HP MSL6000 manual Sdlt Tape Drives

Make it a practice to visually inspect your tape cartridges when loading or removing them from your tape library. Taking a few minutes to check the condition of your cartridges will lower the risk of repeated failures and help ensure uninterrupted backup.

CAUTION: Always discard damaged tape cartridges. If a defective tape cartridge is loaded into a tape drive, it may in turn damage the drive, potentially requiring drive replacement.

NOTE: For information on labeling tape cartridges, see ”Labeling Tape Cartridges” on page 75.

SDLT Tape Drives

NOTE: In addition to the information provided in this manual, refer to the documentation provided with your media for more information. Also see Chapter 7, ”Troubleshooting” beginning on page 101.

The SDLT tape drive is a high-capacity, high-performance streaming tape drive that uses Laser Guided Magnetic Recording (LGMR) technology to maximize the amount of data that can be stored on a tape. An SDLT 320 tape drive is capable of storing up to 160 GB (native) or 320 GB (2:1 compression) of data per cartridge. An SDLT 600 tape drive is capable of storing up to 300 GB (native) or 600 GB (2:1 compression) of data per cartridge. Access the HP StorageWorks SDLT Tape Drive Reference Guide from http://www.hp.com/support for more information about its features and capabilities.

Table 3 SDLT Tape Drive Capacity and Data Transfer Rate

Drive Model	Data Capacity		Sustained Data Transfer Rate
SDLT 160/320	160	GB (native)	16 MB/sec (115.2 GB/hour)
	320 GB (compressed)		32 MB/sec (230.4 GB/hour)
SDLT 300/600	300 GB (native)		36 MB/sec (259.2 GB/hour)
	600	GB (compressed)	72 MB/sec (518.4 GB/hour)

NOTE: Compressed capacity assumes a 2:1 compression ratio.

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