#4685 VXA-2 80GB Tape 825-890/Expan

(#4685) - 80GB VXA-2 Tape Drive

(Only available as REFURBISHED as of May 8, 2007)

The #4685 is a 80GB 8mm Cartridge Tape Unit that can be mounted in half-high, autodocking, removable media bays of expansion towers/units.

The #4685 may be used for save/restore, alternate IPL, program distribution, migration.

The #4685 has the these technical specifications for the primary recording format:

Cartridge Capacity (Native) = 80.0GB

Cartridge Capacity (Compression) = 160.0GB (typical)

Data Rate (Native) = 6.0MB/s

Data Rate (Compression) = 12.0MB/s

Recording Format: 8mm helical scan

Interchange (Read): New format (No compatible tape currently offered on iSeries)

Interchange (Write): New format (No compatible tape currently offered on iSeries)

Form Factor 5 1/4", 1/2 high

A #4685 will read/write the following tape format:

Advanced Metal Evaporated 8mm data cartridges

230m (80GB)

61m (20GB)

170m (59GB)

Attributes provided: 80GB 8mm 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 (4685)

Minimum required: 0

Maximum allowed: 10 (Initial order maximum: 10 )

OS level required: i5/OS V5R1, 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, 800, 810, 825, 870, 890