Technical Information - IBM TS1140 User Manual

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Technical information

Specified operating environment
Physical specifications
TS1140 E07 Tape Drive canister:
• Width
– Front of drive: 150 mm (5.9 in)
– Overall: 195 mm (7.5 in)
• Depth, front of bezel to rear of closed retention latch: 467 mm (18.4 in)
• Height: 95 mm (3.8 in)
• Weight: 5.7 Kg (12 lbs 7 oz)
To assure installability and serviceability in non-IBM industry-standard racks,
review the installation planning information for any product-specific installation
requirements.
Operating environment
• Temperature: 16° to 32° C (60° to 90° F) in operation (media in use)
• Relative humidity: 20% to 80% non-condensing (limited by media)
• Wet bulb (caloric value): 26° C (78.8° F)
• Electrical power:
– 23 watts*, idle, no tape loaded
– 50 watts* - maximum continuous (not peak), reading and writing
• Heat output: 170 Btu/Hour* - maximum continuous
• Capacity of exhaust: 0.34 Cubic meter/minute (12 CFM) per drive
• Noise level: 4.3 Bels idle; 6.3 Bels operating
Note: * External AC/DC power supply losses and heat output not included.
Hardware requirements
TS1140 E07 Tape Drive
Each TS1140 E07 Tape Drive comes with GMR head technology and dual-ported
switched fabric 8 Gbps Fibre Channel attachments, for attachment to multiple
servers or a single server with redundancy. It can be attached to IBM Power
Systems, IBM System i, IBM System p, IBM System x and other servers running
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