IBM DS4700 EXPRESS User manual

IBM System Storage Product Guide
IBM Systems and Technology Group

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Today, information has become the lifeline for business sustain-
ability 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 fac-
ing higher operational costs and greater exposure to business
risks.
IBM offers Information Infrastructure solutions to help you effi-
ciently 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 informa-
tion infrastructure needs of businesses like yours. This Product
Guide features several new products:
●IBM System Storage TS7650 ProtecTIER® Data
Deduplication Appliance
●IBM XIV® Storage System IBM System Storage
●SAN Volume Controller Entry Edition
●IBM System Storage N6060 series
●IBM Self-encrypting Storage and Key Management Solution
(TKLM + LTO bundle)
●IBM Virtual Tape for Mainframe (VTFM)
The following products featured in this guide have been signifi-
cantly enhanced:
●IBM System Storage DS8000® R4.2 Disk System with new
options for drive-level disk encryption, Solid State storage,
and 1 TB SATA drives
●IBM System Storage DS3000 Express
●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 perform-
ance 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 perform-
ance
High capacity
Multiplatform
support
Same capacity
as full high at a
lower price
Supports both
LTO3 and LTO4
Half-high drives
Multiplatform
support
High perform-
ance
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 6,8871
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

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Tape Storage Systems (continued)
F/W = Fast/Wide, Diff = Differential, N/A = Not Applicable, FC = Fibre Channel, X= Extended length cartridge, IOE = IBM Onsite Exchange, CRU = Customer Replaceable Unit
NOTES 1: Max number of cartridges decreases as tape drives are added. 2: Typical compression for open system environments is 2:1 (user results may vary) 4: Also includes selected IBM xSeries®, IBM Netfinity®, IBM System i, IBM AS/400®and IBM System p servers. System z support for Linux only 5: Refer to
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/config/ssic/displayesssearchwithoutjs.wss?start_over=yes for current application support 6: In most countries 7: The following vendors provide application support to the platforms defined above: A= IBM Tivoli®Storage Manager, B= Symantec Veritas NetBackup,
C= Symantec Veritas Backup Exec, D= EMC Legato NetWorker, E= CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup, F= HP OpenView Storage Data Protector, G= CommVault Galaxy, H= BakBone NetVault, I= LSC, J= IBM BRMS, K= IBM OnDemand, L= Help/Systems Robot/Save, M= LXI Media Management, N= Dantz.
Native
performance
Gen 3: 60 MBps Gen 4:
120 MBps
Gen 3: 80 MBps Gen 4:
120 MBps
Up to 120 MBps Up to 120 MBps Up to 240 MBps Up to 240 MBps Up to 480 MBps 80 MBps 120 MBps Up to 2.16 GBps Up to 23 GBps
Interface LVD SCSI,
3 Gbps SAS
3 Gbps SAS LVD SCSI LVD SCSI,
3 Gbps SAS
3 Gbps SAS 4 Gbps FC
3 Gbps SAS
LVD SCSI
3 Gbps SAS
LVD SCSI
4 Gbps FC
3 Gbps SAS
LVD SCS
3 Gbps SAS
LVD SCSI
4 Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC
3 Gbps SAS
LVD SCSI
4 Gbps FC
Supported tape
libraries
NA NA NA NA N/A N/A NA NA NA TS3500 TS3500 NA NA
Platform support4System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws, HP-UX,
Sun Solaris,
Linux
System p,
System x and
others support-
ing 3 Gbps
attach
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws; HP-UX;
Sun Solaris;
Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws, HP-UX,
Sun Solaris,
Linux
System p,
System x and
other supporting
3 Gbps attach
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft
Windows;
HP-UX; Sun
Solaris; Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft
Windows;
HP-UX; Sun
Solaris; Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft
Windows;
HP-UX; Sun
Solaris; Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft
Windows;
HP-UX; Sun
Solaris; Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws; HP-UX;
Sun Solaris;
Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws; HP-UX;
Sun Solaris;
Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws; HP-UX;
Sun Solaris;
Linux
System p,
System i,
System x,
Microsoft Windo
ws; HP-UX;
Sun Solaris;
Linux
Application
support5
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L, M
A (others in plan) A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L, M, N7
A (others in plan) A (others in plan) A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L, M, N7
A, B (others in
plan)
