The IBM System Storage TS3400 Tape Library combines IBM tape drive and automation reliability with competitive entry pricing. The new model supports high-performance drives, unattended backup and archive, open system attachment flexibility, and high capacity and performance.The IBM System Storage TS3400 Tape Library Model L5U (machine type 3577, Model L5U) is designed to offer high-performance drive technology and automation for open system environments. The TS3400 Tape Library is an addition to the IBM System Storage tape library family of offerings. The TS3400 Tape Library is an external 5U stand-alone or rackmountable unit that incorporates up to two IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Drives Model E05 (machine type 3592, Model E05). It comes with 4-Gbps dual-ported switched fabric Fiber Channel attachment. The TS1120 Tape Drive has a native data transfer rate of up to 100 MB/sec per drive.The TS3400 Tape Library has two removable cartridge magazines, providing 18 data cartridge slots, including a 0 or 3-slot I/O station. Tape media cartridges, supported in the TS3400 Tape Library and the TS1120 tape drive, include the 700 GB physical native capacity IBM Tape Cartridge Extended Data (JB) and WORM (JX), the 500 GB physical native capacity IBM Tape Cartridge Data (JA) and WORM (JW), and the 100 GB native physical capacity IBM Tape Cartridge Economy Data (JJ) and WORM (JR). The TS3400 supports the TS1120 Tape Drive's built-in encryption capabilities and associated IBM Encryption Key Manager component, in a wide variety of operating system environments including IBM System i, IBM System p, IBM System x, IBM System z Linux, HP-UX, Sun Solaris, Linux, and Microsoft Windows. Encryption management methods supported are Application Managed, System Managed, and Library Managed.The TS3400 Tape Library incorporates IBM's Multi-Path Architecture with one or two logical libraries. Control path and data path failover, bar code reader, dual power supplies, remote management - ability to run in sequential or random access mode - are standard in the library. Encryption management is available through the Encryption Configuration feature.