Features
Highlights
- Helps reduce costs with lower power consumption, consolidation and space reduction
- Supports media partitioning on Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium 6 media and IBM Linear Tape File System
- Double the compressed cartridge capacity and over 40 percent better performance compared to LTO Ultrium 5 drives
- Designed to provide greater capacity and performance to address the most demanding backup and archiving requirements
- More energy efficient than previous generations
The IBM System Storage TS2360 Tape Drive Express—part of the entry-level IBM System Storage tape product family—supports the storage, security and compliance requirements of today’s organizations. The TS2360 leverages the newest generation of LTO Ultrium technology, helping to cost-effectively handle growing storage requirements.
The TS2360 Tape Drive Express is suited for handling backup, save and restore, and archival data storage needs with higher capacity and a higher data transfer rate than the previous generation. In addition, the LTO Ultrium 6 technology is designed to support media partitioning and Linear Tape File System Single Drive Edition. It also continues to support encryption of data and write-once-read-many (WORM) media.
Technical Specifications
| Description | Specifications |
|---|---|
| Available models | Model 3580 S63—one IBM LTO Ultrium 6 Tape Drive, 6 Gbps SAS interface PN 6160S6X |
| Tape drive type | IBM LTO Ultrium 6 |
| Physical capacity | 2.5 TB native; 6.25 TB with 2.5:1 compression |
| Number of tape drives | 1 |
| Number of tape cartridges | 1 |
| Data transfer rate | Up to 160 MBps native |
| Media type | |
| Weight | 6.1 kg |
| Power requirements | 100 - 240 V ac, 50 - 60 Hz auto-ranging |
| Dimensions (width x height x depth) | 21.3 cm x 11.0 cm x 33.6 cm |
| Warranty | Three-year limited warranty, customer-replaceable unit (CRU) and on-site service in most countries, next business day 9x5, service upgrades available |