T10000; Lto Ultrium; Encryption; Tape Drive And Media Comparisons - Oracle StorageTek SL3000 System Assurance Manual

Tape Drive and Media Comparisons

T10000

The T10000 tape drive can store a native capacity of up to: 8 TB (T10000D). There are
two generations of cartridges: the T10000 for A and B drives and the T10000 T2 for C
and D drives. The T10000C and D drives are capable of reading T10000A or T10000B
media. The T10000C and D drives only write to T2 media. In addition to the standard
data cartridge, there is a sport cartridge for faster access, but with less capacity.

LTO Ultrium

The LTO Ultrium is an open standard format that provides media compatibility across
all brands and manufacturers of LTO Ultrium products. LTO tape drives are read
compatible backward two generations and write compatible backward one generation.

Encryption

The following drive models have encryption capabilities:
StorageTek T10000A, B, C, D and T9840 D
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HP and IBM LTO Generations 4, 5, 6
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For more information, refer to the tape drive specific documentation and Oracle Key
Manager (OKM) documentation on OTN.
Tape Drive and Media Comparisons
Table A–1 Tape Drive and Media Comparisons
Specification
Capacity (native)
Transfer rates (native)
Buffer size
Load Time (sec)
Access (sec)
Maximum Rewind time
(sec)
Unload Time (sec)
Load/unloads per cartridge 25,000
Length–usable
Total length
Number of tracks
Tape Archival life (years)
Uncorrected bit error rate
A-2 StorageTek SL3000 Systems Assurance Guide
T10000C T10000D
5 TB 8 TB
1TB (sport) 1.6 TB (sport)
252 MB/s 252 MB/s
2 GB 2 GB
13.1 13
57 50
17.5 (sport) 14 (sport)
115 97
32.5 (sport) 26 (sport)
26 23
25,000
1,107 m 1,107 m
(3,632 ft) (3,632 ft)
1147 m 1147 m
(3763.1 ft) (3763.1 ft)
3584 4608
30 30+
–19 –19
1x10 1x10
T9840D LTO5
75 GB 1.5 TB
30 MB/s 140 MB/s
64 MB 256 MB
8.5 19
8 52
16 96
12.5 19
10,000 5,000
251 m 850 m
(889 ft) (2789 ft)
271 m 846m
(889 ft) (2776 ft)
576 1280
15–30 15–30
–18 –17
1x10 1x10
LTO6
2.5 TB
160 MB/s
—
22
50
98
19
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846m
(2776 ft)
2176
—
–17
1x10