<p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px !important; font-size: 9pt !important; line-height: 11pt !important;">The 3588 <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 9pt; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: 600; line-height: 11pt !important;">IBM System Storage TS1050</span> (machine type 3588, model F5A) is designed to be installed in an <span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 9pt; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: 600; line-height: 11pt !important;">IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library</span> (machine type 3584) to offer high capacity and performance for the midrange open systems environment. This model incorporates the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) IBM Ultrium 5 Tape Drive with enhanced maximum tape drive throughput over the IBM LTO generation 4 Tape Drive (Ultrium 4). It has a native data transfer of up to 140 MB/sec. In addition, with the use of the IBM LTO Ultrium 5 1.5 TB Data Cartridge, the TS1050 nearly doubles the maximum tape cartridge capacity providing up to 1.5 TB native physical capacity (3.0 TB with 2:1 compression), as compared to the IBM Ultrium 4 Tape Drives and cartridges. IBM Ultrium 5 Tape Drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 4 Data Cartridges and read LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges. The TS1050 has a 8-Gbps Fibre Channel dual-ported interface for connection to a wide spectrum of open system servers.</p>
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<p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px !important; font-size: 9pt !important; line-height: 11pt !important;">The IBM System Storage TS1050 is an IBM LTO Ultrium 5 Tape Drive that combines IBM tape reliability and performance at open systems prices. The Ultrium 5 Tape Drive:</p>
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