Appendix A. Library Specifications
Sony AIT Tape Drive Specifications
This section includes details on Sony AIT drives. For more information, consult the user manual for the drives installed in your library.
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Ambient operating temperature a | 41°F to 104°F | (5°C to 40°C) |
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Operating humidity | 20% to 80% | |
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MTBF | 300,000 POH (100% duty cycle) | |
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Average access time | < 55 seconds |
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Uncorrectable error rate | < 1 x |
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Sustained transfer rate b, c | 6 MB/sec native |
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Burst transfer rate d | 40 MB/sec synchronous maximum | |
a.The upper limit applies to the drives themselves. The temperature limits for the Spectra 10000 are given in Media and Hardware Environment on page 26. Be sure that there is adequate air flow around the library at all times.
b.This is a
c.The sustained transfer rate per drive can increase by an average of 2.6 times the specified value with compression. Compression thoughput and capacity depends on the type of data.
d.The actual burst data transfer rate is limited by the performance of the SCSI host bus adapter, the SCSI bus interface controller, and the drive’s buffer control hardware.
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