IBM Tape Drive Comparison

Model	Data Transfer Rate	Interface	Capacity		Tracks
Model	Data Transfer Rate	Interface	Standard	Compressed	Read	Write
3480-B22	3 Mbps	Parallel	200 MB		18	18
3490-B04	3 Mbps	Parallel / ESCON	200 MB		18	18
3490-B40	3 Mbps	Parallel	400 MB	800 MB	18 / 36	36
	9 Mbps [w/ IDRC]	ESCON			18 / 36	36
3490-C22	3 Mbps	Parallel	400 MB	800 MB	18 / 36	36
	6.3 Mbps	SCSI
	9 Mbps	ESCON
3490-C2A	3 Mbps	Parallel	400 MB	800 MB	18 / 36	36
	6.3 Mbps	SCSI
	9 Mbps	ESCON
3490-E01	3 Mbps	SCSI	5.6 GB	16.8 GB	18 / 36	36
	6.5 Mbps [compressed]				18 / 36	36
3490-E11	3 Mbps	SCSI	5.6 GB	16.8 GB	18 / 36	36
	6.5 Mbps [compressed]				18 / 36	36
3490-F00	3 Mbps	SCSI	800 MB	2.4 GB	18 / 36	18 / 36
Table-Top	6.8 Mbps [compressed]				18 / 36	18 / 36
3490-F01	3 Mbps	SCSI	800 MB	2.4 GB	18 / 36	18 / 36
Stand-Alone	6.8 Mbps [compressed]				18 / 36	18 / 36
3490-F11	3 Mbps	SCSI / Parallel / ESCON	800 MB	2.4 GB	18 / 36	18 / 36
Rack-Mount	6.8 Mbps [compressed]			2.4 GB	18 / 36	18 / 36
3490-F1A	3 Mbps	SCSI / Parallel / ESCON	2.4 GB		18 / 36	36
3494 Library	6.8 Mbps [compressed]				18 / 36	36
3590-B11	9 Mbps	ESCON / FICON	10 GB	20 GB	128	128
	27 Mbps [compressed]				128	128
3590-B1A	9 Mbps	SCSI / Fibre	10 GB	20 GB	128	128
	27 Mbps [compressed]				128	128
3590-E11	14 Mbps	ESCON / FICON	20 GB	40 GB	128 / 256	256
3590-E11					128 / 256	256
3590-E1A	14 Mbps	SCSI / Fibre	20 GB	40 GB	128 / 256	256
	40 Mbps [compressed]				128 / 256	256
3590-H11	14 Mbps	ESCON / FICON	30 GB	90 GB	256 / 384	384
			60 GB [extended]	180 GB [extended]	256 / 384	384
3590 H1A	14/34/40 Mbps	SCSI / Fibre	30 GB	90 GB	256 / 384	384
	34 Mbps [compressed]	SCSI	60 GB [extended]	180 GB [extended]
	42 Mbps [compressed]	Fibre
3592-J1A	40 Mbps	ESCON / Fibre / FICON	300 GB	900 GB	512	512
3592-E05	100 Mbps	ESCON / Fibre / FICON	1 TB	1.5 TB	512 / 896	512 / 896