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IBM 39U3424 39U3424 - IBM TS3500 LTO-4 Full-Height Fibre Channel Tape Library Drive
- IBM TS3500 Tape Library component.
- Technology: LTO-4 (Linear Tape-Open Generation 4).
- Drive Type: Full-Height.
- Interface: Fibre Channel (FC).
- Designed for high-capacity data backup and archiving.
- Supports enterprise-level storage and data protection needs.
- Offers high data transfer rates for efficient backups.
- Part of a scalable and robust tape library system.
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Product Overview
The IBM 39U3424 is a TS3500 LTO-4 Full-Height Fibre Channel Tape Library Drive. It is designed for high-density, high-performance data backup and archiving in large enterprise environments.
Technical Information
| Part Number | 39U3424 |
| Brand | IBM |
| Product Line | TS3500 Tape Library |
Additional Specifications
| Drive Type | Full-Height |
| Technology | LTO-4 |
| Interface | Fibre Channel (FC) |
Product Description
The IBM 39U3424 is a full-height tape drive specifically designed for integration into the IBM TS3500 Tape Library system. This drive utilizes LTO-4 (Linear Tape-Open Generation 4) technology, which provides a significant capacity and performance boost for data backup and archiving operations. LTO-4 drives offer a native storage capacity of up to 800GB per cartridge (1.6TB with compression), enabling the efficient storage of large datasets required by enterprise-level organizations. The Fibre Channel (FC) interface is a key feature of this drive, offering high-speed, low-latency connectivity that is essential for demanding enterprise storage environments. Fibre Channel is a well-established networking technology known for its reliability and performance in Storage Area Networks (SANs), ensuring that data can be written to and read from tape quickly and efficiently. This makes the 39U3424 drive suitable for mission-critical backup and recovery scenarios. As a component of the TS3500 Tape Library, this drive contributes to a highly scalable and robust data protection solution. The TS3500 is designed to accommodate multiple drives and a large number of tape cartridges, allowing organizations to manage petabytes of data. The full-height form factor indicates a higher performance and capacity drive compared to half-height models, making it ideal for environments with the most stringent backup windows and data retention requirements.
