Introduction

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Internal STT8000A with mounting brackets

Features

The STT8000A embodies Seagate's commitment to engineer reliable and durable tape drive products. Key features of the drive are as follows:

Two Internal form factors for installation in 5.25-inch half-high or 3.5-inch by one-inch drive bays

Capability to write and read Travan TR-4 (QIC-3095) media, as well as minicartridge or QIC-Wide media conforming to the QIC-3080 standard

QIC-3095-MC tape format compliance for compatibility and information exchange

Typical uncompressed capacities of 4 Gbytes on 740-foot TR-4 media; 2 Gbytes on 400-foot QIC-Wide media; and 1.6 Gbytes on 400-foot quarter-inch minicartridge media

Typical compressed capacities of 8 Gbytes on 740 foot TR-4 media; 4 Gbytes on 400-foot QIC-Wide media; 3.2 Gbytes on 400-foot quarter-inch minicartridge media

Transfer rate optimized with FastSense—automatic selection of fastest supportable data transfer rate (600, 450, or 300 Kbytes/sec)

ATAPI interface that supports DMA and PIO modes 0, 1, or 2 with 512 Kbytes on- drive data buffer to facilitate the most efficient use of the host computer and tape drive.

Uncorrectable error rate of less than 1 in 1015 bits

Flash EEPROM to enable electrically upgradeable drive firmware

Custom Seagate -designed LSI circuitry to reduce component count and boost drive reliability

Low power consumption—less than 15.0 Watts (typical) for internal drives

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