Capacity And Transfer Rate; Supported Media - Quantum 6-67057-02 Rev A User Manual

1.2 Capacity and Transfer Rates
The capacity and transfer rate of the Quantum RDX storage system are outlined in the table
below (see Table 1). The capacity and transfer rate will vary depending on the RDX cartridge type
used.
Table 1: Capacity and Transfer Rates
Capacity RDX 160 GB
Native 160 GB
Capacity
Average sustained transfer rate (MBs/sec)
Average access time (msec)
Function
Command set
Supported file systems
1
Actual results may vary depending on system environments, drive media used, or other factors.
2
NTFS is the default file system on the cartridge. If you are using Linux, the cartridge that comes
with your system will need to be reformatted to support a file system that is compatible with a
Linux-based operating system (see the section "RDX Cartridge File System Considerations" in
the appendix).

1.3 Supported Media

The RDX system supports any RDX cartridge. RDX cartridges are available in different capacity
configurations, depending on your storage requirements.
RDX 320 GB RDX 500 GB
320 GB 500 GB
1
USB 2.0: 25 MB/s
SATA: 45 MB/s
USB 3.0: 230MB/s
15
Removable disk drive
• Packet command feature set, per ATA/ATAPI-7
• SCSI primary commands (SPC-2)
• SCSI block commands (SBC-2)
ext2, ext3, FAT32, Mac OS Extended, NTFS
RDX 640 GB RDX 750 GB
640 GB 750 GB
RDX 1.0 TB
1.0 TB
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