#4684 30 GB QIC Tape 825-890/Expan

(#4684) - 30GB 1/4-Inch Cartridge Tape

The #4684 is a 30GB 1/4-Inch Cartridge Tape Unit that can be mounted in half-high, autodocking, removable media bays of expansion towers/units.

The #4684 may be used for save/restore, alternate IPL, program distribution, migration and 1/4-inch cartridge tape exchange.

A #4684 will read/write the following tape formats:

30GB (up to 60GB with compression in SLR60 format) with IBM SLR60-30GB Data Cartridge (19P4209)

25GB (up to 50GB with compression in MLR3 format) with IBM MLR3-25GB Data Cartridge (59H4128)

16GB (up to 32GB with compression in QIC5010 format) with IBM MLR1-16GB Data Cartridge (59H4175)

5GB (up to 10GB with compression in SLR100 format) with IBM SLR100-5GB Data Cartridge (35L0661)

2GB (up to 4GB with compression in QIC5010 format) with IBM MLR1-2GB Data Cartridge (35L0589)

A #4684 is capable of read only support of the following tape formats:

4GB (QIC4GB format) with SLR5-4GB Data Cartridge (59H3660)

2.5GB (QIC2GB format) with IBM DC9250 Data Cartridge (16G8436)

The #4684 has the these technical specifications for the primary recording format:

Cartridge Capacity (Native) = 30.0GB (1500-ft tape)

Cartridge Capacity (Compression) = 60.0GB (1500-ft tape)

Data Rate (Native) = 4.0MB/s

Data Rate (Compression) = 8.0MB/s

Attributes provided: 30GB 1/4-inch tape device

Attributes required: half height, autodocking removable media bay and a disk controller in place to interface to this media bay.

For 9406 - 520 (4684)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 10 (Initial order maximum: 10 )

OS level required: i5/OS V4R5, or later, AIX 5L for POWER V5.2 for IBM eServer, or later, Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS for POWER Version 3, or later, SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for POWER, or later

Initial Order/MES/Both/Supported: Both

CSU: Yes

Return parts MES: No

Supported on the following systems: 520, 550, 570, 595, 620, 640, 650, 720, 730, 740, 800, 810, 825, 830, 840, 870, 890, S20, S30, S40, SB2, SB3