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Lenovo IBM TS4300 Tape

IBM TS4300

Tape Autoloader

DATA SHEET

IBM TS4300 Tape Library (Machine Type 6741) combines IBM enterprise tape automation and reliability with open system affordability. It is a high-density, highly scalable, easy-to-manage solution designed to keep data securely stored long-term, while helping reduce the costs associated with data center space and utilities.

The TS4300 utilizes modular design to meet growing long-term storage requirements. Starting with a single 3U base module, customers can scale the tape library by adding up to six 3U expansion modules for the overall capacity of up to 280 LTO cartridges. Each 3U base or expansion module can house up to 40 cartridges in two removable magazines.

Each 3U module can accommodate up to three half-height tape drives or a combination of one half-height tape drive and one full-height tape drive. The choice of the tape drives includes IBM LTO Ultrium 9, 8, 7, or 6 Tape Drives with SAS or Fibre Channel host connectivity interfaces.

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Lenovo IBM TS4300 Tape

IBM TS4300

Tape Autoloader

DATA SHEET

IBM TS4300 Tape Library (Machine Type 6741) combines IBM enterprise tape automation and reliability with open system affordability. It is a high-density, highly scalable, easy-to-manage solution designed to keep data securely stored long-term, while helping reduce the costs associated with data center space and utilities.

The TS4300 utilizes modular design to meet growing long-term storage requirements. Starting with a single 3U base module, customers can scale the tape library by adding up to six 3U expansion modules for the overall capacity of up to 280 LTO cartridges. Each 3U base or expansion module can house up to 40 cartridges in two removable magazines.

Each 3U module can accommodate up to three half-height tape drives or a combination of one half-height tape drive and one full-height tape drive. The choice of the tape drives includes IBM LTO Ultrium 9, 8, 7, or 6 Tape Drives with SAS or Fibre Channel host connectivity interfaces.

Did you know?

Featuring the latest LTO Ultrium 9 technology, the TS4300 Tape Library provides up to 5.04 PB of native backup storage.

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Key features

The TS4300 tape library offers the following features:

  • Scalable tape library that is designed for high capacity, high performance, and high reliability.
  • Adherence to LTO specifications.
  • Support for half-high (HH) or full-high (FH) LTO Ultrium 9, 8, 7, or 6 tape drives
  • Support for up to three half-high tape drives or a combination of one full-high tape drive and one half-high tape drive in each 3U module. The maximum number of drives in the tape library ranges from up to 7 full-high and up to 7 half-high to up to 21 half-high tape drives.
  • Native data transfer rate of up to 400 MB/s (Ultrium 9 FH), 300 MBp/s (Ultrium 9 HH), 360 MB/s (Ultrium 8 FH), 300 MB/s (Ultrium 8 HH or Ultrium 7), or up to 160 MB/s (Ultrium 6) per tape drive.
  • Native cartridge capacity of up to 18 TB (Ultrium 9), 12 TB (Ultrium 8), 9 TB (Ultrium 7 initialized LTO 8 Type M), 6 TB (Ultrium 7).
  • 12Gb SAS, 6 Gb SAS or 8 Gb Fibre Channel attachments for connection to Lenovo servers that run Microsoft Windows or Linux server operating systems.
  • Support for LTO 9 media specification tape cartridge compressed capacity of up to 45 TB, 30 TB compressed capacity for LTO8, and 15 TB compressed capacity for LTO7 with 2.5 to 1 compression per cartridge
  • Data security and regulatory compliance through support for LME and WORM media on LTO 9, 8, and 7 tape drives
  • Two removable magazines in each 3U module that can house up to 20 data cartridges each for a total of up to 280 cartridges in the tape library to enable quick population of the tape library and ease the storage needs for media.
  • Flexibility in configuring a 5-slot I/O Station for each module, or one I/O Station can be accessed by several modules to help support continuous library operations, while importing and exporting media with little or no disruption to library operation.
  • A standard high-speed bar code reader with which you can operate the TS4300 in random access mode. Sequential mode is not currently supported.
  • Mixed media support, including IBM LTO Ultrium 9, 8, 7.
  • Remote management capabilities to allow for remote administration of the TS4300 through a web interface.
  • Multi-path feature to allow sharing of the library robotics across heterogeneous applications independently of each other. The library can be partitioned into up to 21 logical libraries (each partition must have at least one drive). It also can provide each logical library its own separate and distinct drives, storage slots, and control paths.
  • Optional Path Failover that enables the host device driver to transparently switch to an alternative path if there is a communication path failure to the application.
  • Extra power supplies for redundant operations.
  • Support from an extensive ecosystem of backup software vendors.

