a way that’s transparent to applications — flash and tape, or FLAPE, change the economics of storage.

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IBM Tape Virtualization

IBM TS7760

New - The IBM TS7760 Virtual Tape Library can help you increase business flexibility with cloud as a storage tier. Support next-generation cloud infrastructures on IBM Z servers, backed by virtualized tape storage. This mainframe virtual tape solution optimizes data protection and business continuance for IBM Z data.

Maximum capacity (native) 2.4 PB

Drive type: TS1100

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IBM Tape Libraries: Compare models

TS4500 Tape Library

Next-generation cloud storage library

Maximum capacity with LTO-8 / TS1160: 278 PB / 351 PB
Drive Type(s): LTO and/or TS1100
Maximum number of drives: 128

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TS4300 Tape Library

High-density, highly scalable and easy-to-manage

Maximum capacity with LTO-8: 3.2 PB
Drive Type(s): LTO FH & HH
Maximum number of drives: 21

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TS2900 Tape Autoloader

Low-profile, entry-level IBM LTO tape storage

Maximum capacity with LTO-8: 108 TB
Drive Type(s): LTO HH SAS
Maximum number of drives: 1

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IBM LTO Generations Tape Drives: Compare models

TS2280 Tape Drive

Maxiumum format capacity (native): 12 TB
Other format capacities (native): 6 TB (LTO-7), 9 TB (LTO-7 Type M)
Native data rate: Up to 300 MB/s

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IBM LTO® Ultrium 8 Data Cartridge

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TS2270 Tape Drive

Maxiumum format capacity (native) : 6 TB
Other format capacities (native): 2.5 TB (LTO-6), 1.5 TB (LTO-5 R/O)
Native data rate: 300 MB/s

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IBM LTO® Ultrium 7 Data Cartridge

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TS2260 Tape Drive

Maxiumum format capacity (native): 2.5 TB
Other format capacities (native): 1.5 TB (LTO-5), 800 GB (LTO-4 R/O)
Native data rate: 160 MB/s

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IBM LTO® Ultrium 6 Data Cartridge

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IBM 7226 Multimedia Storage Enclosure

Deploy a low-profile design configuration with up to four storage devices in a 1U space in a 19-inch rack.

Enable the performance and capacity enhancements of half-high Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium, DVD-RAM or Remote DBA Experts, LLC (RDX) removable disk drives.

IBM TS1100 Generations Tape Drives: Compare models

TS1160 Tape Drive

Maximum format capacity (native): 20 TB (JE), 15 TB (JD)
Other format capacities (native): 10 TB (JD), 7 TB (JC)
Native data rate: 400 MB/s

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IBM 3592 Tape Cartridge

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TS1155 Tape Drive

Maxiumum format capacity (native): 15 TB (JD), 7TB (JC)
Other format capacities (native): 10 TB (JD), 4 TB (JC, R/O)
Native data rate: 360 MB/s

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IBM 3592 Tape Cartridge

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TS1150 Tape Drive

Maxiumum format capacity (native): 10 TB (JD), 7 TB (JC)
Other format capacities (native): 4 TB (JC)
Native data rate: 360 MB/s

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IBM 3592 Tape Cartridge

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TS1140 Tape Drive

Maxiumum format capacity (native): 4 TB (JC), 1.6 TB (JB)
Other format capacities (native): 1 TB (JB), 700 GB (JB) (All JA R/O)
Native data rate: 250 MB/s

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IBM 3592 Tape Cartridge

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IBM Spectrum Archive

Get direct, intuitive and graphical access to data stored in IBM tape drives and libraries. IBM Spectrum Archive makes tape as easy to use as disk storage by incorporating the Linear Tape File System (LTSF) format standard for reading, writing and exchanging metadata on formatted tape cartridges.

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