Tape storage is used for data backup in case of system failure and for archiving data for long-term storage.
The long term retention of data including the archiving of data, regulatory and legal holds are all critical to the business. Tape helps to lower carbon impact, TCO, and energy consumption of long term data retention.
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Full range of tape libraries and autoloaders featuring high performance and capacity for entry, midrange and enterprise system environments.
Tape technology of archiving cold data with long-term retention makes possible to dramatically reduce the cost of storing growing amounts of data.
Tape combines long product lifecycles with low embedded and operational carbon
footprint to support your sustainability initiatives.
Unparalleled data resilience, with "offline-by-design" physical air gap between your archived data and the outside world. Offering data encryption at rest to ensure data privacy and reduce the risk of data corruption due to virus or sabotage.
Tape for Mainframe
IBM tape portfolio, protect data and reduce storage costs
Tape for Open Systems
IBM LTO tape storage solutions are designed with more than two decades of data protection and storage innovation, providing high levels of confidence that your data is safe, secure and protected against cyber threats.
IBM tape libraries, autoloader, tape drives and media
Preserve and protect your data with sustainable, cyber-resilient, ultra-high-density tape storage. Offers a maximum capacity of 27.8 uncompressed with LTO 9. The drive type is LTO FH. Maximum number of drives is 14.
Offers a maximum capacity of 417 PB with LTO 9 and 351 PB with TS1160. The drive types are LTO and/or TS1110. Maximum number of drives is 128.
Offers maximum capacity of 11.52 PB with LTO 9. The drive types are LTO FH and HH. Maximum number of drives is 48.
Offers a maximum capacity of 162 TB with LTO 9. The drive types are LTO HH and SAS. Maximum number of drives is 1.
The IBM Stand Alone Drive is a half-height drive with LTO Ultrium 9 technology. It provides up to 45 TB per cartridge (with 2.5:1 compression). Designed to help small and medium businesses handle the growing data demands of modern tape use cases like cloud, Internet of Things (IoT) and active file archive. It is an excellent choice if you require backup and low-cost, archival storage of data.
The IBM LTO Ultrium data cartridges offer long-term data preservation and rapid, reliable access to data. Increasing capacity and performance while enhancing data access that can reduce licensing costs and dependencies.
Deploy up to four stage 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 removable disk drives.
S3 Deep Archive
NEW!
IBM S3 Deep Archive is the next generation long-term archival solution optimized for Deep-but-Accessible data. Delivering the benefits of tape storage, in an easy-to-use, easy to integrate solution.
The IBM Tape portfolio provides an array of choices to best suit the client requirements. From single drive entry levels all the way to scale up infrastructure. Here is a highlight review of the options currently available.
Product
Max Capacity*
Max #drives
Max #cartriges
Withdraw from market
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IBM Storage Archive |
|---|
TS2290
18TB
1
1
Per drive Gen
LTO only
7226
18TB
1
1
Per drive Gen
LTO only
TS2900
162TB
1
9
Per drive Gen
LTO only
TS4300
11.52PB
48
640
8Y+
LTO only
Diamondback
27.8PB*
14
1548 LTO
N/A
LTO only
TS4500
417 PB LTO
877 PB** Enterprise
128
23,170LTO
17,550 Enterprise
10Y+
LTO/TS1100
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Tape for Mainframe |
|---|
TS7700 Tape Attach
100 PB Enterprise**
16
5,000 Enterprise
10Y+
LTO/TS1100
LTO*/TS1170
100 PB Enterprise**
16
5,000 Enterprise
10Y+
LTO/TS1100
* Actual capacity will vary depending on reserve and swap slot configuration
** TS1170 capacity with JF media
IBM Storage Expert Care offers a simplified, standardized approach to service and support for select IBM Storage systems, helping optimize system availability and reduce costs.
IBM provides support and services for IBM Storage products and solutions to help clients plan, deploy, support, optimize and refresh their IBM Storage solutions.
IBM Diamondback Expert Care offers you a new way of attaching services and support to IBM storage solutions through service tiers that let you choose the level of support for your systems.