The features in the IBM LTO 9 tape drive:

  • Servo and track layout technology: There are 6,656 data tracks in LTO 9 versus 3,584 data tracks in LTO 8. The high-bandwidth servo system features a low-mass servo to help more effectively track servo bands and improve data throughput with damaged media in less-than-optimal shock and vibration environments.
  • Surface Control Guiding Mechanism: Designed to guide the tape along the tape path in the LTO 9, 8, 7, and 6 tape drive. This method is designed to use the surface of the tape, rather than the edges, to control tape motion to reduce tape damage (especially to the edges of the tape) and tape debris, which comes from the damaged edges and accumulation in the head area.
  • Robust drive components optimized for automation environments: With the most robust components available, steel ball bearings in loader, robust leader block design, and single circuit card, the drives offer enhanced reliability and prolonged life.
  • Separate writing of multiple filemarks: This is designed to cause any write command of two or more filemarks to cause a separate data set to be written containing all filemarks after the first.
  • LTO Data Compression (LTO-DC): The LTO 9 uses LTO-DC, which is an implementation of a Lempel-Ziv class 1 (LZ-1) data compression algorithm. LTO-DC is an extension of Adaptive Lossless Data Compression (ALDC) and an improvement over previous IBM lossless compression algorithms. Patented “Scheme-Swapping” compression from IBM is designed to look ahead at incoming data and determine the most efficient storage method (either ALDC or pass-through mode) to help optimize data compression and increase data throughput. The compressed ratio is up to 2.5 to 1 for LTO 9.
  • LTO Cartridge Memory (LTO-CM): Contained within the LTO data cartridge is the LTO-CM, which is a passive, contactless silicon storage device that is physically a part of the cartridge. The LTO-CM is designed to hold information about that specific cartridge, the media in the cartridge, and the data on the media. The storage capacity of the Generation 9 LTO-CM is 16,320 bytes. Communication between the drive and the LTO-CM is through a low-level RF field transmitted by the drive to the cartridge.
  • Statistical Analysis and Reporting System (SARS): The LTO 9 tape drive uses SARS to help isolate failures between media and hardware. SARS uses the cartridge performance history saved in the Cartridge Memory module and the drive performance history kept in the drive flash to help determine the likely cause of failure. SARS is designed to cause the drive to request a cleaner tape, to mark the media as degraded, and to indicate that the hardware has degraded.
  • Highly integrated electronics using IBM-engineered copper technology: This technology is designed to reduce the total number of components in the drive, help lower chip temperatures, and reduce power requirements, resulting in a more reliable drive. The ninth-generation drive electronics are designed to provide error correction of soft errors in the memory arrays in data and control paths.

Base Module and Expansion

TS4300 base model has the following characteristics:

  • Base module can be installed and operate on its own, providing capacity for 40 LTO cartridges.
  • Cartridge capacity: configured to hold two removable magazines, one on the left side and one on the right side, holding 20 slots each for a total of 40 data cartridges. This enables quick population of the tape library, as well as ease of storage for media
  • I/O station: The full group of five slots will be configurable as either import/export elements or as storage elements. This enables continuous library operation during import or export of data cartridges.
  • Media options: Uses LTO Ultrium® 9 Data Cartridge (5-pack)
  • Robotics: The base library will include scaling robotics with a barcode reader for identifying, locating, and moving LTO cartridges between storage locations and drives.
  • Power supplies: Power supplies are rated 80 PLUS Silver. Each module can run with a single power supply for nonredundant operation. Power supplies will be hot swappable when two are installed in a single module.

TS4300 expansion module has the following characteristics:

The capacity of a base library can be increased by adding one or more expansion modules. Each expansion will add 40 slots of LTO cartridge capacity and can include an additional three half-height LTO drives or an additional one full-height drive plus one half-height LTO drive.

  • Cartridge capacity: expansion modules are configured to hold two removable magazines, one on the left side and one on the right side, holding 20 slots each for a total of 40 data cartridges. You may order additional magazines as optional features to ease import/export tape cartridges on a regular basis.
  • I/O station: The full group of five slots will be configurable as either import/export elements or as storage elements. This enables continuous library operation during import or export of data cartridges.
  • Media options: Uses LTO Ultrium® 9 Data Cartridge (5-pack)
  • Power supplies: Each module can run with a single power supply for nonredundant operation. An optional power supply will provide redundant operation. Power supplies will be hot swappable when two are installed in a single module.

