Contents
About This Manual |
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Intended Audience | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii | |
How This Manual is Organized | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii | |
Related Publications | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | xiii |
Conventions Used in This Specification | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | xiv |
1 Features |
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Features | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |
Read/Write Compatibility with Other Tape Drives | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ||
Data Compression | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ||
Custom EEPROM Options | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ||
Storage Capacity | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ||
Physical Description | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ||
Front Panel Controls and Indicators | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ||
Back Panel Components | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ||
Internal Components of the Tape Drive | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ||
Size and Weight | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ||
Related Products | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ||
Integration with Other Exabyte Products | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ||
EXATAPEÔ Data Cartridges | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | ||
Exabyte Cleaning Cartridges | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
2 Recording Format |
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Physical Format | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . | . | . | |
Physical Track Structure | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . | . | . | |
Physical Blocks | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . | . | . | |
Search Fields | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . | . | . | |
Servo Areas | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . | . | . | |
Recording Parameters | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |||||
Logical Format | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . | . | . | |
Supported Logical Formats | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . | . | . | |
Logical Blocks | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . | . | . | |
Gap Bytes | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . | . | . | |
Gap Blocks and Gap Tracks | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . | . | . | |
Filemarks | . . . . . . . . . . | . . . . . . | . . | . | . | |
Setmarks | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |||||
End of Data (EOD) | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | |||||
Track and Block Counts | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
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