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Big data offers vast opportunities for business insight, but you need the
Highlights right technology to help you manage and use that data. IBMcloud solu-
tions can help you harness the power of big data while reducing costs and
Increase capacity by storing up to enabling a secure environment.
278 PB of uncompressed data per library
with the new Linear Tape-Open (LTO)
Ultrium 8 drives or up to 263.25 PB per The next-generation IBMTS4500 Tape Library is designed to help
library using IBM 3592 cartridges midsized and large enterprises meet cloud storage challenges, including
Proactively monitor archived data with data volume growth, rising storage footprint costs, data migration efforts
policy-based automatic media verification and the increased complexity of IT training and management as staff
resources shrink.
Strengthen security and regulatory com-
pliance with data encryption and
write-once-read-many (WORM) media TS4500 answers those business needs by incorporating the latest genera-
Simplify user access to data stored on
tion of industry-leading LTO technology that will help organizations
tape cartridges via IBMSpectrum handle the growing data demands of modern tape use cases like big data,
Archive, featuring IBMLinear Tape File cloud, media and entertainment, ultra high-definition editing, digital
System (LTFS) technology
video surveillance, Internet of Things (IoT), active file archiving and,
of course, backup.
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Data Sheet
IBMSpectrum ArchiveAllows users and applications to
directly access files and directories stored on tape
IBMTS4500 command-line interface (CLI)Provides
access to TS4500 library management commands
Rocket Servergraph ProfessionalEnables administrators
to monitor and report on storage devices
IBMTape System Library ManagerAllows multi-library
environments to be managed as a single system
IBMSecurity Key Lifecycle ManagerSimplifies encryp-
tion key management with an intuitive user interface
Inside IBMTS4500 Tape Library
Frame definition L25Base frame for TS1155, TS1150, and TS1140 (3592) drives and cartridgesincludes 32 input/output (I/O) slots
D25Drive-capable and storage expansion frame for TS1155, TS1150 and TS1140 (3592) drives and cartridges
S25Storage-only expansion frame for 3592 cartridges
L55Base frame for LTO drives and cartridgesincludes 36 I/O slots
D55Drive-capable and storage expansion frame for LTO drives and cartridges
S55Storage-only expansion frame for LTO cartridges
Tape drive types TS1155, TS1150, and TS1140 (3592), LTO Ultrium 8, 7, 6 and 5 tape drives
Number of frames per library One base frame, up to 17 expansion frames with maximum of 7 Dx5 frames
Capacity* 3592 advanced cartridges: up to 263.25 PB per library (789.75 PB with 3:1 compression)
LTO Ultrium 8 cartridges: up to 278 PB per library (up to 695 PB with 2.5:1 compression)
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Why IBM?
The performance and availability of your storage environment
can either enhance or hamper your business processes. Thats
where IBMcomes in. As a market leader in the storage indus-
try, IBMcan help you handle the challenges, whether you are a
small to midsized company or a large enterprise. Copyright IBMCorporation 2017
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