IBM 3592 Tape Cartridge

Support media re-use by enabling the drive to reformat and upgrade prior generation media cartridges

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Overview

The IBM® 3592 tape cartridges are designed to help enterprise data centers 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. That means existing media cartridges achieve both improved performance and capacity which helps you mitigate the impact of a tape subsystem upgrade.
Benefits
Protect your investment

Improve performance and capacity with media re-use and up-formatting to enable the drive to reformat and upgrade prior generation media cartridges, reducing the impact of a tape subsystem upgrade.
Increase flexibility and lower costs

Gain rapid data access and lower media costs with the economy cartridge, offering the same quality as our standard length cartridges, but in a shorter, less expensive length, with faster seek times.
Improve reliability

Improve media reliability, increase performance and minimize tape head wear with a memory chip that stores performance and usage records to proactively determine if the tape needs to be replaced.

Features

Virtual backhitch support

Improve performance for small file reads/writes and help reduce media wear with virtual backhitch support when used on IBM Enterprise Tape Drives.

 Industry standard encryption

Enable your users to address security concerns by writing encrypted data to tape. Compatible across all IBM Enterprise Tape Drives.

 High resolution tape directory

Leverage high-speed search and increased system performance by retrieving data faster when used on IBM Enterprise Tape Drives.

 Statistical Analysis and Reporting System (SARS)*

Use the tape drive to monitor cartridge life and usage and help eliminate data loss due to cartridge failure when used on IBM Enterprise Tape Drives.

 Economy cartridge

Reduce cost of ownership through a lower cost per cartridge. IBM 3592 tape cartridge providers faster access to data by reducing the length of the media.

         Reinforced cartridge

    Safeguard against accidental drops and help protect your data with a reinforced cartridge.

             Partitioning/IBM Storage Archive

      Eliminate middleware and reduce tape management costs through partitioning with IBM Storage Archive™ when used on IBM Enterprise Tape Drives. 

                     Multiple model and format options

          Available in rewritable and WORM cartridge models and three formats including fast access, standard capacity and extended capacity.

                     Scaled media

          Leverage the ability to use a standard tape in a rapid access mode.

                     Data safe mode

          Gain write-once-read-many- (WORM) like protection using a standard 3592 cartridge.

          Resources

          ISV Matrix for IBM TotalStorage 3592 tape drives
          Independent Software Vendor Matrix (ISV) for IBM TotalStorage 3592 tape drives and LTO.
          IBM System Storage Interoperation Center
          Visit the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center to see the possibilities the IBM 3592 Tape Cartridge can offer you.
          3592 Product Guide
          Discover all the possibilities of use that the IBM 3592 Cartridge can bring you
          3592 Tape Cartridges
          This section describes the tape cartridges that are used by 3592 Tape Drives in the TS3500 or TS4500 Tape Library.

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