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L, N7
A, B (others in
plan)
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L7
A (others in plan) A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L7
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, J, L7
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Warranty period 3 years63 years 3 years63 years61 year63 years63 years63 years63 years61 year 1 year 1 year 1 year
Warranty type CRU CRU CRU CRU CRU CRU CRU CRU CRU Onsite Repair
(24x7)
Onsite Repair
(24x7)
Next Business
Day (9x5)
Onsite Repair
(24x7)
TS2230 TS2240 3580 TS2340 TS2900 TS3100 TS3100 TS3200 TS3200 TS1030 TS1040 TS3310 TS3500
Entry-level Tape Drives Entry-level Tape Libraries Midrange Tape Drives Midrange Tape Libraries
Entry-level (cont’d)/Midrange Tape Products

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Midrange/Enterprise Tape Products
Tape Storage Systems (continued)
Tape Drive Tape Drive Tape Controller Tape Library Tape Virtualization Enterprise Tape Virtualization
3592 3592 3592 3577 3584 ProtecTIER
Appliance
Virtualization Engine
Product TS1130 TS1120 TS1120 TS3400 TS3500 TS7650 TS7530
Machine Type
model
3592
E06
EU6
3592
E05
3592
C06
3577
L5U
3584
L23
D23
S24
3958
AP1
3954
CV7 (requires additional machine types and
models)
Product strengths Multiplatform support
High performance
High capacity
Data protection
Multiplatform support
High performance
High capacity
Data protection
System z attachment of TS1130
and TS1120 drives
High performance
Compact format
Operates in library or autoloader
mode
Multiplatform support
Advanced management
Scalable
High Density (HD) Slot
Technology
Eliminates redundant data by up
to a factor of 25:1
Reduces backup window
Reduces recovery time
High capacity
Number of drives 11 1–12 1–2 1–192 Up to 256 Up to 1024 (1 node)*
Up to 4096 (4 node)*
WORM/Encryption yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes yes/yes no/no no/yes
Number of cartridges NA NA NA 18 62602Up to 500,000 Up to 64,000 (1 node)*
Up to 256,000 (4 node)*
Native capacity 60/100/128 GB (JJ/JR media)
300/500/640 GB (JA/JW media)
700 GB/1 TB (JB/JX media)
60/100 GB (JJ/JR media)
300/500 GB (JA/JW media)
700 GB (JB/JX media)
NA Up to 18 TB Up to 6.2 PB Up to 36 TB useable Up to 1.7 PB
Typical capacity1384 GB with JJ/JR
1920 GB with JA/JW
3 TB with JB/JX
180/300 GB with JJ/JR
900/1500 GB with JA/JW
2.1 TB with JB/JX
NA Up to 54 TB Up to 18.6 PB Up to 900 TB (nominal capacity
based on a deduplication ration
of 25:1)
Up to 1.7 PB
Up to 2.6 PB
Native performance Up to 160 MBps Up to 104 MBps Varies8Up to 320 MBps Up to 30.7 GBps Up to 500 MBps Up to 4.8 GBps
Interface 4 Gbps 4 Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC 4 GBps FC 4 Gbps FC
Supported tape library TS3400, TS3500, 3494*** TS3400, TS3500, 3494*** TS3400, TS3500, 3494*** NA NA NA TS3500, TS3310, TS3200, TS3100, 3494***
Platform support5System p, System i, System x,
System z; Microsoft Windows;
HP-UX; Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System i, System x,
System z; Microsoft Windows;
HP-UX; Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System i, System x,
System z; Microsoft Windows;
HP-UX; Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System i, System x,
System z, Microsoft Windows,
HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Linux
System p, System i, System x,
System z; Microsoft Windows;
HP-UX; Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System i, System x,
Microsoft Windows; HP-UX;
Sun Solaris; Linux
System p, System x, System z10, System i11;
Microsoft Windows; HP-UX; Sun Solaris;
Linux
Application support6A B C D E G A B C D E F G H J L7A B C D E F G H J L7A B C D E J See drive A, B A, B
Media Refer to Tape Media, page 8 Refer to Tape Media, page 8 NA Refer to Tape Media, page 8 Refer to Tape Media, page 8 NA NA
Warranty period 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year
Warranty type Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7)
* Virtual resource specification
** for data replication only
*** Product withdrawn from marketing
F/W = Fast/Wide, Diff = Differential, N/A = Not Applicable, FC = Fibre Channel, X= Extended length cartridge, IOE = IBM Onsite Exchange, CRU = Customer Replaceable Unit
NOTES 1: Typical compression for mainframe environments is 3:1; 2:1 for open systems (user results may vary) 2: Max number of 3592 cartridges decreases as tape drives are added 3: IBM AIX 4.1.5 or later. 4: Load and search only 5: Server platforms with SAN-ready attachability, model- and feature-dependent. 6: The latest ISV
