The IBM 6160 are TS2260 Tape Drive Model H6S (SEO 6160S6E) and IBM TS2360 Tape Drive Model S63 (SEO 6160S6X) external, stand-alone or rack mountable units that are designed to offer high capacity and performance for the midrange systems environment.
Model abstract 6160-H6SThe IBM 6160 TS2260 Model H6S (SEO 6160S6E) incorporates the IBM System Storage LTO Ultrium 6 Half-High SAS Tape Drive. The TS2260 is designed to support the LTO Generation 6 native data rate performance with up to 160 MB/sec compared to the IBM TS2250 LTO half-high tape drive (Ultrium 5) at up to 140 MB/sec native data transfer rate. The TS2260 tape drive supports the LTO Generation 6 media specifications for LTO tape drive technology. The TS2260 also supports the LTO Generation 6 media specification of a compressed capacity of up to 6.25 TB with 2.5 to 1 compression (up to 2.5 TB native capacity) compared to previous LTO 5 compressed capacity of up to 3.0 TB with 2:1 compression (up to 1.5 TB native capacity) per tape cartridge. The TS2260 can read and write to Ultrium 6 and Ultrium 5 cartridges, and is read compatible with Ultrium 4 cartridges. The Ultrium 6 tape drive is encryption capable and designed to support application-managed encryption.
