The IBM LTO Generation 5 Tape Drive, part number 49Y9898, is a reliable and high-capacity solution for meeting your enterprise-level storage needs. This tape drive is based on the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium 5 format, which offers a robust combination of performance and data security features. It is designed to support SAS (Serial-Attached SCSI) interfaces for fast, reliable communication between the drive and your storage system.
The drive supports a native storage capacity of up to 1.5 TB, which can further expand to 3 TB using compression, ensuring efficient data backup and long-term archiving solutions. With a data transfer rate of up to 140 MB/s, this drive ensures fast read and write operations, improving overall performance in the enterprise environment. For enhanced security, the IBM LTO 5 tape drive also offers hardware-based encryption, ensuring sensitive information is well protected.
Another critical feature of the 49Y9898 tape drive is its exceptional backward compatibility with previous LTO generations. You can read and write to LTO-4 media, offering more flexibility when transitioning between storage platforms. The SAS interface supports speeds of up to 6 Gb/s, enabling robust performance and reliability.
This IBM LTO Generation 5 tape drive is ideal for organisations looking to increase their data storage capacity while maintaining data integrity and security. As part of IBM’s enduring LTO Ultrium brand, the 49Y9898 balances efficiency, speed, and security, making it suitable for demanding storage environments.
EOL Technology Services provides quality support, replacement parts, and professional services for the 49Y9898 IBM LTO Generation 5 tape drive. We ensure timely assistance to help keep your tape storage system functioning efficiently, whether you need a replacement part or expert service.
We can ship to most places in the world, but due to regulations and laws there are some countries we cannot ship to. Please contact a member of the team for clarification based on your location.
We can provide ongoing storage support, troubleshooting, performance optimisation, and a range of on-site data storage maintenance contracts to keep your system infrastructure running.
Yes, we offer professional installation and configuration services to ensure the part is set up correctly and integrated seamlessly into any existing infrastructure.
Certainly! We can assess your storage needs, performance requirements, and growth plans to recommend the most suitable hardware for your organisation.
We have access to a global supply chain of storage systems not advertised on our website. If you contact a member of the team with the part you require, we will do our best to provide a competitive no obligation quote.
