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IBM 6160-H9S
- Entry-level tape drives for high capacity, high performance, and high reliability
- Adherence to LTO specifications
- Support for one half-high LTO Ultrium 9 (TS2290) or LTO Ultrium 8 (TS2280) SAS Tape Drive
- Native cartridge capacity of up to 18TB (Ultrium 9), or 12 TB (Ultrium 8)
- Native data transfer rate of up to 300 MB/s (Ultrium 9 or 8 )
- Mixed media support, including IBM LTO Write Once Read Many (WORM) media
- Remote monitoring of status of the tape drive
- Encryption support in the tape drive to work with Application Managed Encryption
- Optional rack-mount with the shelf to accommodate up to two tape drives side-by-side in a 2U rack space
- A dual-port 12 Gbps SAS attachment on Ultrium 9 and 6 Gbps on Ultrium 8
- Supports connection to Lenovo servers running Microsoft Windows and Linux server operating systems
- Support from an extensive ecosystem of backup software vendors
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Overview
Lenovo IBM 6160-H9S, Storage drive, Tape Cartridge, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS), 2.5:1, LTO, 2U
Specifications
Performance
- Media type
- Tape Cartridge
- Product type
- Storage drive
- Interface
- Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
- Internal
- Yes
- Data storage type
- LTO
- Form factor
- 2U
- Compression ratio
- 2.5:1
- Product colour
- Black
- Certification
- FCC: Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules, Class A Canada ICES-003, Class A European Union Council Directive 2004/108/EC EN 55022, Class A Australia and New Zealand Class A Statement Japan VCCI Class A statement People's Republic of China Class A Electronic Emission statement Taiwan Class A compliance statement Korea KCC Class A statement Russia Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Class A Statement
Storage
- Native capacity
- 12 TB TB
- Compressed capacity
- 45 TB TB
Data transmission
- Sustained data transfer rate (compressed)
- 750 MB/s MB/s
- Sustained data transfer rate (native)
- 300 MB/s MB/s
Power
- Power consumption (typical)
- 48 W W
Weight & dimensions
- Width
- 213 mm mm
- Depth
- 332 mm mm
- Height
- 58 mm mm
- Weight
- 4.3 kg kg
Packaging data
- Quantity per pack
- 1 pc(s) pc(s)
Operational conditions
- Storage temperature (T-T)
- -40 - 60 °C °C
- Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- 20 - 80% %
- Storage relative humidity (H-H)
- 10 - 90% %
- Operating temperature (T-T)
- 10 - 38 °C °C




