IBM System Storage TS2230 Tape Drive 3580L3E User Manual

Product codes
3580L3E
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High capacity, performance half-height Linear Tape-Open Tape 
Drive designed for the small – midrange open systems 
environment for a competitive price 
IBM System Storage TS2230 Tape 
Drive Express LTO3 HH Model 
Highlights 
■   An entry-level Ultrium™ tape 
solution for the midrange and 
network tape storage 
environments 
■   Designed to provide cost-
effective backup, save and 
restore, and archival storage 
external to the server 
■   Double the storage capacity of 
existing HH LTO2 drives in the 
market 
■   Adheres to widely supported 
Linear Tape
-Open® (LTO) 
standards 
Today, data is a key corporate asset in 
all types of businesses. The ability to 
access data quickly and reliably is criti­
cal to your success. Whether your busi­
ness utilizes a high-performance 
network server or individual worksta­
tions, archiving and retrieving data in a 
dependable and consistent manner is 
mission critical. 
The IBM System Storage™ TS2230 
Tape Drive Express LTO3 HH Model— 
the entry-level IBM System Storage 
tape product family offering—is the 
answer to growing storage require­
ments and shrinking backup windows. 
By leveraging advanced Linear 
Tape-Open technology and the half-
high format, the TS2230 Tape Drive is 
suited for handling the backup, save 
and restore, and archival data storage 
needs of a wide range of small 
systems.