The IBM 6160 are TS2260 Tape Drive Model H6S (SEO 6160S6E) and IBM TS2360 Tape Drive Model S63 (SEO 6160S6X) external, stand-alone or rack mountable units that are designed to offer high capacity and performance for the midrange systems environment.
Model abstract 6160-H6SThe IBM 6160 TS2260 Model H6S (SEO 6160S6E) incorporates the IBM System Storage LTO Ultrium 6 Half-High SAS Tape Drive. The TS2260 is designed to support the LTO Generation 6 native data rate performance with up to 160 MB/sec compared to the IBM TS2250 LTO half-high tape drive (Ultrium 5) at up to 140 MB/sec native data transfer rate. The TS2260 tape drive supports the LTO Generation 6 media specifications for LTO tape drive technology. The TS2260 also supports the LTO Generation 6 media specification of a compressed capacity of up to 6.25 TB with 2.5 to 1 compression (up to 2.5 TB native capacity) compared to previous LTO 5 compressed capacity of up to 3.0 TB with 2:1 compression (up to 1.5 TB native capacity) per tape cartridge. The TS2260 can read and write to Ultrium 6 and Ultrium 5 cartridges, and is read compatible with Ultrium 4 cartridges. The Ultrium 6 tape drive is encryption capable and designed to support application-managed encryption.
- General Information
 - Manufacturer
 - Lenovo Group Limited
 
- Manufacturer Website Address
 - http://www3.lenovo.com/au/en
 
- Brand Name
 - Lenovo
 
- Product Line
 - System Storage
 
- Product Type
 - Tape Drive
 
- Technical Information
 - Drive Type
 - LTO-6
 
- Compressed Storage Capacity
 - 6.25 TB
 
- Native Storage Capacity
 - 2.50 TB
 
- Recording Method
 - Linear Serpentine
 
- Drive Performance
 - Maximum Native Data Transfer Rate
 - 140 MB/s
 
- Maximum Compressed Data Transfer Rate
 - 160 MB/s
 
- Storage Media
 - Formats Supported
 - LTO-6 (Read/Write)
 
- LTO-5 (Read/Write)
 
- LTO-4 (Read)
 
- Interfaces/Ports
 - Host Interface
 - 6Gb/s SAS
 
- Physical Characteristics
 - Form Factor
 - Rack-mountable
 
- Rack Height
 - 1U
 
- Drive Height
 - 1/2H
 
- Miscellaneous
 - Additional Information
 - Operating System supported:
- Microsoft: 
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016
 - Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
 - Microsoft Windows Server 2012
 - Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
 
 - Red Hat: 
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
 
 - SUSE: 
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
 
 
 - Microsoft: