IBM TS2350 TAPE DRIVE EXPR MODEL

The IBM System Storage TS2350 Tape Drive Express Model S53 delivers IBM tape reliability and performance at open systems prices.The IBM System Storage TS2350 Tape Drive Express Model S53, (SEO 3580S5X) external stand-alone or rack mountable unit, is designed to offer high capacity and performance for the midrange systems environment. The TS2350 incorporates the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) IBM System Storage Ultrium 5 Full-High Tape Drive, which is designed to provide maximum tape drive throughput native data rate performance of up to 140 MB/sec compared to the IBM TS2240 LTO Full-High Tape Drive (Ultrium 4) at up to 120 MB/sec native data transfer rate.The TS2350 Model S53 Tape Drive uses a 6 Gbps dual port Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) interface for connection to a wide spectrum of system servers. The TS2350 attaches to the IBM System p5, IBM Power System Model p6, and IBM Power System Model p7, and to IBM System x and PC servers.