support can be found in the connectivity section at http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/tape/library.html#compatibility.7: The following vendors provide application support to the platforms defined above: A= IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, B= Symantec Veritas NetBackup, C= Symantec Veritas Backup Exec,
D= EMC Legato NetWorker, E= CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup, F= HP OpenView Storage Data Protector, G= CommVault Galaxy, H= BakBone NetVault, I= LSC, J= IBM BRMS, K= IBM OnDemand, L= Help/Systems Robot/Save, M= LXI Media Management. 8: Performance varies by environment 10: Applies to Linux on System z
using FCP 11: Requires RPQ 12: EE = Enterprise Edition LE = Limited Edition

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Tape Storage Systems (continued)
Enterprise Tape Products
Enterprise Tape Virtualization
Virtualization Engine ProtecTIER Gateway
TS7720 TS7740 TS7650G
3957
VEA (requires additional
machine types and
models)
3957
V06 (requires additional
machine types and
models)
3958
DD3
Increases performance
Scalable
Large cache for fast recall
Increases performance
Scalable
Helps reduce cost
Eliminates redundant data by up
to a factor of 25:1
NA Up to 128*
Up to 768* (3 site GRID)
Up to 256 (1 node)*
Up to 512 (clustered)*
no/no no/yes no/no
Up to 1,000,000* Up to 1,000,000* Up to 500,000 (1 node)*
Up to 1,000,000 (clustered)*
Up to 70 TB
Up to 210 TB (3 site GRID)
Up to 14 TB
Up to 42 TB (3 site GRID)
Up to 1 PB, 2 PB clustered
Up to 210 TB
Up to 630 TB (3 site GRID)
Up to 42 TB
Up to 126 TB (3 site GRID)
Up to 1 PB, 2 PB clustered
Up to 600 MBps Up to 600 MBps Up to 500 MBps, 1000 MBps
clustered
4 Gbps FC 4 Gbps FC 4 GBps FC
NA TS3500, 3494*** NA
System z System z System p, System i, System x,
Microsoft Windows; HP-UX;
Sun Solaris; Linux
EEA,B
NA NA NA
1 year 1 year 1 year
Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7)
Product
Machine Type
model
Product strengths
Number of drives
WORM/Encryption
Number of cartridges
Native capacity
Typical capacity1
Native performance
Interface
Supported tape library
Platform support5
Application support6
Media
Warranty period
Warranty type
Tape Drives
7206-336 7207 7212 7214
Product DAT72 Tape Drive SLR60 Tape Drive Device Enclosure* Device Enclosure*
Machine Type
model
7206
336-DDS Gen 5
7207
330
7212
103
7214
1U2
Product
strengths
Cost-effective streaming
tape drive
Backward read/write com-
patible with System i internal
Rack-mountable 2-drive
enclosure utilizes only 1U
(1.75") of space
Rack-mountable 2-drive enclosure utilizes
only 1U (1.75") of space
Number of drives 1 1 1–2 1–2
Max number of
cartridges
11 22
Cartridge capac-
ity native/
compressed
36/72 GB 330: 30/60 GB DVD: Variable (FC1103)
DAT72: 36/72GB (FC1105)
SLR60: Variable (FC1107)
SLR100: Variable (FC1108)
HHLTO2: 200/400 GB
(FC1109)
DVDRAM: Variable (FC1420)
DVDROM: Variable (FC1421)
DAT72: 36/72 GB (FC1400)
DAT160 80/160 GB (FC1401)
HHLTO4 800 GB/1.6 TB (FC1404)
Max drive data
rate1native/
compressed
336: 3/6 MBps 330: 4/8 MBps DDS/DAT72: 3/6 MBps
HHLTO2: 30/60 MBps
DAT72 3/6 MBps
DAT160 6.9/13.8 MBps
HHLTO4 120/40 MBps
Interface SCSI-2 F/W SE, LVD/SE SCSI-2 SE, ULTRA, LVD/SE,
160/320
SCSI-3 ULTRA, LVS,
160/320
3 Gbps SAS
Platform
support3
System p System p, System i System p, System i,
IBM Power Systems
IBM Power Systems
Media Refer to Tape Media, page 8 Refer to Tape Media, page 8 Refer to Tape Media, page 8 Refer to Tape Media, page 8
Warranty period 1 year 1 year 1 year 1 year
Warranty type Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7) Onsite Repair (24x7)
* 7212-103 and 7214-1U2 also offer DVD-ROM and DVD-RAM optical drives
For most current information, visit: ibm.com/servers/storage/tape/compatibility/index.html
Diff = Differential, N/A = Not Applicable, FC = Fibre Channel, X= Extended length cartridge, IOE = IBM Onsite Exchange, CRU = Customer Replaceable Unit
NOTES 1: Compressed data rates are estimates and are data-, application- and processor-dependent. User results may vary. 3: Server platforms with SAN-ready attachability, model-
and feature-dependent. 6: The following vendors provide application support to the platforms defined above: A= IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, B= Symantec Veritas NetBackup,
C= Symantec Veritas Backup Exec, D= EMC Legato NetWorker, E= CA BrightStor ARCserve Backup, F= HP OpenView Storage Data Protector, G= CommVault Galaxy, H= BakBone
NetVault, I= LSC, J= IBM BRMS, K= IBM OnDemand, L= Help/Systems Robot/Save, M= LXI Media Management, N= Dantz.
