The IBM System Storage TS2250 Tape Drive Express Model H5S delivers IBM tape reliability and performance at open systems prices.The IBM System Storage TS2250 Tape Drive Express Model H5S, (SEO 3580S5E) external stand-alone or rack mountable unit, is designed to offer high capacity and performance for the midrange systems environment. The TS2250 incorporates the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) IBM System Storage Ultrium 5 Half-High Tape Drive, which is designed to provide maximum tape drive throughput native data rate performance of up to 140 MB/sec compared to the IBM TS2240 LTO half-high Tape Drive (Ultrium 4) at up to 120 MB/sec native data transfer rate.The TS2250 Model H5S Tape Drive uses a 6 Gbps dual port SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) interface for connection to a wide spectrum of system servers. The TS2250 attaches to the IBM System p5, IBM Power System Model p6, and IBM Power System Model p7, and to IBM System x and PC servers.