IBM DS4700 User Manual

IBM System Storage Product Guide

IBM Systems and Technology Group

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Today, information has become the lifeline for business sustain­ability and competitive advantage. Companies of all sizes—
companies like yours—are searching for practical ways to
create business value—to get their arms around information,
correlate insights and to confidently predict outcomes and take
action.

For CIOs, the information era poses unique challenges: how to
cost-effectively store, archive and retrieve a virtual explosion of
new information, how to protect and secure that information,
meet compliance requirements and make that information
accessible for business insight, where and when it’s needed.

Without a dynamic information infrastructure, you may be fac­ing higher operational costs and greater exposure to business
risks.

IBM offers Information Infrastructure solutions to help you effi­ciently manage information growth, support compliance,
reduce storage and archiving costs and enable continuous
access to information in support of business requirements.

Learn more about IBM Information Infrastructure, including the
full range of data storage solutions and companion software
and services offerings at: ibm.com/information_infrastructure.

What’s New?

IBM has invested billions of dollars to enhance System
Storage™ products and services to better meet the informa­tion infrastructure needs of businesses like yours. This Product
Guide features several new products:

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IBM System Storage TS7650 ProtecTIER® Data
Deduplication Appliance

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IBM XIV® Storage System IBM System Storage

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SAN Volume Controller Entry Edition

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IBM System Storage N6060 series

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IBM Self-encrypting Storage and Key Management Solution
(TKLM + LTO bundle)

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IBM Virtual Tape for Mainframe (VTFM)

The following products featured in this guide have been signifi­cantly enhanced:

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IBM System Storage DS8000® R4.2 Disk System with new
options for drive-level disk encryption, Solid State storage,
and 1 TB SATA drives

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IBM System Storage DS3000 Express

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IBM Comprehensive Data Protection Solution
(TSM Fastback bundle)

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Tape Storage Systems

Entry-level Tape Drives Entry-level Tape Libraries Midrange Tape Drives Midrange Tape Libraries

TS2230 TS2240 3580 TS2340 TS2900 TS3100 TS3100 TS3200 TS3200 TS1030 TS1040 TS3310 TS3500

Product 3580 3580 3580 3580 3572 featuring

Ultrium Half-high
drives

3573 L2U 3573 L2U fea-

turing Ultrium
Half-High drives

3573 L4U 3573 L4U fea-

turing Ultrium
Half-High drives

3588 3588 3576 3584

Machine Type

model

3580

H3L, H3S, PNs
3580L3E,
3580S3E

3580

H4S, PNs
3580S4E,
3580E4S

3580

L33

3580

L43, S43, PNs,
3580L4X,
3580S4X

3572

PNs 3572S3H,
3572S4H,
3572S4R,
3572S3R,
3572S4E,
3572S3E

3573

L2U and PNs
3573L4S,
3573F4S,
3573S4S

3573

PNs 3573L32,
3573S32, 3573
S42, 3573 E42

3573

L4U and PNs
3573L4H,
3573F4H,
3573S4H

3573

PNs 3573L34,
3573S34, 3573
S44, 3573 E44

3588

F3B

3588

F4A

3576

L5U
E9U

3584

L53
D53
S54

Product
strengths

Multiplatform
support
Half-high form
factor
Lower entry
price

3 Gbps SAS
attachment
Encryption
capable
Multiplatform
support
High capacity
Half-high form
factor

Multiplatform
support
Backward read
capable to LTO1
Max perform­ance for LTO3

3 Gbps SAS
attachment
Encryption
capable
Multiplatform
support
High
performance
High capacity

Multiplatform
support
Half-high
form factor
Lower entry
price
High capacity

Multiplatform
support
High perform­ance
High capacity

Multiplatform
support
Same capacity
as full high at a
lower price
Supports both
LTO3 and LTO4
Half-high drives

Multiplatform
support
High perform­ance
High capacity

Multiplatform
support,
Same capacity
as full high at a
lower price
Supports both
LTO3 and LTO4
Half-high drives

Multiplatform
support
High
performance
High capacity

Multiplatform
support
High
performance
High capacity
Data protection

Multiplatform
support
High
performance
High capacity
Modular design

Multiplatform
support
High
performance
High capacity
High density
(HD) Slot
Technology

Number of drives 1111 1 LTO half-high 1 1–2 LTO

half-high

1–2 1–4 LTO

half-high

11 1–18 1–192

Max number of
cartridges

1111 9 24 24 48 48 NA NA 396 6,887

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WORM/
Encryption

yes/no yes/yes yes/no yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes yes/no yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes

Native capacity Gen 3: 400 GB Gen 4: 800 GB Gen 3: 400 GB Gen 4: 800 GB Gen 3: 3.6 TB

Gen 4: 7.2 TB

Gen 3: 9.6 TB
Gen 4: 19.2 TB

Gen 3: 9.6 TB
Gen 4: 19.2 TB

Gen 3: 19.2 TB
Gen 4: 38.4 TB

Gen 3: 19.2 TB
Gen 4: 38.4 TB

400 GB 800 GB Gen 3: 158.4 TB

Gen 4: 316.8 TB

Up to 5.5 PB

Typical capacity2Gen 3: 800 GB Gen 4: 1600 GB Gen 3: 800 GB Gen 4: 1600 GB Up to 14.4 TB Up to 38.4 TB Up to 38.4 TB Up to 76.8 TB Up to 76.8 TB 800 GB 1600 GB Up to 633.6 TB Up to 11 PB

Entry-level/Midrange Tape Products