Dell TL2000 manual Speed Matching, Channel Calibration

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Figure 1-7. Library drive sled without ESD springs (SCSI sled shown)

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Figure 1-8. Library drive sled with ESD springs [1] (SAS sled shown)

Speed Matching

To improve system performance, the Ultrium 3 and Ultrium 4 Tape Drive uses a technique called speed matching to dynamically adjust its native (uncompressed) data rate to the slower data rate of the attached server.

Channel Calibration

The channel calibration feature of the Ultrium 3 and Ultrium 4 Tape Drive customizes each read/write data channel for optimum performance. The customization enables compensation for variations in the recording channel transfer function, media characteristics, and read/write head characteristics.

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