The IBM System Storage TS2230 Tape Drive Express Model, an external st&-alone or rack-mountable unit, is designed to offer high capacity & performance designed for the midrange open systems environment & is part of the IBM System Storage TS2200 Tape Drive family. This model incorporates the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) IBM Ultrium 3 serial-attached SCSI (SAS) Half-High Tape Drive with a maximum tape drive throughput data rate performance of up to 60 MB/sec native data transfer rate.