IBM Systems and Technology Group (STG) System Storage
Data Sheet
IBM System Storage
TS3310 Tape Library
Supporting Business Continuity and Information
Lifecycle Management (ILM)
The IBM System Storage TS3310 Tape Library is a modular, scalable
Highlights tape library designed to address the tape storage needs of rapidly
growing companies who find themselves space and resource
● Modular, scalable tape library designed constrained with tape backup and other tape applications.
to grow as your needs grow
● Available in desktop, desk-side and Designed around a 5U high modular base library unit, the TS3310 is
rack-mounted configurations
designed to scale vertically with expansion for LTO tape cartridges,
● Designed for optimal data storage drives and redundant power supplies.
efficiency with high cartridge density
using standard or Write Once Read
The base library module, model L5B, is the entry point for the product
Many (WORM) Linear Tape Open (LTO)
data cartridges family. It contains all of the necessary robotics and intelligence to
manage the 5U high library system, which houses up to 41 cartridges
● Hot-swap tape drives and power
supplies (35 storage slots and 6 Input/Output (I/O) slots) and two LTO
generation 5, generation 4 and/or generation 3 tape drives.
● Redundant power and host path
connectivity failover options
The TS3310 model L5B can be expanded with the addition of
● Remote Web-based management and expansion units, the model E9U.
Storage Management Initiative
Specification (SMI-S) interface capable.
Each model E9U contains 92 physical LTO cartridge storage cells and
space for up to four LTO-5, LTO-4 and/or LTO-3 tape drives.
Additionally, the E9U has space for up to two (one redundant) power
supply modules. (At least one power supply module must be installed if
a drive is present in the E9U.)
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The TS3310 supports either the standard or WORM LTO
data cartridge and continued support for encryption of data
with LTO-4 and LTO-5 tape drives. IBM Tivoli Key
Lifecycle Manager V1 (TKLM) is required for encryption
key management with Ultrium 5 drives.
For organisations unsure of their short or long term tape
capacity needs, the TS3310 Tape Library’s Capacity
on Demand (CoD) capability allows the system to scale as
needs grow. In the initial shipped configuration, an E9U has
half of its storage cells enabled. As your business grows, the
purchase of a CoD key allows you to enable the second half
of the model E9U storage cells.
Building on the success of IBM’s patented Multi-path
architecture, the TS3310 can be divided into one logical
library per installed tape drive. These logical libraries can be
simultaneously connected to a wide variety of different
servers, running different operating systems and tape
applications.
media performance and drive utilisation parameters. The
Designed for the ultimate in system availability, optional data drive resource utilisation report can help you identify drives
path and control path feature can help support ongoing host or groups of drives that are nearing 100 percent utilisation. It
connectivity under a variety of adverse conditions. will also help identify drive resources that are not being fully
utilised and provide information necessary to determine if
To help you measure and evaluate media and drive additional drives are necessary.
performance in the library, an Advanced Reporting may be
activated via licence key. This feature enables drive resource A key path diagnostic function is also available to assist
utilisation reporting and media integrity analysis reporting administrative users in the setup, configuration, or
functions. These user-configurable reporting functions troubleshooting of encryption enabled libraries.
provide graphical displays for both diagnostic and trend
analysis data, designed to help evaluate tape drive, as well as
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Data Sheet
TS3310 Tape Library configurations
3576 Model L5B 3576 Model L5B and four E9U models
Configuration Base library Base library and four expansion units
LTO storage slots (max) 41 409
LTO I/O slots (max) Six 54
Maximum tape drives Two 18
Total Physical Capacity 123 TB up to 1.2 PB
(2:1 compression)
CoD increments n/a 46 cartridges
Maximum logical libraries Two 18
TS3310 Tape Library at a glance
Form factor/height (H x W x D) L5B: 219.7 mm (8.65 in) x 443.2 mm (17.45 in) x 801.4 mm (31.55 in)
L5B+E9U: 620.8 mm (24.4 in) x 443.2 mm (17.45 in) x 801.4 mm (31.55 in)
Tape Drive Interface options 8 Gigabits per second (Gbps) dual-port Fibre Channel (FC) (LTO 5 only), 4 Gbps FC, 3 Gbps Serial
Attached SCSI (SAS) and Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI)
Network interface Ethernet
Power supply (std/max) L5B: 1 standard (2 max) L5B+E9U: 2 standard (4 max); L5B+E9U+E9U: 3 standard (6 max); L5B+3 E9U:
4 std (8 max); L5B + 4 E9U: 5 std (10 max)
Hot-swap components Power supplies, tape drives
Redundant Array of Independent n/a
Disk (RAID) support
Systems management SMI-S enabled
Operating systems supported Selected IBM System servers and other Linux® and Windows® open system servers.
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Limited warranty One year, nine to five, next business day
Weight L5B: 38.6 kg (85 lb) max
L5B+E9U: 88.5 kg (195 lb) max
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