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(#4684) - 30GB 1/4-Inch Cartridge Tape

The IBM #4684 is a 30GB 1/4-Inch Cartridge Tape Unit that can be mounted in half-high, autodocking, removable media bays of expansion towers/units.

The #4684 may be used for save/restore, alternate IPL, program distribution, migration and 1/4-inch cartridge tape exchange.

A #4684 will read/write the following tape formats:

• 30GB (up to 60GB with compression in SLR60 format) with IBM SLR60-30GB Data Cartridge (19P4209)
• 25GB (up to 50GB with compression in MLR3 format) with IBM MLR3-25GB Data Cartridge (59H4128)
• 16GB (up to 32GB with compression in QIC5010 format) with IBM MLR1-16GB Data Cartridge (59H4175)
• 5GB (up to 10GB with compression in SLR100 format) with IBM SLR100-5GB Data Cartridge (35L0661)
• 2GB (up to 4GB with compression in QIC5010 format) with IBM MLR1-2GB Data Cartridge (35L0589)

A #4684 is capable of read only support of the following tape formats:

• 4GB (QIC4GB format) with SLR5-4GB Data Cartridge (59H3660)
• 2.5GB (QIC2GB format) with IBM DC9250 Data Cartridge (16G8436)

The #4684 has the these technical specifications for the primary recording format:

• Cartridge Capacity (Native) = 30.0GB (1500-ft tape)
• Cartridge Capacity (Compression) = 60.0GB (1500-ft tape)
• Data Rate (Native) = 4.0MB/s
• Data Rate (Compression) = 8.0MB/s
• Attributes provided: 30GB 1/4-inch tape device
• Attributes required: half height, autodocking removable media bay and a disk controller in place to interface to this media bay.

Option Part Numbers

• 39J5594
• 53P2386

Option Model Support

• 9405-4684
• 9406-4684
• 9407-4684
• 9411-4684