Lenovo TS4300 LTO Tape Library LTO8 LTO7 LTO6 6741A1F Ultrium
Brand:
Lenovo
Model Number:
TS4300-6741-A1F
Lenovo TS4300 LTO Tape Library 6741L1U 6741-L1U 6741A1F
Lenovo TS4300 LTO Tape Library model 6741L1U is a high speed Ultrium LTO tape automation solution that supports SAS and Fiber LTO8 Ultrium8, LTO7 Ultrium7 and LTO6 Ultrium6 tape drives, which can be three half-height HH LTO tape drives or one full-height FH LTO tape drive and one half-height tape drive in the 3U base chassis with up to 40 cartridges in two removable magazines. The IBM TS4300 3555-L3A LTO Tape Library model 6741-L1U provides secure long-term data storage for up to 3.36 PB of native backup storage, has 6741A1F part number and feature code B16H, and replaced the IBM TS3100 and IBM TS3200 LTO Tape Libraries. Up to six Lenovo 6741L3U expansion units can be added to the TS4300 LTO Tape Library and has part number 6741A3F and B16J feature code. The Lenovo TS4300 LTO Tape Library system can be configured with up to 21 half-height LTO tape drives or 7 full-height and up to 7 half-height tape drives.
The TS4300 supports up to 12 TB native capacity using Ultrium 8 tape cartridges, 9 TB using Ultrium7 tape cartridges (initialized LTO8 Type M), 6 TB using Ultrium7 tape cartridges and or 2.5 TB using Ultrium6 tape cartridges. The TS4300 LTO Tape Library has two removable magazines per 3U module, providing up to 20 data cartridges in each and maximum of 280 cartridges in the base 6741L1U tape library. The TS4300 can be configured with 5-slot I/O Station per module or a I/O Station can be accessed by several modules for continuous library operations, allow importing and exporting media with little to no disruption to library operation.
LTO Tape Drive Options for Lenovo TS4300 LTO Tape Library:
LTO8 Tape Drive FH 8Gb Fiber Channel - AGKP 00GH814 01KP954 B1ET
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL, AGKP), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
LTO8 Tape Drive HH 8Gb Fiber Channel - AGKM 00GH812 01KP952 B1ER
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL, AGKP), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL, AGKP), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
LTO8 Tape Drive HH 6 Gb SAS - AGKN 00GH810 01KP953 B1ES
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL, AGKP), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL, AGKP), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
LTO7 Tape Drive FH 8 Gb Fiber Channel - AGKL 00GH768 01KP938 B16Y
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL, AGKP), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL, AGKP), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
LTO7 Tape Drive HH 8 Gb Fiber Channel - AGKJ 00GH766 01KP936 B16W
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL), and One HH Drive (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL), and One HH Drive (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
LTO7 Tape Drive HH 6 Gb SAS - AGKK 00GH764 01KP937 B16X
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A.
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A.
LTO6 Tape Drive FH 8 Gb Fiber Channel - AGKH 00GH763 01KP935 B16V
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL, AGKP), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL, AGKP), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK, AGKM, AGKN) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
LTO6 Tape Drive HH 8 Gb Fiber Channel - AGKF 00GH761 01KP933 B16T
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
LTO6 Tape Drive HH 6 Gb SAS - AGKG 00GH759 01KP934 B16U
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
One FH Drive (AGKH, AGKL), and One HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK)
or
Three HH Drives (AGKF, AGKG, AGKJ, AGKK) in any combination in a Model L3A and E3A
Note: The full-height LTO8 tape drives provide faster data transfer (throughput) rates than half-height LTO 8 tape drives. For instance, 360 MB/s is the maximum native data transfer rate of a FH LTO8, whereas 300 MB/s is the maximum for HH LTO8. Both the HH and FH Ultrium 7 LTO7 tape drives have 300 MB/s maximum transfer rate, and both the HH and FH Ultrium 6 LTO tape drives have a 160 MB/s maximum transfer rate.
LENOVO TS4300 features and capabilities
- A high-speed bar code reader that supports random access mode.
- Support for mixed LTO tape media, including LENOVO LTO Ultrium 8, Ultrium 7, and Ultrium 6 WORM (Write Once Read Many).
- Remote management feature provides a web interface for managing the TS4300.
- Multi-path feature permits sharing of the library robotics across multiple platforms and heterogeneous applications independently of each other, supporting partitioning up to 21 logical libraries (requires 1 LTO drive per partition or logical library). Multi-path enables each logical library to have dedicated drives, storage slots, and control paths.
- Tape encryption is supported for LTO 8, LTO 7 and LTO 6 tape drives, uses LENOVO Security Key Lifecycle Manager software.
- Path Failover allows the host device driver to transparently switch to another path if a communication path failure occurs.
- Optional redundant power supplies.
- A 32-channel Dual-stage head actuator for LTO 8 and LTO 7 or 16-channel Dual-stage head actuator for LTO 6, providing precision head alignment for optimal density and data integrity.
- An advanced independent tape loader that improve reliability of loading and unloading LTO cartridges.
- The graceful dynamic braking for power failure protection, ensures reel motors maintain tension with a gradual deceleration to help prevent tape from breaking, stretching or loosening.
- The new servo and track layout technology improves data throughput and reading for environment susceptible to shock and vibrations.
