FWIW the TS1160 was shipped in 2018 but not supported in TS7700 until last year in, if I remember correctly, R5.3 microcode. I suspect that adding TS1160 support was at least as much to do with withdrawal of the TS1150 from marketing at the end of 2022.
On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 at 21:00, Radoslaw Skorupka < [email protected]> wrote: > Yes, it is knowledge in *current* documentation. > TS1170 is *very fresh* topic. Almost no IBM source mention it. > Even official PDF leaflet links to details on a page which not yet exists. > However I'm pretty sure the TS1170 will be supported by VTS. > > BTW: few years ago Fujifilm and IBM informed they achieved 580 TB per > cart density. > It doesn't mean product or cart, it means just areal density. > Now we have "only" 50TB. > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > > > > > W dniu 25.08.2023 o 19:44, Nigel Morton pisze: > > I think the latest drive supported for TS7700 attachment is still the > > TS1160. > > > > On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 at 21:05, Radoslaw Skorupka < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> FYI IBM released new tape drive. > >> TS1170 with new media JF gives 50TB (150TB) per cart. > >> A previously, the only form of mainframe (FICON) attachment is TS7700 > >> aka VTS. > >> AFAIK the speed is not increased - it is "only" 400MB/s > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Radoslaw Skorupka > >> Lodz, Poland > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
