Sony Ait Tape Drive Specifications - Spectra Logic Spectra 2K Library User Manual

Sony AIT Tape Drive Specifications

The following table summarizes the specifications for Sony AIT drives:
Parameter
Ambient operating temperature
Storage temperature
Operating humidity
MTBF
Average access time
Uncorrectable error rate
Sustained transfer rate
d
Burst transfer rate
a. The upper limit applies to the drives themselves. The temperature limits for the Spectra 2K library are given in
Operating Environment Limits on page 84. Be sure there is adequate air flow around the library at all times.
b. This is a per drive value. Total sustained transfer rate for the library depends on the number of drives installed in the
library.
c. The sustained transfer rate per drive can increase by an average of 2.6 times the specified value with compression.
Compression thoughput and capacity depends on the type of data.
d. The actual burst data transfer rate is limited by the performance of the host bus adapter, the bus interface controller,
and the buffer control hardware of the drive.
Appendix A. Specifications
Specification
a
+41°F to +104°F (+5°C to +40°C)
-40°F to +158°F (-40°C to +70°C 0
20% to 80% non-condensing
200,000 hours @ 20% duty cycle
< 55 seconds
< 1 x 10
b, c
AIT-1: 3 MB/sec native
AIT-2: 6 MB/sec native
AIT-3: 12 MB/sec native
AIT-1: 20 MB/sec Synchronous maximum
AIT-2: 40 MB/sec Synchronous maximum
AIT-3: 80 MB/sec Synchronous maximum
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