Surface Control Guiding Mechanism reduces chances of damaging tape by guiding the tape along the tape path using the surface instead of edges to control tape motion. - LTO 8 tape drives use Tunneling Magneto-Resistive (TMR) head technology that increase storage capacity and height data integrity.
- LTO 7 and LTO 6 tape drives use Giant Magneto-Resistive (GMR) technology that minimizes tape wear of read/write heads, reduces damage to edges and minimizes debris accumulation for LTO 7 and LTO 6 tape drives.
- Digital speed matching enables LTO Tape Drives to perform dynamic speed matching that improves throughput (transfer rates) by adjusting the drive's native data rate to the optimal speed of the host data rate by calculating data compressibility which helps reduce the number of back-hitch repositions.
Robust drive components optimized for automation environments - Power management manages the drive electronics for optimal power usage.
- Adaptive read equalization compensates for dynamic changes in read-back signal response automatically.
- Dynamic amplitude asymmetry compensation dynamically optimizes read-back signals for linear read-back response from MR read head transducers.
- Separate writing of multiple file marks improves performance if a subsequent append overwrites after the first file mark, which helps prevent having to rewrite data sets containing data existing in the first file mark (append). The separate writing of multiple file marks is used for write command using two or more file marks, causing a separate data set to be written containing all file marks after the first.
- Uses Ultrium LTO Data Compression (LTO-DC) or Lempel-Ziv class 1 (LZ-1) data compression algorithm, which is an extension of Adaptive Lossless Data Compression (ALDC) and an improvement over previous LENOVO LTO tape drive lossless compression algorithms. However, the TS4300 uses LENOVO’s patented "Scheme-Swapping" compression to analyze the incoming data stream to determine the most efficient storage method to help optimize data compression and increase data throughput. The TS4300 compression ratio is up to 2.5 to 1 for LTO Ultrium 8, 7, and 6.
- LTO Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM)
- Statistical Analysis and Reporting System (SARS) is used to determine if the drive needs a tape cleaner, mark the media as degraded, and indicate that the hardware degraded. SARS also help isolate failures between media and hardware by analyzing the cartridge performance history in the CM module and the drive’s performance history of the EEPROM to help determine the likely cause of failure.
The LENOVO TS4300 is a flexible and scalable LTO Tape Library designed to meet growing long-term storage requirements of most company requirements, and uses open standards that allow support for almost any operating system, compatible with most backup software and entire network infrastructure. In general, the TS4300 supports LENOVO I, Power AIX, PowerVM, Unix, Windows, Linux, x86 platforms and compatible storage and networking hardware and software. http://Lenovo.com/systems/support/storage/ssic
TS4300 LTO Ultrium drive maximum data transfer rates and capacity:
LTO8: 300 MB/sec native | 30 TB with 2.5:1 compression
LTO7 Type M: 300 MB/sec native | 22.5 TB with 2.5:1 compression
LTO7: 300 MB/sec native | 15 TB with 2.5:1 compression
LTO6: 160 MB/sec native | 6.25 TB with 2.5:1 compression
LTO5: 140 MB/sec native | 3.0 TB with 2:1 compression
LTO4: 120 MB/sec native | 1.6 TB with 2:1 compression
LTO7 Type M: 300 MB/sec native | 22.5 TB with 2.5:1 compression
LTO7: 300 MB/sec native | 15 TB with 2.5:1 compression
LTO6: 160 MB/sec native | 6.25 TB with 2.5:1 compression
LTO5: 140 MB/sec native | 3.0 TB with 2:1 compression
LTO4: 120 MB/sec native | 1.6 TB with 2:1 compression
LTO Tape Drive Media Backward Compatibility Chart
| Format | LTO8 | LTO7 | LTO6 | LTO5 | LTO4 | LTO3 | LTO2 |
| LTO8 | RW | ||||||
| LTO7 | RW | RW | |||||
| LTO6 | RW | RW | |||||
| LTO5 | R | RW | RW | ||||
| LTO4 | R | RW | RW | ||||
| LTO3 | R | RW | RW | ||||
| LTO2 | R | RW | RW |
Backup Software Compatibility:
IBM i iSeries AS400 BRMS, native OS400 Commands and other ISV vendor backup software solutions
Arcserve Backup
ASG Time Navigator
Barracuda Yosemite Backup
CommVault Simpana
Dell NetVault Backup
EMC NetWorker
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector
IBM Spectrum Protect
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager
Symantec Backup Exec
Symantec NetBackup
ASG Time Navigator
Barracuda Yosemite Backup
CommVault Simpana
Dell NetVault Backup
EMC NetWorker
HP OpenView Storage Data Protector
IBM Spectrum Protect
Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager
Symantec Backup Exec
Symantec NetBackup
Width: Rack mount 17.6 in, stand-alone 17.6 in TS3100 3573-L2U Weight & Dimensions:
- Depth: Rack mount 29.13 in, stand-alone 31.9 in
- Height: Rack mount 3.44 in, stand-alone 3.84 in
- Maximum weight: 33 lb without rack mount, 45 lbs with rack mount
The Lenovo TS4300 Tape Library is supported on the following operating systems at the minimum levels indicated:
IBM i iSeries AS400
IBM BladeCenter
IBM Flex System
IBM Power Systems (p6 or later)
IBM System p (p5 or older)
IBM System z and S/390
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Hewlett Packard
Intel (x86 and x86_64)
Sun