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This appendix lists the product specifications for the StorageWorks 8505 8mm Cartridge Tape Drive.
Read & Write Format
Recording Format — 8mm Helical-Scan Digital Computer Tape
Head Configuration — Read-after-write head pairs with separate full-width erase head
Linear Density
8500 mode — 45434 bpi
8200 mode — 43271 bpi
Track Density
8500 mode — 1638 tracks per inch
8200 mode — 819 tracks per inch
Area Density
8500 mode — 74 million bits/sq. inch
8200 mode — 35 million bits/sq. inch
Formatted Capacity with a TKZ8x (112 meter tape)
5000 MBytes (native)
10,000 MBytes (compressed)
Controller Features
Integrated SCSI Controller and Formatter
Standard SCSI Interface Connection (single-ended)
Onboard Error Correction Code (ECC) — (ECC: Reed-Solomon Product Code)
Error Recovery Procedures (ERP)
Transfer rate (peak):
5.0 MBytes/sec. synchronous
2.5 MBytes/sec. asynchronous
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Compression capacity and throughput ratios will vary dependent upon type of data.
Order Number: EK–STWCT–UG. E01
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