IBM 3592

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The IBM 3592 is a series of tape drives and corresponding magnetic tape data storage media formats developed by IBM. The first drive, having the IBM product number 3592, was introduced under the nickname Jaguar. The next drive was the TS1120, also having the nickname Jaguar. The 3592 line of tape drives and media is not compatible with the IBM 3590 series of drives, which it superseded. This series can store up to 700 GB of data (uncompressed) and has a native data transfer rate of up to 104 MB/s.

Like the 3590 and 3480 before it, this tape format has half inch tape spooled onto 4-by-5-by-1 inch data cartridges containing a single reel. A takeup reel is embedded inside the tape drive. Because of their speed, reliability, durability and low media cost, the 3592 tape drives are still in high demand. A hallmark of the genre is transferability. Tapes recorded with one tape drive are generally readable on another drive, even if the tape drives were built by different manufacturers.

1 Drives
- 1.1 Notes
2 Media
- 2.1 Notes
3 External links

[edit] Drives

3592
TS1120

[edit] Notes

IBM's 3592 product page
IBM's TS1120 product page
IBM Redbook with information on current 3592 models (See sections 2.5 and 2.6)

[edit] Media

	Tape length (m)	3592 J1A drive	TS1120 drive
3592 JJ/JR cartridge	610 m	60 GB	100 GB
3592 JA/JW cartridge	610 m	300 GB	500 GB
3592 JB/JX cartridge	825 m		700 GB

[edit] Notes

3592 media datasheet

[edit] External links

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Magnetic tape data storage formats

Three Quarter Inch (19 mm)

Linear

LINCtape (1962) • DECtape (1963)

Helical

Sony DIR (19xx) • Ampex DST (1992)

Half Inch (12.65 mm)

Linear

UNISERVO (1951) • IBM 7 track (1952) • 9 track (1964) • IBM 3480 (1984) • DLT (1984) • IBM 3590 (1995) • T9840 (1998) • IBM 3592 (?) • T9940 (2000) • LTO Ultrium (2000) • T10000 (2006)