IBM Enterprise Tape Drives

Safeguard data with future-proof cyber resilience and air-gapped isolation

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Secure, scalable and cost-effective data storage

IBM Enterprise Tape Drive family addresses these issues by offering high-capacity and secure storage.

With interfaces like FC-16 and SAS-12, these drives integrate easily with existing tape infrastructure or can be used as standalone rack-mounted units. They support the LTFS format for simple graphical access to data and the built-in encryption ensures data confidentiality and helps meet stringent compliance requirements while protecting against unauthorized access.

 IBM TS4500 Tape Library Demo
Improve tape operations performance

Execute faster data transfer of up to 400MBps (up to 900 MBps compressed) with two 12 Gb/sec SAS ports and two 16 Gb/sec FC ports, while maintaining compatibility with existing IBM tape automation installations.
Enable reliable and cost-efficient connectivity

Achieve great performance, and reliability than other formats, providing a lower TCO. IBM Enterprise Tape Drives are recognized as a state-of-the-art in tape technology.
Data search efficency with RAO

RAO (Recommended Access Order) enables tape control applications to accelerate the retrieval of data from a single tape.
Get robust data protection

Maintain the security of your sensitive corporate data by implementing a reliable and solid line of defense.

Features

Products

IBM TS1160 - Front Facing

IBM TS1160 tape drive

Offers 20 TB (JE), 15 TB (JD) maximum format capacity (native). Other format capacities (native) are 10 TB (JD), 7 TB (JC). Provides 400 MB/s native data rate drive performance. Includes FC-16 Gb, ethernet 10 Gb, or SAS 12 Gb interface and back-end attachments for Virtual Tape environments.
Read TS1160 Tape Drive data sheet
This is a IBM TS1170 tape drive product from the front view.

IBM TS1170 tape drive

Offers 50TB (JF) maximum format capacity. The TS1170 drive operates at 400MBps raw throughput and supports both 12gig SAS and 16gig Fibre Channel connectivity. Provides AES-256 encryption and support new tape cartridge media, 3592 70F (JF media), using Strontium Ferrite magnetic particles.
Read TS1170 Tape Drive data sheet

Specifications

LiteTS 1150TS 1160TS 1170
Enterprise Open Tape Format
  • 10 TB
  • 360 MBpS
  • Downward R2x/W1x compatible
  • WORM and Encryption
  • LTFS
  • 20 TB
  • 400 MBpS
  • Downward R1x/W1x
  • Compatible
  • WORM and Encryption
  • LTFS
  • 50 TB
  • 400 MBpS
  • Capacity Format only
  • Encryption
  • LTFS
 Under service and upgrade only  

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