Product Specifications
Product Specifications
Positive Engagement
Tape Leader Buckling
Mechanism
The following subsections contain product specifications for the SDLT 600A tape drive.
This buckling mechanism engages the tape leaders upon data cartridge load and disengages them upon data cartridge unload.
Component level tests of buckle arm components have shown at least 250,000 cycles on the tape drive without failure, breakage, or binding; this includes the
Functional Specifications
Performance Data
Table 7 SDLT 600A Tape Drive Performance Data
The following subsections contain functional specifications for the SDLT 600A tape drive.
Table 7 provides performance data for the tape drive.
Item | Specification |
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Drive Read/Write Transfer Rate* | 36 MB/second, native |
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Maximum Thoughput* | 11 MB/second, native |
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Tracks | 40 logical tracks |
| 640 physical tracks |
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Track Density | 1502 tracks per inch (tpi) |
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Linear Bit Density | 233 Kbits per inch (Kbpi) |
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Read/Write Tape Speed | 108 inches per second (ips) |
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Quantum | 34 |