IBM 3590-E1A Enterprise Tape Drive

Brand: IBM AS400 iSeries

Model Number: 3590-E1A

The IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive 3590 Model E1A comes without the ACF and is designed to go into the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Automated Tape Library 3494. It can also go in the IBM TotalStorage Silo Compatible Tape Drive Frame 3590 Model C12 or C14 for attachment to a StorageTek Automated Cartridge System (ACS). This model can be ordered with either an integrated SCSI-3 controller with two ports that support a 16-bit, fast-and-wide, Ultra SCSI differential interface or a dual ported Fibre Channel attachment interface. The Model E1A tape drive has a 14 MB/second native data rate (with compression up to 40 MB/second sustained data rate with Fibre Channel).