Given past discussions I should've mentioned this information a while ago, when
it was announced in September, 2022. Better now than never! :-)
IBM offers an additional physical tape storage option for z/OS (and other
operating systems). It's available with this combination of equipment:
1. IBM TS7700 with Feature Code 5995 ("zTape Air-Gap"), available with Release
5.3 or higher, plus a couple other ordering/configuration details. The 3948-CSB
and 3948-CFC models support this configuration.
2. IBM TS4300 with your choice of 1, 2, or 3 LTO tape drives. (Currently LTO8.)
This equipment is rack mountable and requires a total of 21U of rack space, or
exactly 50% of a standard size rack. You would still have plenty of rack space
available in the same frame for an IBM DS8910F (16U) flash storage system. Or
even a rack mount IBM z16 or LinuxONE Rockhopper 4 server (in its 18U
configuration).
The IBM TS7700 with IBM TS4500 Tape Attach configuration is still available (of
course!) if you'd like a much larger, much more capacious physical tape
configuration.
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Timothy Sipples
Senior Architect
Digital Assets, Industry Solutions, and Cybersecurity
IBM zSystems/LinuxONE, Asia-Pacific
[email protected]
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