IBM 7212 Model 102 User Manual

Hardware Announcement

October 4, 2005

IBM 7212 Model 102 adds Half-High LTO Tape

Drive for IBM

 pSeries and iSeries

Overview

The IBM 7212 Model 102

TotalStorage

 Storage Device

Enclosure adds the 200/400 GB

Half-High LTO Ultrium 2 Tape Drive

feature that is:

•

Designed to provide physical

storage capacity of 200 GB

(400 GB with 2:1 compression)

per Ultrium 2 data cartridge and

sustained data rate of up to

24 MB per second, 48 MB per

second at 2:1 compression

•

Read and write compatible with

Ultrium 1 100 GB data cartridge

at up to 16 MB per second,

200 GB physical capacity at up to

32 MB per second, with 2:1

compression

•

Supported by most models of the

IBM  

pSeries

 and IBM

 iSeries

 families of

servers

Additionally, the iSeries and i5

servers also support the following,

previously announced, 7212

Model 102 features: VXA-2 Tape

Drive, DAT72 Tape Drive, SLR60

Tape Drive, SLR100 Tape Drive,

DVD-ROM Drive, and DVD-RAM 2

Drive.

Key prerequisites

Refer to the Description section.

Planned availability date

October 14, 2005

At a glance

The Half-High LTO-2 Tape Drive

feature for the IBM 7212

Model 102 is designed to offer

excellent flexibility, capacity, and

function. It is designed to provide

up to 200 GB of physical storage

capacity and up to 24 MB per

second transfer rate (twice that

with 2:1 compression).

 For ordering, contact:

 Your IBM representative, an IBM Business

 Partner, or the Americas Call Centers at

800-IBM-CALL

Reference: YE001

This announcement is provided for your information only. For additional information, contact your IBM representative,

call 800-IBM-4YOU, or visit the IBM home page at: http://www.ibm.com.

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