IBM TS3500 Tape Library LTO8 tape drive 3588-F8A

IBM® TS1080 Model F8A is an IBM Linear Tape-Open™ (LTO™) Ultrium™ 8 Tape Drive that combines IBM tape reliability and performance at open systems prices. New Ultrium 8 tape drives deliver the following improvements:

Maximum data transfer rates deliver up to 360 MBps native for full-high (FH) tape drives
Support for LTO generation 8 media specification tape cartridge compressed capacity of up to 30 TB with 2.5 to 1 compression
8 Gbps Fibre Channel dual-ported interface attachment
Support for media partitioning and self-describing tape with IBM Spectrum Archive™ Enterprise Edition software
Encryption capabilities
LTO Ultrium 8 cartridge capacity of up to 240 PB per library (up to 600 PB with 2.5 to 1 compression)
TS1080 Model F8A can be installed in new or previously installed TS3500 Tape Library models L53, D53, L52, and D52.
IBM TS1080 Model F8A is designed to be installed in an IBM TS3500 tape library to deliver high capacity and performance for the midrange open systems environment. This model incorporates the new LTO Ultrium 8 Tape Drive with enhanced maximum tape drive throughput over the IBM LTO generation 7 Tape Drive (Ultrium 7). It has a native data transfer of up to 360 MBps for FH tape drives. The TS1080 Tape Drive supports the LTO generation 8 media specification of double the compressed capacity with up to 30 TB with 2.5 to 1 compression (up to 12 TB native capacity) as compared to previous LTO 7 compressed capacity of up to 15 TB with 2.5 to 1 compression (up to 6 TB native capacity) per tape cartridge. IBM Ultrium 8 tape drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 7. The TS1080 has an 8 Gbps Fibre Channel dual-ported interface for connection to a wide spectrum of open system servers.

The IBM TS1080 LTO Ultrium 8 Tape Drive supports data encryption with Ultrium 8 and Ultrium 7 media.

IBM Ultrium 8 enhancements to help improve performance and reliability include:

Native data transfer rate of up to 360 MBps for FH tape drives
LTO generation 8 media specification tape cartridge compressed capacity of up to 30 TB (up to 12 TB native)
8 Gbps Fibre Channel dual-ported drive attachment
A 1 GB internal buffer
Support for media partitioning and self-describing tape with IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition
LTO Ultrium 8 encryption support
Support for new and field merge TS1080 (3588-F8A) drives into 3584 models L53 and D53
LTO Ultrium 8 cartridge capacity of up to 240 PB per library (up to 600 PB with 2.5 to 1 compression)