IBM 3588 F4A, TS1040 LTO4 800/1600 GB Ultrium Tape Drive
TS1040 - 3588 F4A IBM LTO4 800/1600 GB Ultrium Tape Drive - Data Sheet
The TS1040 IBM Ultrium 4 3588 F4A Tape Drive can be installed in an IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library (machine type 3584) to offer high capacity and performance for the midrange open systems environment.
The 3588 F4A (TS1040) uses a LTO4 Tape Drive with a native data transfer of up to 120 MB/sec and up to 800 GB native physical capacity (1,600 GB with 2:1 compression). IBM's Ultrium 4 Tape Drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges and read LTO Ultrium 2 Data Cartridges. The TS1040 has a 4-Gbps Fibre Channel interface that will connect to most open system servers.
The IBM TS1040 (3588 F4A) LTO Ultrium 4 Tape Drive supports data encryption on the base drive using Ultrium 4 media. System Managed and Library Managed Encryption and associated IBM Encryption Key Manager access are available as a chargeable licensed key (feature 1604 — Transparent LTO Encryption) under the TS3500 Tape Library L-frames.
Support for the TS1040 encryption function requires a minimum level of microcode firmware that is your responsibility to load, configure, and maintain on the TS3500 Tape Library.
The TS1040 Tape Drive's encryption capability and its subsystem integration support help provide you with a flexible tape data encryption solution that supports encryption and key management across a variety of environments, supporting a single point of control for all encryption keys, and most importantly can help customers protect tape data in a cost effective way. System Managed and Library Managed Encryption and associated IBM Encryption Key Manager access are available as a chargeable licensed key (feature 1604, Transparent LTO Encryption) under the TS3500 Tape Library L-frames. Support for the TS1040 encryption function requires a minimum level of microcode firmware and is a customer's responsibility to load, configure, and maintain on the TS3500 Tape Library.
The TS1040 can be installed in new or installed TS3500 Tape Library Models L53 and D53, and also in 3584 Tape Library Models L52 L32, D52, and D32.
In summary, IBM Ultrium 4 enhancements that help improve performance and reliability include:
Native data transfer rate up to 120 MB/sec
Ultrium 4 tape cartridge native physical capacity of 800 GB
4-Gbps Fibre Channel drive attachment
A larger 256 MB internal buffer
LTO Ultrium 4 encryption support
8 KB cartridge memory with Ultrium 4 media
Prerequisites:
Appropriate levels of host and drive software are required to attach the TS1040 to selected IBM System i, IBM System p, IBM System x, or IBM System z, and Hewlett Packard (HP), Sun, UNIX, Linux, and Windows servers.
Note: Although the Ultrium 4 Tape Drive provides the capability for excellent tape performance, other components of the system may limit the actual performance achieved. Also, although the compression technology used in the tape drive can typically double the amount of data that can be stored on the media, the actual degree of compression achieved is highly sensitive to the characteristics of the data being compressed.