IBM TS4300 Tape Library 80 slots 4xLTO9 HH FC server accessory

IBM TS4300 80-slot tape library

The IBM TS4300 is a 6U rack-mount tape library with 80 cartridge slots and four LTO9 half-height Fibre Channel drives. It is built for organisations that need high-capacity offline backup and long-term archival storage in a single enclosure. The unit ships with a rack mount kit and four 10 metre OM3 fibre cables.

Suited for archive-heavy workloads

This library suits IT teams that write large sequential backup streams and require the durability of tape media. It is less suitable for environments that need random-access performance or primary storage speed. Buyers who want direct-attached disk latency should look at different storage classes.

1440TB native capacity ceiling

The headline specification is the 1440TB native capacity across the 80 slots when fully populated with LTO9 cartridges. That figure determines whether the library can hold the required retention window without adding expansion modules.