Compaq 340622-002 manual Drive Capacity, Drive Performance, Data Compression, 1Overview

1-1Overview

Chapter 1

Overview

This chapter provides information on:

■The capacity of the drive

■Drive performance

■Data compression

■Cartridge Specifications, Compatibility, and Formats

■Drive duty cycle

■Kit contents

Drive Capacity

The Compaq SLR Drive is a streaming quarter-inch tape cartridge drive that can read or write 8 GB of compressed data or 4 GB of uncompressed data. The drive provides low-cost data protection for workstations and entry-level servers.

Drive Performance

The maximum transfer rate of the Compaq SLR Drive is:

■760 kB/second for compressed data

■380 kB/second for uncompressed data

Data Compression

The drive employs the Lempel-Ziv data compression algorithm to compress data by up to 2 times. This feature is enabled by default but the user may turn off data compression through the applications software.

Compaq SLR Tape Drive User Guide