Appendix A Specifications
Tape Drive Specifications
SDLT600 Drive
1
Specifications
Description
Read/write transfer rate: maximum
sustained (SDLT II media)
Burst transfer rate
Average access time
Loading time to BOT (for previously written
tape)
Unloading time from BOT
MCBF
Interface type
1
Media Capacity
Media Type
SDLT II storage capacity
158
Quantum SDLT600
Noncompressed mode: 129.6 GB/hr
Compressed (2:1 typical): 259.2 GB/hr
160 MB/s
79 seconds (from BOT)
40 seconds (maximum)
20 seconds (maximum)
> 400,000 cycles at 100% duty cycle
Low-voltage Differential (LVD) 16-bit Ultra,
160 SCSI-3
Capacity
9.4 TB (compressed) with 16 cartridges
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