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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. Figure 1 shows the internal IBM Half-high LTOGeneration 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 securelystore 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.

IBM Half-HighLTO Generation 5 SAS Tape Drive

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Part number information
Table 1 lists the ordering part numbers and feature codes. Table 1. Ordering part numbers and feature codes
Description IBM Half-High LTO Generation 5 SAS Tape Drive IBM External Half-High LTO Gen 5 SAS Tape Drive (with US line cord) IBM External Half-High LTO Gen 5 SAS Tape Drive (without a line cord) IBM LTO 5 Media 5 Pack LTOCleaning Cartridge Option Part number 49Y9898 3628L5X 3628N5X 49Y9899 49Y9893 Feature code 5345 3628-HC1 fc A1XF* 3628-HC1 fc A1XF 5346 5347

* The feature code does not include the US line cord. The IBM Half-High LTO Generation 5 SAS Tape Drive part number 49Y9898 includes: LTO Generation 5 internal SAS tape drive assembly Tape mount kit (drive rails) Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge Documentation CDcontaining the User's Guide Important Notices Warranty flyer SAS cable for internal tape connectivity The IBM Half-High LTO Gen 5 External SAS Tape Drive part numbers 3628L5X and 3628N5X include: LTO Generation 5 external SAS tape drive Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge Documentation CD containing the User's Guide Important Notices Warranty flyer External 3m SAS cable (mini-SAS SFF-8088/8088) For 3628L5Xonly: 2.8 m NEMA 5−15P - IEC 320 C13 Line Cord Figure 2 shows the IBM Half-High LTO Gen 5 External SAS Tape Drive.

Figure 2. IBM Half-High LTO Gen 5 External SAS Tape Drive

IBM Half-High LTO Generation 5 SAS Tape Drive

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Features
The features of the IBM Half-High LTO Generation 5 SAS Tape Drive are: Backward compatibility with LTO 4 (read and write) and LTO 3 (read) media Speedmatching and channel calibration for improved performance Media partitioning for faster access to stored data Support for host Application Managed Encryption (AME) Support for SAS adapters for improved performance and reliability Support for leading operating systems and popular backup software

Specifications
The specifications for the IBM Half-High LTO Generation 5 SAS tape drive are: 6 Gbps SASinterface Half-height form factor (for internal tape drive) or standalone tabletop enclosure (for external tape drives) Native storage capacity of 1,500 GB (1.5 TB) per cartridge (3,000 GB at 2:1 compression) Maximum native data transfer rate of up to 140 MB per second Burst data transfer rate of 600 MB per second 256 MB read-and-write cache Support for encryption on Ultrium 5 tape cartridges...