There are eight generations of 3592 tape drives: TS1170 (Models 70F & 70S), TS1160 (Model 60G), TS1155 (Model 55G), TS1150 (Model E08), TS1140 (Model E07), TS1130 (Models E06 & EU6), TS1120 (Model E05), and J1A. All generations of 3592 tape drives
TS1170 can hold 50TB in one cartridge in native format and near to 125TB compressed!!! Carlos Bodra IBM zEnterprise Certified São Paulo – SP – Brazil -----Mensagem original----- De: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> Em nome de Radoslaw Skorupka Enviada em: sexta-feira, 25 de abril de 2025 09:29 Para: [email protected] Assunto: Re: Mainframe physical tape backup Still ? W dniu 24.04.2025 o 06:17, Peter pisze: > Hello > > Apart from IBM, Are there any vendors who still have physical tape backup > solution. > I know Oracle withdrew it's physical tape solution last year. > > Hitachi doesn't have physical tape backup solution for mainframe. > > Does anyone know if fujitsu still has physical tape backup solutions? > > I know its best to opt for tapeless solution but our organization for > different reason we are looking for mainframe physical tape backup solution > > Any information on this would be much appreciated. No. No vendor has physical tape attached to mainframe. And very few still have tape as a backend to the VTS solution. The last supported drive was TS1140. STK/Sun/Oracle drives were withdrawn also and AFAIK before EOS of TS1140. -- 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
