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IBM has introduced the industry's fastest one terabyte (TB) storage tape drive, which will enable clients to protect and archive more information with less cost and less energy usage--the highest capacity and performance of any tape drive in the market, the company said.

The new IBM System Storage TS1130 tape drive will be able to store up to one TB of uncompressed data per tape cartridge and with a native data rate of 160 megabytes per second (MB/s), storage backups can be completed up to 54 percent faster than with the previous generation drive.

Equivalent to storing the text of one million books on a single tape cartridge, the TS1130 is ideal for mid-sized to enterprise clients across financial, life sciences, and public sector industries looking for massive data protection, compliance and archive solutions needed over the long term. Coupled with IBM's tape virtualization offerings, large, scalable automation, and tape drive encryption, customers can benefit from the low cost of tape solutions that are highly secure, while simplifying the management of backup and archive operations.

"IBM is committed to tape storage as part of a tiered information infrastructure and today we offer the fastest, highest capacity drive in the market," said Cindy Grossman, vice president of Tape and Archive, IBM System Storage. "Tape storage is the most green and cost-effective form of data storage available, and the IBM TS1130 Tape Drive will enable clients to address their growing needs for affordable and robust data solutions by storing more data on fewer cartridges, which will save clients valuable time, space, energy and money."
The TS1130 uses a high technology Giant Magnetoresistive (GMR) head design that leverages IBM's world-record achievement of developing a more sensitive read-write head for the magnetic tape system, which results in fewer data read errors helping to provide outstanding data integrity and subsystem reliability. It also features a special head overcoat technology that helps increase the overall life expectancy of the product.
The TS1130 uses existing 3592 rewritable and WORM cartridges. It offers backwards compatibility with support for Gen 1, 2 and 3 formats supporting both read and write for Gen 2 and read only for Gen1 helping to protect media investments and lower costs.

The TS1130 also supports drive-based data encryption to help protect data. The TS1130-based encryption and associated Encryption Key Manager component are supported in a wide variety of operating system environments.

IBM is number one in the world for branded total tape revenue share five years running and number one in branded enterprise drives and automation revenue, the company said. The IBM System Storage TS1130 Tape Drive is an important part of the information infrastructure strategy--delivering the availability, security, retention and compliance requirements that clients seek. This strategy maps directly to IBM's New Enterprise Data Center model, which helps clients improve IT efficiency and facilitates the rapid deployment of new IT services for future business growth.

Pricing and Availability

The new IBM System Storage TS1130 (GA) will be available worldwide on September 5, 2008 with a starting price of $39,050. IBM is also offering an upgrade from existing drives for $19,500 and backward media compatibility for investment protection.

The IBM System Storage TS1130 is available either direct from IBM or through IBM Business Partners. IBM Global Financing (IGF), the lending and leasing business segment of IBM can provide competitive rates to qualified applicants to access these new offerings. For more information, payment calculators and information about the benefits of financing visit the IGF website, www.ibm.com/financing. For more information about IBM System Storage, visit http://www.ibm.com/storage and on the specific TS1130, please visit http://www.ibm.com/systems/storage/tape.

IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider, helping clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently, and securely. IBM's breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM's legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity, and service.

For more information, visit: www.ibm.com.

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