Other Backup Tape Products

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Tape Storage Systems (continued)
Selecting a Solution
Solution Native Performance Capacity* System z System p System i** System x
Open
Systems***
Entry tape
products
3580 tape drive 120 MBps 1600 GB
TS2900 tape autoloader 120 MBps Up to 14.4 TB
TS3100 tape library 120 MBps Up to 38.4 TB
TS3100 tape library with
HH drives 240 MBps Up to 38.4 TB
TS3200 tape library 240 MBps Up to 76.8 TB
TS3200 tape library with
HH drives 480 MBps Up to 76.8 TB
Midrange tape
products
TS1040 tape drive 120 MBps 1600 GB
TS3310 tape library Up to 2.16 GBps Up to 633.6 TB
TS3500 tape library Up to 23 GBps Up to 11 PB
Enterprise tape
products
TS1130 tape drive Up to 160 MBps 3000 GB
TS1120 tape drive Up to 104 MBps 2100 GB
TS1120 tape controller Up to 230 MBps NA
TS3400 tape library Up to 320 MBps Up to 54 TB
TS3500 tape library Up to 30.7 GBps Up to 18.6 TB
Tape
Virtualization
TS7520** Up to 4.8 GBps Up to 2.6 PB
TS7530 Up to 600 MBps Up to 210 TB
TS7740 Up to 600 MBps Up to 42 TB
Other backup
products
7206-336 Up to 3 MBps 72 GB
7206-VX2 Up to 6 MBps 60 GB
7206-VX3 Up to 24 MBps 160 GB
7207-330 Up to 4 MBps 60 GB
7212-103 Up to 12 MBps 320 GB
* Compressed; see ibm.com/storage for specific capacities.
** Available on System i through AIX/Linux partitioning.
*** See ibm.com/storage for specific open systems connectivity.
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cost-effective data storage solutions that address the requirements of key business appli-
cations. These solutions can support multiple platforms and product vendors, helping to
provide enhanced protection for critical business data, increased asset utilization, availabil-
ity and reliability levels with reduced management costs.
IBM Global Services, as the leading data storage services provider, brings best practices
from its thousands of customer engagements to work with your employees to integrate
new solutions and technology with your business and IT needs. IBM offers a comprehen-
sive portfolio of data storage services including:
●Analysis of enterprise information needs and environment
●Defined enterprise-wide storage strategies
●Quantified business benefits
●Backup/restore and business continuity planning
●Performance and capacity planning
●Enterprise security architecture
●Storage migration and consolidation
●Networked storage architecture design
●SAN configuration and integration services
●Proof of concept, validation and certification
●Implementation, testing and migration services
●Education and training
●Installation, relocation, cabling and site preparation
●Business and application recovery services
●Systems monitoring and management
●Managed Storage Services
IBM Global Services has a track record in offering services for open and mainframe stor-
age, data migration, installation and support services for IBM and non-IBM environments.
Some examples are:
●IBM Storage Strategy Assessment assists with the vision and strategy, assessment,
architecture and conceptual designs to help customers optimize their storage infrastruc-
ture to new architectures.
●IBM Planning Services for 3494 Automated Tape Library and Virtual Tape Server can
help improve tape storage management and gain control of an often expanding library
of tapes.
●IBM Operational Support Services for Tivoli Storage Manager assists customers in the
planning and implementation of storage management software.
●IBM Managed Storage Services offer scalable, cost-effective storage capacity, manage-
ment and backup/restore services on a usage basis.
More information about IBM storage services can be found at ibm.com/services/
storage.