{"id":1898,"date":"2013-03-04T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T21:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/blog\/?p=1898"},"modified":"2013-03-04T17:43:58","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T21:43:58","slug":"ye-olde-lto-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/blog\/ye-olde-lto-5\/1898","title":{"rendered":"Ye Olde LTO-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Verily, we say, ye olde magnetic tape still liveth and bring forth benefits.<\/i><br \/>\nSeriously, we have enough blog posts and tape hardware in our inventory to show that it is still a formidable and cost-effective backup solution.<br \/>\nLast month, we wrote about the coming of LTO-6 and its 6.25 TB compressed capacity. However, with the new LTO-6 out and available for all, that pushes LTO-5 to the new pricing sweet spot.<\/p>\n<p>One of our favorite LTO-5 drives is IBM\u2019s 3588-F5A for the TS3500 tape library models.<br \/>\nIf you\u2019re looking for excellent capacity and speed paired with rock-solid and dependable backups, check out the specs for this drive and then give our tape experts a call at <a title=\"Contact Maximum Midrange\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/blog\/contact-maximum-midrange\" target=\"_blank\">855-932-6627<\/a>.<br \/>\nWe\u2019d love to hear from you!<\/p>\n<p>Brand: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/Shop-IBM.html\" target=\"_blank\">IBM<\/a><br \/>\nModel Number: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/3588-F5A.html\" target=\"_blank\">3588-F5A<\/a><br \/>\nCompatibility: TS3500 tape library models L53 and D53. Also, 3584 Tape Library Model L32, L52, L53, D32, D52, or D53. Backwards compatible with LTO Ultrium 4 Data Cartridges and read LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges<\/p>\n<p>Description: LTO5 FC drive for TS3500<br \/>\n&#8211; LTO5 Capacity of 1.5TB or 3.0TB with compression<br \/>\n<i><a title=\"LTO Tape Comparison Charts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.maximummidrange.com\/blog\/lto-tape-comparison-charts\/1883\">(See our LTO comparison chart for full LTO5 specs)<\/a><br \/>\n<\/i>&#8211; Compatible systems: TS3500 3584 Tape Library Model L52, L32, L53, D52, D32, or D53<br \/>\n&#8211; Includes 8 Gbps Fibre Channel dual-ported attachment<br \/>\n&#8211; Backwards compatible with LTO Ultrium 4 Data Cartridges and can read LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges<br \/>\n&#8211; WORM support (write once read many)<br \/>\n&#8211; 512 MB internal data buffer<br \/>\n&#8211; IBM PN: 35P1082<br \/>\n&#8211; IBM FRU: 45E9084<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verily, we say, ye olde magnetic tape still liveth and bring forth benefits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everything","category-product-specials"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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