Hot News! IBM Tape storage extends its air-gapped protection with LTO 9 Ultrium technology
LTO Ultrium 9 technology is coming on 1H 2021 available in all subsystems and stand-alone systems extending its capacity to 45TB* per cartridge when compressed.
Why IBM tape media?
Tape is the optimal media for storage of cold data. IBM tape media solutions are designed to help reduce your costs while providing you with the assurance that your data is safe and secure.
With 65 years of tape storage innovation, IBM continually raises the bar on protecting your data. IBM extensively tests tape media on IBM tape drives and libraries to drive manufacturing and quality improvements. You gain peace of mind in sourcing media from a trusted, time-proven tape technology leader.
Benefits
Lower cost archiving
Easily replace Tier 2 and Tier 3 disks to reduce the costs of power, cooling, floor space and administration in tiered infrastructures.
Air-gapped cyber resilient infrastructure
Eliminate the ransomware cycle of infection and re-infection by creating a data copy essentially impossible for hackers to corrupt.
Powerful data protection
Discover how tape-based data storage is a simple, inexpensive technology that is virtually impervious to cyberattacks and is already in your data center.
Products designed to prolong tape media life
IBM LTO 8 Ultrium Data Cartridge
Delivers 12 TB native capacity and up to 30 TB of compressed capacity, with double the storage capacity of previous generations, for significantly greater efficiency, performance and long-term data preservation and access.
IBM Tape Cartridge 3592 Type E
Delivers the advanced durability, quality and innovation that you expect from IBM. Protects your investment by supporting media re-use, which enables the drive to reformat and upgrade prior-generation media cartridges.
Enterprise storage media
IBM 3592 Tape Cartridge
Designed to help the enterprise data center satisfy increasing demands for data retention, security and availability while working with reduced budgets.
IBM 3592 tape cartridges support media re-use by enabling the drive to reformat and upgrade prior generation media cartridges.
Midrange storage media
IBM LTO 8 Data Cartridge
Delivers 12 TB native capacity and up to 30 TB of compressed capacity.
IBM LTO 7 Data Cartridge
Delivers 6 TB native capacity and up to 15 TB of compressed capacity.
IBM LTO 6 Data Cartridge
Delivers 2.5 TB native capacity and up to 6.25 TB of compressed capacity.
Warranty support
For warranty support on IBM-branded media in the United States and Canada only, please complete this form. Outside the United States and Canada, contact the nearest IBM media authorized distributor.
IBM Media authorized distributors
Americas:
Accutech Data Supplies Inc (this link resides outside of ibm.com)
Dexxxon Digital Storage Inc (this link resides outside of ibm.com)
Asia/Pacific
E-Globaledge Corporation (this link resides outside of ibm.com)
Europe/Middle East/Africa
Dexxon Groupe (this link resides outside of ibm.com)
Sinus Gesellschaft (this link resides outside of ibm.com)
Wellow Business Services (this link resides outside of ibm.com)
Note: If the library isn’t able to copy the data off onto another cartridge, then call an IBM ServiceRep to request the cartridge be sent off for data recovery.
Resources
IBM Tape library guide
Get in-depth information to make the most of your investment.
ISV matrix
Review the list of independent software vendors (ISV’s) who have indicated support for IBM Storage Media products.
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