The IBM System Storage TS2230 Tape Drive Express Model, an external stand-alone or rack-mountable unit, is designed to offer high capacity and performance designed for the midrange open systems environment and 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.