IBM System Storage 7226 1U3 Multi-Media Enclosure

System Storage 7226 Model 1U3 Multi-Media Enclosure from IBM Corp. can accommodate up to two tape drives, two RDX removable disk drive docking stations, or up to four DVD-RAM drives.

The 7226 offers SAS, USB, and FC electronic interface drive options.

It delivers external tape, removable disk drive, and DVD-RAM drive options that allow data transfer within similar system archival storage and retrieval technologies installed in existing IT facilities. It offers a list of drive feature options.

IBM 7226 Multi-Media Enclosure options

DAT160 80 GB Tape Drives: With SAS or USB interface options and a data transfer rate of up to 24 MB/second, the DAT160 drive is read-write compatible with DAT160, DAT72, and DDS4 data cartridges.
Half-High LTO Ultrium 5 1.5TB SAS and FC Tape Drive: With data transfer rates of up to 280 MB/second, HHLT05 is read-write compatible with LTO Ultrium 5 and LTO Ultrium 4 data cartridges, and read-only compatible with Ultrium 3 data cartridges.
DVD-RAM: 9.4GB SAS Slim Optical Drive with SAS and USB interface option is compatible with most standard DVD disks.
RDX removable disk drives: The RDX USB docking station is compatible with most RDX removable disk drive cartridges when used in the same operating system. The 7226 offers the following RDX removable drive capacity options: 320GB, 500GB, 1TB

Removable RDX drives are in a rugged cartridge that inserts in a RDX removable (USB) disk docking station (feature number 1103). They are compatible with docking stations installed internally in IBM POWER6 and POWER7 servers.

Media used in the 7226 DAT160 SAS and USB tape drive features are compatible with DAT160 tape drives installed internally in IBM POWER6 and POWER7 servers, and in IBM BladeCenter systems.

Media used in half-high LTO Ultrium 5 1.5TB tape drives is compatible with HHLTO5 tape drives installed in the TS2250 and TS2350 external tape drives, IBM LTO5 tape libraries, and HHLTO5 tape drives installed internally in IBM POWER6 and IBM POWER7 servers.

The 7226 offers Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) maintenance service to help make installation or replacement of new drives efficient. Other 7226 components are also designed for CRU maintenance.

Mandatory software
The System Storage 7226 Multi-Media Enclosure is compatible with most IBM POWER6 and POWER7 systems, as well as IBM BladeCenter models (PS700, PS701, PS702, PS703, and PS704) that offer current level AIX, IBMi, and Linux OS. The IBMi operating system does not support 7226 USB devices.

Planned availability date
March 09, 2012