IBM System Storage TS2260 3580S6E Data Sheet

Product codes
3580S6E
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IBM Systems and Technology
Data Sheet
System Storage
IBM System Storage 
TS2260 Tape Drive 
Express 
Sixth-generation LTO Ultrium, half-height  
tape drive
Highlights
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Designed to provide long-term backup 
and archive storage data protection while 
lowering overall storage costs
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Easily access data stored on Linear  
Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium 6 and 5 car-
tridges through the use of IBM Linear  
Tape File System™ technology
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Gain more energy efficiency than with  
previous generations
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Support media partitioning on LTO 
Ultrium 6 media and Linear Tape File 
System
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Double the compressed cartridge  
capacity with more than 40 percent better 
performance than LTO Ultrium generation 
5 drives
The IBM System Storage® TS2260 Tape Drive Express® is the answer 
to growing storage requirements—and shrinking backup windows. 
Incorporating the latest generation of industry-leading LTO technology, 
the TS2260 Tape Drive is suited for handling backup, save and restore, 
and archival data storage needs with higher capacity and higher data 
transfer rates than the previous generation. In addition, the LTO  
Ultrium 6 technology is designed to support media partitioning and the 
IBM Linear Tape File System Single Drive Edition. It also continues to 
support encryption of data and Write Once Read Many (WORM) media.
The IBM System Storage TS2260 Tape Drive is an excellent tape  
storage solution for organizations requiring backup and low-cost,  
archival storage of data. The TS2260, with a half-height form factor, 
offers more capacity than the full height LTO Ultrium 5 tape drive in  
less space. The TS2260 provides a physical storage capacity of up to  
6.25 TB (with 2.5:1 compression). The data transfer performance has 
increased over the previous LTO Ultrium half-height generation with a 
transfer rate of up to 160 MBps with 6 Gbps SAS interface connectivity. 
It also offers two SAS and one Ethernet port per drive to improve 
availability.