Chapter 1 Introduction
Product Features
Quantum A-Series Tape Drives User’s Guide 3
Product Features
The A-Series tape drives offer the following product features:
Table 1 Storage Capacity and
Transfer Rates
• The SDLT 600A tape drive allows for over 6 hours of HD (high
definition) and over 25 hours of SD (standard definition) storage on a
single Super DLTtape II media cartridge.
• The LTO-3A tape drive allows for over 8 hours of HD and over 33
hours of SD storage on a single Ultrium 3 media cartridge.
• Convergent technology — the benefits of file-based data tape storage
and the accessibility of video tape.
• Built-in Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) interface.
• Access to metadata and clip content by timecode-indexed in and out
points through a web-based interface.
• A standard 5.25-inch full-height form factor to simplify integration
into system and tape library solutions.
• iTalk (and Pocket DLTSage iTalk)—Infrared (wireless) interface on
the SDLT 600A that provides a remote testing base allowing
customers and integrators to access system diagnostic information
from the front of the tape drive.
A-Series
Tape Drive
Maximum Storage
Capacity
Maximum Native
Data Transfer Rate
SDLT 600A 300 GB 36 MB/sec
LTO-3A 400 GB 68 MB/sec
Note: There is a limitation on the number of files that can be
stored on a media cartridge based on the size of the files
and the size of the filenames stored on the table of contents
(TOC) region of the tape. For example, the A-Series
SDLT 600A tape drive can hold approximately 8,000 files.
This limit can be significantly smaller if the filenames are
long and/or there are many MXF files.