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Data Sheet

IBM TS4300 Tape Library

Supports secure, long-term data storage in a highly
scalable tape library

Requirements for secure, long-term data retention—especially in the

Highlights financial services, healthcare and life sciences industries—are common
and increasingly stringent, with data volumes growing massively as a
Scale tape storage capacity as needed,
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result. Tape storage offers a less costly long-term storage option than disk
with one 3U base module and up to six
expansion modules, all in the same rack
drives or flash. And data stored on tape kept offline, or on write-once
media, is nearly invulnerable to hacking. IBM® TS4300 Tape Library is a
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Help meet compliance requirements with high-density, highly scalable, easy-to-manage tape library designed to
secure, long-term data storage
keep data securely stored long-term, while helping reduce the costs asso-
Deploy a storage solution that offers ease
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ciated with data center space and utilities.
of installation and management

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Rapidly remediate data storage issues Its modular design enables users to increase cartridge and drive capacity
with error recovery and reporting, library as needed. Built around a 3U-high modular base library, TS4300 can
health monitoring and auto-recovery
scale vertically with up to seven modules (including the base library), with
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Help reduce the costs of data center expansion for Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium cartridges, drives and
space for storage and related utilities with redundant power supplies. A single robot manages all modules in
a high-density solution
the stack.

In a seven-module configuration, TS4300 offers a capacity of more than

270 LTO cartridges. A wizard for installation and configuration enables
users to install, expand and service the library without special training.

To help meet security and compliance requirements, TS4300 supports

write-once-read-many (WORM) cartridges to enhance data protection,
and provides library-managed encryption with IBM Security Key
Lifecycle Manager.

Also, improve business continuity with IBM TS4300 Tape Library-

supported features like automatic control-path and data-path failover
to provide automatic control in the event of a loss of a host adapter or
control path.
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Start with a base library Quickly locate stored data

The TS4300 base library contains all of the necessary robotics TS4300 leverages IBM Spectrum Archive™ for direct, intuitive
and intelligence to manage the base library system, with a and graphical access to data stored in IBM tape drives and
maximum of 40 slots of LTO cartridge capacity per module, up libraries by incorporating the IBM Linear Tape File System™
to five input/output (I/O) slots, and support for three combina- (LTFS) format standard. LTFS compatibility allows tape-stored
tions of full- and/or half-height (FH or HH) LTO drives per data to be accessed as if it were on disk or flash storage.
module. The TS4300 base library is rack- or tabletop mount-
able. Module expansions are rack-mountable only. Simplify tape storage deployment and
management
TS4300 is based on an embedded, open-source software archi-
tecture to help speed deployment and simplify management.
Best-in-class error recovery and reporting, library health moni-
toring and alerting, and auto-recovery features help to speed
diagnostics and resolution. An automation drive interface sig-
nificantly increases drive communication speed for faster code
updates and log downloads.

IBM offers diverse management software solutions for TS4300

to enhance the use of multipath architecture, as well as the use
IBM TS4300 Tape Library of a single TS4300 library. The library software includes appli-
cation programming interface (API) hooks that enable easy
integration of IBM software.

Management software options

IBM Spectrum Archive ●●

Enables users of LTO Ultrium 8, 7 and 6 tape library systems to inventory cartridges and read, write and search data
on any cartridge
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Enables writing metadata and tagging of individual files for easy and fast access to files stored on cartridges

IBM Spectrum Protect™ ●●

Enables users to create, manage and optimize archives
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Provides management of concurrent copies of content, plus active, inactive and off-site content

IBM Security Key ●●

Enhances data security while dramatically reducing the number of encryption keys to be managed
Lifecycle Manager ●●
Simplifies encryption key management with an intuitive user interface for configuration and management
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Helps minimize the risk of loss or breach of sensitive information

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IBM TS4300 Tape Library configurations

Minimum configuration - Base module Maximum configuration - TS4300 base module

with 6 expansion modules

LTO Ultrium cartridge capacity 32 272

Reduction in cartridges for I/O slots 0 or 4 0 - 34

Tape drives 1 FH LTO, 3 HH LTO, or 1 FH and 1 HH LTO 7 FH LTO or 21 HH LTO

HH/FH drive mixture range 19/1 or 7/7

Total physical capacity 384 TB 3.264 PB

Logical libraries Up to the number of drives Up to the number of drives

TS4300 Tape Library at a glance

Form factor 3U

Physical capacity 12 TB native capacity/up to 30 TB compressed capacity (LTO Ultrium 8)

6 TB native capacity/up to 15 TB compressed capacity (LTO Ultrium 7)
2.5 TB native capacity/up to 6.25 TB compressed capacity (LTO Ultrium 6)

Network interface Ethernet

Power supply 1 standard power supply, optional 2nd redundant supply

Hot-swap components Power supplies, tape drives

Systems management Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S) enabled

Operating systems supported Selected IBM servers and other Linux and Microsoft Windows open-system servers

Limited warranty Three-year in-warranty coverage of select parts

Weight Base module maximum 28 kg (61.5 lb)

Expansion module maximum 22.6 kg (49.6 lb)

Dimensions (H x W x D) 114 mm (4.48 in.) x 446 mm (17.56 in.) x 873 mm (34.37 in.)

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Why IBM?
With more than 60 years of experience in delivering tape-based
storage technology, IBM Storage solutions deliver the scalabil-
ity, security and ease-of-use that organizations need to manage
the massive volumes of data that have become common today.
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Actual available storage capacity may be reported for both uncompressed

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