5486IntStor.fm Draft Document for Review October 18, 2004394 IBM Eserver i5 and iSeries System Handbook80 GB VXA-2 Tape Device TechnologyThe VXA technology tape device offerings can store 80 GB of data on a 230meter cartridge at 6 MB per second data transfer rate (160 GB capacity and 12MB per second data rate with software data compression). These tape devicescan provide an unattended backup solution for a large number of low-end iSeriesservers.The 80 GB VXA-2 Tape Devices (#1889, #4585, #4685, #9285, #9689) areintegrated features. The IBM 7206-VX2 Tape Device is a stand-alone externaldevice.The VXA-2 devices use a new media format that is not compatible with any of thetape devices that are currently offered on the iSeries server.Internal tape featuresThis section describes the internal tape devices supported in the iSeries server.#1889 80 GB VXA-2 Tape DeviceThe #1889/#9689 80/160 GB Internal Tape Device with VXA Technology is a5.25-inch, half-high, Ultra2 LVD 16-bit tape device. It provides a high capacity forsave/restore and archive functions. It uses VXA tape data cartridges and iscompression capable, providing a capacity of up to 160 GB. The #1889 is a CIF.#4483 16 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape DeviceCan be mounted in the system unit of iSeries 830 and 840, and in the#5074/#5079 PCI Expansion Towers. The #4483 is a CIF.#4486 25 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape DeviceCan be mounted in the system unit of iSeries 830 and 840, and in the#5074/#5079 PCI Expansion Towers. The #4486 is a CIF.#4582 4 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape DeviceCan be mounted in the system unit of the iSeries 270 or 820. The #4582 is a CIF.#4583 16 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape DeviceCan be mounted in the system unit of the iSeries 270 or 820. The #4583 is a CIF.#4584 30 GB ¼-inch Cartridge Tape DeviceCan be mounted in the system unit of the iSeries 270, 800, 810, or 820. The#4584 is a CIF.