Components and connectors

The following figure shows the front view of the TS4300 Tape Library base module

Front view of the TS4300 Tape Library base module
Figure 2. Front view of the TS4300 Tape Library base module

The following figure shows the front view of the TS4300 Tape Library expansion module

Front view of the TS4300 Tape Library expansion module
Figure 3. Front view of the TS4300 Tape Library expansion module

The following figure shows the rear view of the TS4300 Tape Library base module

Rear view of the TS4300 Tape Library base module
Figure 4. Rear view of the TS4300 Tape Library base module

The following figure shows the rear view of the TS4300 Tape Library expansion module.

Rear view of the TS4300 Tape Library expansion module
Figure 5. Rear view of the TS4300 Tape Library expansion module

System specifications

The following table lists the TS4300 Tape Library system specifications.

Table 1. System specifications
Attribute Specification
Form factor
  • Base module: 3U rack-mount or stand-alone
  • Expansion module: 3U rack-mount; up to 6 expansion modules
  • 7-module library: 21U rack-mount
Drive technology LTO Ultrium 9, 8, 7, and 6 Full-High (FH) and Half-High (HH) tape drives
Drive interface UItrium LTO9 12 Gbps SAS Half and Full High drives
UItrium LTO8 6 Gbps SAS Half-High drive
UItrium LTO7 6 Gbps SAS Half-High drive
Ultrium LTO9 8 Gbps Fibre Channel Half and Full High drives
Ultrium LTO8 8 Gbps Fibre Channel Half and Full High drives
Ultrium LTO7 8 Gbps Fibre Channel Half and Full High drives
Maximum number of drives
  • Per module: Up to 1x full-high and 1x half-high tape drives, or up to 3x half-high tape drives
  • Per 7-module library: From up to 7x full-high and 7x half-high tape drives to up to 21x half-high tape drives
Number of cartridge slots
  • Per module: 40
  • Per 7-module library: 280
Configurable I/O station slots
  • Per module: 5
  • Per 7-module library: 35
Native cartridge capacity
  • LTO 9 (L9): 18 TB
  • LTO 8 (L8): 12 TB
  • LTO 7 initialized LTO 8 Type M (M8): 9 TB
  • LTO 7 (L7): 6 TB
Native backup storage capacity Per module:

  • LTO 9 (L9): Up to 680 TB
  • LTO 8 (L8): Up to 480 TB
  • LTO 7 (M8): Up to 360 TB
  • LTO 7 (L7): Up to 240 TB

Per 7-module library:

  • LTO 9 (L9) Up to 5.00 PB
  • LTO 8 (L8): Up to 3.36 PB.
  • LTO 7 (M8): Up to 2.52 PB.
  • LTO 7 (L7): Up to 1.68 PB.
Native data transfer rate Per drive:

  • LTO 9 FH: Up to 400 MB/s
  • LTO 8 FH: Up to 360 MB/s
  • LTO 8 HH, LTO7: Up to 300 MB/s
Software features Library partitioning, Path Failover (optional), Library Managed Encryption (optional)
Security features Secure Socket Layer (SSL), user level security, LDAP, LTO encryption (optional)
Management interfaces (Base module)
  • Operator panel
  • 2x 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet ports (UTP, RJ-45) for remote management: Web-based GUI; SNMP and email notifications
  • 2x USB ports (service technician use only)
Cooling Fixed fans on the tape drives and power supplies
Power supplies Up to two redundant hot-swap 230 W AC 80 PLUS Silver power supplies (IEC 320-C14 power connector):

  • Base module: The first power supply is included; the second power supply is optional.
  • Expansion module: The first power supply is optional; the second power supply is optional. The first power supply is required if the expansion module contains a tape drive.
Hot-swap parts SAS and Fibre Channel drive sleds, power supplies.
Dimensions Base or expansion module:

  • Width: 446 mm (17.6 in.)
  • Depth: 873 mm (34.4 in.)
  • Height: 133 mm (5.2 in.)
Weight
  • Base module: 21 kg (46.3 lb)
  • Expansion module: 13 kg (28.7 lb)
Warranty 3 year customer-replaceable unit (CRU) limited warranty with 9×5 next business day parts delivered
Service and support Optional warranty service upgrades are available through Lenovo Services: onsite coverage, 24×7 coverage, 2-hour or 4-hour response time, 6-hour or 24-hour committed service repair (select countries), 1-year or 2-year warranty extensions
Host operating systems* Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)

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