Seagate 240 DDS-4 Drive applications, Scorpion 240 capacity and data-transfer rates, Tape format

A-8 Scorpion 240 Autoloader Installation Manual

Drive applications

The Scorpion 240 autoloader is ideal for server and network/enterprise applications, including:

∙Backup of high-capacity disc drives or disc arrays

∙Automated storage management

∙On-line, unattended data collection

∙Near-line secondary storage for text, graphics or multimedia data of all types

∙Archival storage.

Scorpion 240 capacity and data-transfer rates

The Scorpion 240 provides the following capacities and sustained data-transfer rates, depending upon the type and length of tape media used. These capacities and data-transfer rates are based on a 2:1 data compression. Uncompressed capacities are one half these values.

Tape format:	DDS	DDS-2	DDS-3	DDS-4
Tape length (m)	90	120	125	150
Single-cartridge	4.0	8.0	24.0	40.0
capacity (Gbytes)
Six-cartridge	24.0	48.0	144.0	240.0
magazine capacity
(Gbytes)
Sustained Data-	1.83	1.83	5.5	5.5
transfer Rate
(Mbyte/sec)

Note. 60-meter DDS tape cannot be used with this drive.