01PL343 — IBM 12TB/30TB LTO-8 Full Height Fibre Channel Tape Drive
MPN: 01PL343|By: IBM
Starting from
$3,785
Indicative — final pricing confirmed with your quote.
In Stockships worldwide
- Condition:
- New — authorized channel
- Warranty:
- Full manufacturer warranty
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Product overview
This is the IBM 12TB/30TB LTO-8 full height fibre channel tape Drive, order code 01PL343. Cleaning cartridges, a spare drive and the media itself are all part of the same order, and running out of any of them stops the backup. This is a Full Height drive. Tell us the library and we will quote the consumables with it.
Ask for the datasheet and firmware notes with the quote; we would rather you check our claim than take it.
Featuring
- Capacity
- 12TB
- Tape Generation
- LTO-8
- Drive Height
- Full Height
- Manufacturer
- IBM
Interfaces / Ports
- Drive Interface
- Fibre Channel
Physical characteristics
- Product Type
- Tape Drives & Media
- Expedited shipping options are available — rates confirmed with your quote.
- Purchase orders accepted from qualified institutions.
- Compatibility is validated against your server platform before dispatch. Send us the model and we will confirm support.
Specifications for 01PL343 as published by IBM. Where a value is absent it is because we could not verify it, not because it does not exist — ask and we will check.
Where the IBM 01PL343 is deployed
- Swapping out a failed tape drive for 01PL343 under change control
- Keeping an existing archive readable as drives fail
- Holding an offline copy for ransomware recovery
Who this part is for
- Integrators quoting drive, media and cleaning cartridges together
- Procurement buying archive hardware against a retention policy
- Teams replacing a drive inside a populated library
What you get ordering this from us
Ordered by part number
The order is placed against 01PL343, not against a description of it, so there is no room for a substitution you did not agree to.
Media and cleaning quoted together
Cartridges and cleaning tapes are on the same quote, because a drive without them does not back anything up.
Volume pricing
The listed price is per unit; tiered pricing applies at quantity and purchase orders are accepted.
Questions buyers ask about this part
- Is 01PL343 genuine and is the warranty intact?
- Yes — new and sealed, with the IBM warranty and the firmware update path intact. We do not sell refurbished stock as new, and we do not source grey-market units.
- Will 01PL343 work in my server?
- Tell us the library, the backup software version and the oldest cartridge generation you still need to read. Tape reads back further than it writes, and the software support matrix matters as much as the hardware.
- Do you accept purchase orders and quote at volume?
- Yes — POs from qualified organisations, net terms on approval, and banded pricing once the quantity is worth banding. Send the number and we will price it properly.
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