Preserve and protect your data cost effectively with IBM tape storage
Full range of tape storage products
Including drives, autoloaders, libraries, virtual tape systems, and IBM Spectrum Archive software.
Tape-based data storage for powerful data protection
Discover a simple, inexpensive technology that is virtually impervious to cyberattacks and is already in your data center – tape storage.
Tape storage 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 storage innovation
IBM continues to push the limits of capacity and the boundaries of tape technology innovation going forward.
IBM TS7700 virtual tape storage family
Leverage TS7700 powerful capabilities with enhanced deployment flexibility, the TS7700 family offer new smaller footprint, lower entry cost option for organizations of all sizes with different needs. TS7700 solutions are designed to match the performance, resiliency and security capabilities of mainframe environments, delivering a perfect foundation for your mission-critical hybrid multicloud.
Maximum capacity (native) 3.94 PB
Drive type: TS1100
IBM Tape Libraries
Reduce the cost of storing growing amounts of data.
IBM 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
IBM TS4300 Tape Library
High-density, highly scalable and easy-to-manage
- Maximum capacity with LTO-8: 3.36 PB
- Drive Type(s): LTO FH & HH
- Maximum number of drives: 21
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
IBM LTO® Tape Drives
IBM TS2280 Tape Drive
- Maximum 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
IBM TS2270 Tape Drive
- Maximum 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
IBM TS2260 Tape Drive
- Maximum 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
IBM TS1100 Tape Drives
IBM 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
- FC-16 Gb or Ethernet 10Gb interface attachment
IBM TS1150 Tape Drive
- Maximum format capacity (native): 10 TB (JD), 7 TB (JC)
- Other format capacities (native): 4 TB (JC)
- Native data rate: 360 MB/s
IBM TS1155 Tape Drive
- Maximum 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
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 Spectrum Archive
Get direct, intuitive and graphical access to data stored in IBM tape drives and libraries. IBM Spectrum Archive makes tape storage as easy to use as disk storage by incorporating the Linear Tape File System (LTFS) format standard for reading, writing and exchanging metadata on formatted tape cartridges.
Get storage your way with IBM Storage Utility Offering
Transform your virtual tape library CAPEX costs to OPEX as you better align capacity costs to business needs. IBM Storage Utility Offering delivers a cloud-like consumption model as your storage demands change to meet your business requirements. Get the IBM Cloud experience, on demand and always available, while focusing on driving business value through your data and business applications. Discover our cloud-like consumption, pay-as-you-grow capacity pricing.
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Drives
Performance and capacity for midrange to high-end storage with a low cost of ownership.
Automation/libraries
Full range of tape libraries and autoloaders to protect, access and manage data in entry, midrange and enterprise environments.
Media
Setting the standard in tape storage technology for superior media quality at a lower cost.
Data Storage Solutions webinars
Free bite-size expertise to help busy professionals understand and successfully navigate the modern IT storage landscape.
Resources
IBM Storage tape TCO calculator
How much could you be saving? Answer the questions in the tape calculator to get a personalized estimate of your total cost of ownership.
VU University Medical Center Amsterdam
Learn how this medical center helped researchers migrate from NAS drives to a centralized storage platform based on IBM Spectrum Storage solutions.
IBM Spectrum Storage
Improve data management and reduce costs with IBM Spectrum software-defined storage, which is fully integrated with IBM Tape Storage.
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