System Storage

TS1150 Tape Drive

Reduces the costs of long-term data protection in big data, cloud, and mobile

The IBM TS1150 tape drive gives organizations an easy way to deliver fast access to data, improve security and provide long-term retention – and for less expense than disk solutions. TS1150 offers high-performance, flexible data storage with support for data encryption. This fifth-generation drive can help protect investments in tape automation by offering compatibility with existing automation. Plus, an upgrade model is available for existing IBM TS1140 tape drives. What's more, TS1150 supports the LTFS format in IBM Spectrum Archive for direct, intuitive and graphical access to data.

Highlights

• Deliver high-performance, high-capacity storage with a proven, cost-effective tape drive
• Leverage IBM Spectrum Archive featuring Linear Tape File System (LTFS) technology to support for fast access to data
• Protect, retain and secure critical data with encryption
• Extend storage investments with support for existing IBM tape automation
• Take advantage of write-once-read-many (WORM) cartridges for long-term data retention
• Help lower cost of ownership by choosing a single tape storage solution to provide both high capacity and fast data access
• Scale from midrange to enterprise environments with open-systems server support
• Integrate with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and other compatible software offerings for storage and tape management