Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm manual Read/Write Compatibility with Other Tape Drives, Supported Formats

1Features

Table 1-1Comparison of tape drive features

EXB-8505 and EXB-8505XL

EXB-8205 and EXB-8205XL

Form factor	Half-high 5.25 inches
Data formats supported	8200, 8200c, 8500, 8500c		8200, 8200c
Buffer size	1.0 MByte
Data transfer rate*	1.0 MByte per second		500 KBytes per second
	75X normal (8500c, 8500, and		75X normal (8200c format)
Search speed	8200c formats)
			10X normal (8200 format)
	10X normal (8200 format)
Synchronous data transfer		yes
Time-to-clean LED indication		yes
Compression		yes

*These figures represent the maximum sustained data transfer rate, assuming a 2:1 data compression ratio.

Read/Write Compatibility with Other Tape Drives

The EXB-8205, EXB-8205XL, EXB-8505, and EXB-8505XL can read data cartridges written by other Exabyte 8mm tape drives, including the EXB-8200, the EXB-8200SX, the EXB-8500, and the EXB-8500c. They can also write on data cartridges that are intended for use with these other tape drives.

Supported Formats

The EXB-8505 and EXB-8505XL read and write data in four logical formats:

8200

8200c (compressed)

8500

8500c (compressed)

The EXB-8205 and EXB-8205XL read and write data in two logical formats:

8200

8200c (compressed)

Table 1-2 shows the read and write compatibility of the four logical data formats with the tape drives. Table 1-3compares these data formats.

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