1 IBM TS4500 tape library The IBM TS4500 tape library is a next-generation storage solution that is designed to help  midsize and large enterprises respond to storage challenges. Several of these challenges  include the high data volume, growth in data centers, increasing cost of data center storage  footprints, difficulty migrating data across vendor platforms, and increased complexity of IT  training and management as staff resources shrink.  The TS4500 tape library combines reliable, automated tape handling and storage with high  performance in an open systems and enterprise environment. Incorporating the IBM Linear  Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium tape and 3592 drives, the TS4500 tape library offers outstanding  retrieval performance with typical cartridge move times of less than 3 seconds.  The TS4500, installed with the High Availability (HA) option, provides dual active accessors  for redundancy, and can double the robot performance during tape move operations. The HA  option on TS4500 has no dedicated service bays and provides the Elastic Capacity option for  the use of the storage slots in these integrated service bays. The TS4500 tape library can be deployed as a single frame library and upgraded to a  maximum of 18 frames, with a combination of LTO and 3592 frames. This single frame library  can be partitioned into multiple logical libraries. This feature makes the TS4500 tape library  an excellent choice for consolidating tape workloads from multiple heterogeneous open  systems servers.  The TS4500 protects investment by providing for redeployment of S24 and S54 frames from  the TS3500 onto the TS4500. The library provides outstanding reliability and redundancy through the provision of redundant  power supplies in each drive frame, control and data path failover, dual grippers within the  cartridge accessor, and dual active accessors. Library and drive firmware can be upgraded  nondisruptively, without interrupting normal operations. Encryption is supported on the  following tape drives:  1 ' Copyright IBM Corp. 2014, 2020. All rights reserved. GLYPH<SM590000> TS1160 tape drive (Model 3592 60E) GLYPH<SM590000> LTO Ultrium 5 tape drive (Model 3588 F5C) GLYPH<SM590000> LTO Ultrium 6 tape drive (Model 3588 F6C) GLYPH<SM590000> LTO Ultrium 7 tape drive (Model 3588 F7C) GLYPH<SM590000> LTO Ultrium 8 tape drive (Model 3588 F8C)