IBM 3628L5X User Manual
IBM Half-High LTO Generation 5 SAS Tape Drive
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IBM Half-High LTO Generation 5 SAS Tape Drive
IBM System x at-a-glance guide
The fifth-generation IBM® Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Half-High Ultrium Drive delivers twice the capacity
(up to 3.0 TB) with significantly greater performance (up to 280 MBps) than the preceding generation,
extending the proven reliability and low-cost of ownership LTO lineage to effectively meet the demanding
backup, archival, and regulatory compliance requirements of your System x® environment. This
enterprise data protection offering is available in a 5.25” half-height internal form factor for integration into
IBM System x tower servers and external IBM 1U rackmount enclosures or a half-height external unit for
standalone table top or rack shelf applications.
extending the proven reliability and low-cost of ownership LTO lineage to effectively meet the demanding
backup, archival, and regulatory compliance requirements of your System x® environment. This
enterprise data protection offering is available in a 5.25” half-height internal form factor for integration into
IBM System x tower servers and external IBM 1U rackmount enclosures or a half-height external unit for
standalone table top or rack shelf applications.
Figure 1 shows the internal IBM Half-high LTO Generation 5 SAS Tape Drive,
Figure 1. IBM Half High LTO Gen 5 Internal SAS Tape Drive
Did you know
LTO Generation 5 tape drives feature hardware-based data encryption capabilities and support write
once, read many (WORM) cartridges to help protect your data. WORM cartridges allow you to store vital
data in a non-erasable, non-rewritable format, while AES256 hardware encryption can securely store data
to help ensure compliancy with data security, information disclosure, and privacy regulations for data at
rest.
data in a non-erasable, non-rewritable format, while AES256 hardware encryption can securely store data
to help ensure compliancy with data security, information disclosure, and privacy regulations for data at
rest.
This drive is also the first LTO generation to introduce Media Partitioning & IBM Linear Tape File System,
which allows LTO Gen 5 media to be divided into segments, improving accessibility by providing the
ability to quickly locate data to retrieve or update.
ability to quickly locate data to retrieve or update.