Dell PowerVault TL4000 vs IBM Tape Storage TS3500 Tape Library
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerVault TL4000 is an enterprise 4U automated tape library featuring 48 cartridge slots and up to 4 half-height LTO drives. The IBM TS3500 Tape Library (3584) is an established enterprise modular automated tape system that anchored data center backup operations for over a decade.
| Dell PowerVault TL4000 | IBM Tape Storage TS3500 Tape Library | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | IBM |
| Status | end-of-sale | end-of-support |
| Released | Jun 2008 | May 2004 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | modular enterprise library |
| Tape slots | 48 cartridge slots across four removable 12-slot magazines in 4U | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 4 half-height or 2 full-height LTO-4, LTO-5, LTO-6, LTO-7, or LTO-8 tape drives | — |
| Native capacity | Up to 576TB native (1.44PB compressed) with LTO-8 media | — |
| Host interface | 6Gb/12Gb SAS or 8Gb Fibre Channel host interface modules | — |
| Power supply | Redundant hot-plug power supplies | — |
| Form factor | — | Modular enterprise library (1 to 16 frames) |
| Cartridge capacity | — | Up to 20,000 cartridges |
| Drive support | — | Up to 192 drives (LTO / 3592) |
| Host interfaces | — | 8Gb/4Gb FC |
| Max capacity | — | Multi-petabyte archival scale |
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