IBM DDS 5 49Y3736 Leaflet
Product codes
49Y3736
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IBM DDS Tape Drive Family at a glance
Technology
IBM DDS Generation 5
IBM DDS Generation 6
Form factor
5.25" or 3.5" half-height internal
5.25" or 3.5" half-height internal
Internal options
46C5399
39M5636
Capacity
36 GB native/72 GB compressed
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80 GB native/160 GB
compressed
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Transfer rate
3 MBps/6 MBps compressed
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6.9 MBps/13.8 MBps
compressed
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Interface
USB 2.0
USB 2.0
Backward compatibility
Read and write DDS 3 and
DDS 4/DAT 40 media
Read and write DDS 4/DAT 40
and DDS Gen 5/DAT 72 media
Physical specifications
Height: 41 mm (1.6 in)
Width: 102 mm (4 in)
Depth: 150 mm (5.9 in)
Weight: 0.72 kg (1.6 lb)
Height: 46 mm (1.8 in)
Width: 146 mm (5.7 in)
Depth: 152 mm (5.9 in)
Weight: 1.2 kg (2.7 lb)
Enablement Kit
43V5959 (x3650 and x3655) or 49Y9883 (x3650 M2) required for
internal installation in these select System x rack-optimized servers
Media 5 packs
71P9158
44E8864
External enclosures
8767HHX/HNX table top
87651UX/1NX 1U rack-mount
8767HHX/HNX table top
87651UX/1NX 1U rack-mount
Warranty
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1-year limited warranty, or when installed in an IBM System x server or
IBM external tape enclosure these units assume your systems or
enclosures base warranty and any ServicePac® upgrade
Supported servers
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