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IBM TS2260 LTO6 Ultrium 6 Tape Drive Express

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The IBM TS2260 tape drive 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 LTFS technology. It also continues to support encryption of data and write-once-read-many (WORM) media.
The IBM TS2260 tape drive is an excellent tape storage solution for organizations requiring backup and low-cost, archival storage of data. TS2260, with a half-height form-factor, offers more capacity than the full-height LTO Ultrium 5 tape drive in less space. 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.

LTO Ultrium generation 6 technology
Higher storage capacity than previous generations of LTO Ultrium tape drives
LTO standards compatibility helps offer long-term tape infrastructure investment protection

Hardware encryption available
Helps keep the data on your tape media secure with encryption. Helps meet compliance requirements. Helps improve performance of your backup processes with dedicated encryption/decryption core

Media partitioning and IBM Spectrum Archive with LTFS
Two partitions may be created on the LTO Ultrium 6 media
Partitioning enables LTFS, which improves the ability to reference small sections of data on tape
Spectrum Archive helps with interchange of data between different platforms

Physical storage capacity up to 6.25 TB (2.5:1 compression)
Helps reduce the number of cartridge changes required for backup operations. Helps reduce the physical storage requirements for backup and archive media.

Native data transfer rate of up to 160 MB/s
Helps address the demands of shrinking backup windows. Enables faster data read and write to help reduce long waits for backup and restore procedures to keep your organization up and running

6 Gbps SAS interface
Higher speed allows data to be moved faster into the drive.

Backward compatibility with previous generations of LTO Ultrium cartridges
Read/write capability with LTO Ultrium 5 and read capability with LTO Ultrium 4 cartridges helps protect current media investments

Half-height form-factor
New enclosure design allows two units to be mounted side by side in a 19-inch IBM server rack, making it ideal for rack environments where space is at a premium. Same high capacity as full-height. Same data transfer rate as full-height.
Lower cost implementation

Available configurationsModel 3580 H6S—One LTO Ultrium 6 tape drive, 6 Gbps SAS interface
Tape drive typeLTO Ultrium 6
Physical capacity2.5 TB native; 6.25 TB with 2.5:1 compression
Number of tape drives1
Number of tape cartridges1
Data transfer rateUp to 160 MBps native
Media type
Read and write:
LTO Ultrium 62.5 TB data cartridge
2.5 TB WORM cartridge
LTO Ultrium 51.5 TB data cartridge
1.5 TB WORM cartridge
Read only:
LTO Ultrium 4800 GB data cartridge
800 GB WORM cartridge
Also available:LTO Ultrium cleaning cartridge
Dimensions (W x H x D)21.3 cm x 5.8 cm x 33.2 cm (8.39 in. x 2.29 in. x 13.07 in.)

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