IBM 35P1902 LTO-6 Backup Tape Cartridge 2500GB/6250 GB

Overview 35P1902

The IBM 35P1902 Ultrium 6 tape cartridge has a physical capacity of up to 6.25 TB with 2.5:1 compression (up to 2.5 TB native capacity). These cartridges can be used in IBM System Storage Ultrium 6 tape drives, the sixth generation LTO Ultrium tape drive in the IBM System Storage LTO Ultrium family of products.

IBM 35P1902Storage Media is pleased to announce the availability of the IBM LTO Ultrium 6 Tape Cartridge, 2.5 TB (native); 6.25 TB (2.5:1 compression).  Highest capacity tape media designed for high reliability and long life! The key features of the IBM LTO-6 tape drive are designed to improve performance and capabilities when compared to the IBM 35P1902LTO-5, IBM LTO-4 and other vendors' tape drives, some of the improvements are:

Feature 35P1902:

    • Native 35P1902 data rate of up to 160 MB/s
    • Native 35P1902 data physical capacity of 2.5TB
    • The data compression engine improvements- data that compresses with LTO-5 drives at 2:1 should now compress at 2.5:1
    • Faster tape drive mechanism (9 m/s for half-height drives) which results in quicker locate and rewind times
    • Support for 8Gb FC and 6Gb SAS connectivity
    • SkipSync Function to provide small file backhitchless flush capability
    • Cache buffer: 1024MB (full height models) and 512MB (half height models)

Specifications 35P1902: