The new IBM System Storage TS3100 Tape Library Express Model L2U is designed to offer high capacity, performance and technology for the midrange open systems environment and is the first in a family of IBM System Storage tape library offerings. The TS3100 Tape Library is an external 2U standalone or rack-mountable unit that incorporates a single Linear Tape-Open (LTO) IBM TotalStorage Ultrium 3 Tape Drive which more than doubles tape drive performance over the previous generation IBM LTO Ultrium 2 Tape Drives. It has a native data transfer rate of up to 80 MB/sec.