Appendix B: Specifications

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Physical specifications

Rack Mount

Height

3.5 in. (8.9 cm)

 

 

Width

17.7 in. (45 cm)

 

 

Length

29.71 in. (75.46 cm)

 

 

Package weight (without media)

50 lb. (22.7 kg)

 

 

Footprint

3.4 square feet (0.32 square meters)

 

 

Autoloader performance specifications

Maximum data transfer rate

LTO-3 Drive

 

Native: 245 GB/hr.

 

Compressed: 490 GB/hr. (assuming 2:1 compression ratio)

 

DLT-V4 Drive

 

Native: 36 GB/hr.

 

Compressed: 72 GB/hr. (assuming 2:1 compression ratio)

 

 

Drive type

1 LTO-3 drive, or

(only one type per unit, not interchangeable)

1 DLT-V4 drive

 

 

MCBF

400,000 cycles

 

 

Typical cycle time

All Drive Types

 

< 40 seconds. One cycle consists of moving a cartridge from the tape

 

drive to a magazine slot, selecting another magazine slot, then moving

 

the cartridge back to the tape drive. It does not include the time that

 

the tape drive takes to unload, load, or calibrate.

 

 

Average load time (after placing cartridge in drive)

LTO Ultrium 3

 

12 seconds (to BOT for previously written tape)

 

< 40 seconds (to BOT with new tape)

 

VS1

 

< 70 seconds

 

 

Average unload time (from BOT)

LTO Ultrium 3 = < 30 seconds (from BOT)

VS1 = < 22 seconds (from BOT, no brush), 61 seconds (from BOT, brush)

Environmental specifications

Temperature Range (Dry Bulb)

Operating

+50º to +95ºF (+10º to +35ºC)

Nonoperating

-40ºto +149ºF (- 40ºC to +65ºC)

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