IBM 3580 Model H23 LTO-2 Ultrium Tape Drive

• LTO2
• HVD SCSI

IBM TotalStorage Ultrium Tape Drive 3580 Model H23 offers high capacity, performance, and technology designed for the midrange open systems environment. This model incorporates the new Linear Tape-Open (LTO) IBM TotalStorage Ultrium 2 Tape Drive, which more than doubles tape drive performance over the generation 1 LTO Ultrium Tape Drive (Ultrium 1), up to 35MB/sec native data transfer rate (70MB/sec with 2: 1 compression). In addition, with the use of the new IBM TotalStorage LTO Ultrium 200GB Data Cartridge, the Ultrium 2 Tape Drive doubles the tape cartridge capacity up to 200 GB native capacity (400 GB with 2: 1 compression). IBM Ultrium 2 Tape Drives can read and write original LTO Ultrium Data Cartridges at original Ultrium 1 capacities and with improved performance up to 20MB/sec native data transfer rate (40 MB/sec with 2: 1 compression). The Model H23 comes with a UltraSCSI HVD attachment, for connection to a wide spectrum of open system servers