IBM TS3500 Introduction And Planning Guide

Table 24. Average block locate time from load point for 3592 tape cartridge in 3592 tape drives (continued)
Type of 3592
Tape Cartridge
Average Block Locate Time from Load Point
1
Comments
2
TS1140 tape
drive
TS1130 tape drive TS1120 tape drive
3592 J1A Tape
Drive
JB cartridge type
- 20% scaled
15 seconds Not supported
JB cartridge type
at scaled capacity
with 0x35 setting
(EFMT2 and
EEFMT2 140 GB
[130.39 GiB];
EFMT3 and
EEFMT3 200 GB
[182.26 GiB];
EFMT4 and
EEFMT4 320 GB
[298.02 GiB])
JC cartridge type
(100% scaled)
40 seconds Not supported Not supported Not supported
JC cartridge type
at full, unscaled
capacity (EFMT4
and EEFMT4 4 TB
[3.64 TiB])
JC cartridge type
(20% scaled)
12 seconds Not supported Not supported Not supported
JC cartridge type
at scaled capacity
with 0x35 setting
(EFMT4 and
EEFMT4 800 GB
[745.06 GiB]
JJ cartridge type
Not supported 11 seconds 12 seconds
Economy - short
length (EFMT1 60
GB [55.88 GiB];
EFMT2 and
EEFMT2 100 GB
[93.13 GiB];
EFMT3 and
EEFMT3 128 GB
[119.21 GiB])
JK cartridge type
11 seconds Not supported Not supported Not supported
Advanced
Economy - short
length (EFMT4
and EFEMT4 500
GB [465.66 GiB])
JW cartridge type
Not supported 28 seconds 33 seconds 40 seconds
WORM -
standard length
(EFMT1 300 GB
[279.39 GiB];
EFMT2 and
EEFMT2 500 GB
[465.66 GiB];
EFMT3 and
EEFMT3 640 GB
[596.04 GiB])
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IBM TS3500 Specifications

General

Brand	IBM
Model	TS3500
Category	Storage
Language	English