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IBM Tape Offerings Support Mixed Media

TS4500 and LTO-7 5-pack cartridge

This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on April 17, 2018 at 2:27 pm

New features for IBM tape offerings deliver support for mixed media configurations on TS4500 and an LTO 7 5-pack data cartridge option

IBM Ultrium 7 tape cartridges have a physical capacity of up to 15TB with 2.5 to 1 compression, and up to 6TB native capacity. These cartridges can be used in IBM System Storage Ultrium 7 tape drives, the seventh generation of LTO Ultrium tape drives in the System Storage LTO Ultrium family of products.

Encryption
Feature number 1604 (LTO Library Managed Encryption) is enabled in 3584-L25 library frames to enable a mixed media configuration environment.

Key prerequisites
If the library contains LTO tape drives, the following prerequisites apply:

  • Tape drives must be enabled for encryption from the Logical Libraries page of the TS4500 management GUI
  • Feature number 1604, Transparent LTO Encryption, is required for LTO tape drives if using library-managed encryption (LME)
  • IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager is required as the key manager when using LME with LTO
  • Ultrium 7 tape cartridges must be used with Ultrium 7 LTO tape drives or future generations.

Planned availability date: April 10, 2018

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