IBM 3588-F6A TS1060 Tape drive available to ship 

IBM 3588-F6A TS1060 Tape drive 

• MB/sec. Data tracks are written 16 at a time. IBM LTO6 Tape Drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 5 Data Cartridges at Ultrium 5 capacities and rates, and read LTO Ultrium 4 Data Cartridges at Ultrium 4 capacities and rates.
  Note:Although the Ultrium 6 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.

• Increased tape cartridge capacity:The LTO Generation 6 media specification tape cartridge physical capacity is up to 6.25 TB compressed physical capacity, more than double that of the Ultrium 4 and 5 Data Cartridge. This is achieved by increasing the linear density, track density, and the media length. The IBM Ultrium 6 tape itself is an advanced Barium Ferrite tape developed to help provide durability and increased capacity.

• Encryption:The IBM System Storage TS1060 LTO Ultrium 6 Tape Drive supports data encryption on the base drive with Ultrium 6 or Ultrium 5 media. System Managed and Library Managed Encryption and associated IBM Tivoli® Key Lifecycle Manager access are all available as a chargeable licensed key (feature 1604, Transparent LTO Encryption) under the TS3500 Tape Library L-frames. IBM Tivoli Key Lifecycle Manager v1 (TKLM) is required with this feature.

• Attachment options:The TS1060 Tape Drive comes with 8 Gbps Fibre Channel dual-ported attachment models for connection to a wide spectrum of open system servers. They are supported on a wide range of environments including selected IBM Power Systems , IBM System i , IBM System p , IBM System x , IBM System z (zLinux), other servers running HP-UX, Linux , Sun Solaris, and Microsoft Windows operating system environments.

• WORM media support:LTO Generation 6 media specification compressed up to 6.25 TB IBM 3589 Ultrium 6 WORM Tape Cartridges are designed for archiving and data retention applications, as well as those applications requiring an audit trail. These cartridges work with the IBM LTO Ultrium 6 Tape Drive to help prevent the alteration or deletion of user data. IBM LTO 6 WORM Tape Cartridges can be ordered as unique 3589 models with the following features:

• Prelabeling with the ability to specify a starting volume serial and color coding

• Packaging in individual jewel cases or in bulk

• Cartridge memory, built into every cartridge, enhances functionality and media reliability by storing access history and media performance information for use by the tape drive every time the cartridge is accessed