IBM TS3500 - Performance Specifications of the 3592 Tape Drives

Table 1. Performance specifications of the Ultrium tape drives
Performance
Parameter
Tape Drive
Ultrium 5 Ultrium 4 Ultrium 3 Ultrium 2 Ultrium 1
time)
Notes: N/A = not applicable.
1. All sustained data rates are dependent on the capabilities of the interconnect (for
example, an Ultra SCSI bus is limited to less than 40 MB/s).
2. Read only
Table 2. Performance specifications of the 3592 tape drives
Performance parameter
Tape Drive
TS1130 Tape Drive
TS1120
Tape Drive
3592 Model J1A
Tape Drive
Sustained data rate (native)
1
160 MB/s (E06 format)
100 MB/s
(E05 format)
40 MB/s (J1A
format)
140 MB/s (E05 format)
70 MB/s (J1A format)
50 MB/s
(J1A format)
Sustained data rate at (2:1
compression)
320 MB/s (E06 format)
200 MB/s
(E05 format)
80 MB/s (J1A
format)
100 MB/s
(J1A format)
Maximum sustained data rate
(at maximum compression)
360 MB/s (E06 format)
260 MB/s
(E05 format)
110 MB/s (J1A
format)
Burst data rate for Fibre Channel
devices
400 MB/s 200 MB/s
Load-to-ready time 13 seconds 19 seconds
Unload time 23 seconds (40 seconds after
encryption key change)
21 seconds
Maximum rewind time
55 seconds (100% scales
JA)
66 seconds
(100%
scaled JA)
77 seconds
(100% scaled JA)
72 seconds (100% scaled
JB)
90 seconds
(100%
scaled JB)
Not supported
18 seconds (20% scaled JA)
18 seconds (20%
scaled JA)
24 seconds (20% scaled JB) Not supported
Average rewind time
29 seconds (100% scaled
JA)
35 seconds
(100%
scaled JA)
N/A
2
38 seconds (100% scaled
JB)
47 seconds
(100%
Not supported