
TSDLT 600 Product Manual
Shelf Life | The length of time that media can be stored without losing its |
| magnetic strength. For Super DLTtape II media, this period is 30 |
| years or more. |
SRAM | Static RAM. A memory chip that requires power to hold its |
| content. |
T
The reel inside every tape drive onto which DLTtape or | |
| Super DLTtape media is wound. The |
| enables DLTtape and Super DLTtape systems to operate using a |
| |
| every data cartridge. |
TapeAlert | A firmware feature that monitors and returns the results of the |
| tape drive’s |
Tape Path | The path through which media moves from the data cartridge, |
| past the read/write head, and onto the |
TB | Terabyte. A unit of measure equal to 1000 Gigabytes (GB). |
TCM | Tape Control Module. The SDLT TCM consists of a variety of |
| components; the most significant of these include the base plate, |
| the cartridge receiver, the tape supply motor assembly, the floor |
| plate assembly, and the buckling mechanism. |
Termination | A physical requirement of the SCSI bus. A terminator is a device |
| that attaches to both ends of an electrical bus and prevents |
| reflection or echoes of signals that reach the end of the bus. |
Track | A linear or angled pattern of data written on a media surface. |
| SDLT tape drives write information on multiple tracks |
| simultaneously. |
Transfer Rate | The speed at which the data moves between a host (that is, tape |
| drive) and a recorded device. Usually expressed as bytes/sec or |
| bits/sec. |
TUR | Tape Unit Ready. |
TUV | Technischer Uberwachungs Verein (German Safety Agency). |
March 2004 |