Table 1. Drive information and performance specification (continued)
Generation
LTO 9
LTO 8
LTO 7
LTO 6
LTO 5
Native data
rate
300 Mb/s (L9)
300 Mb/s (L8)
300 Mb/s (L8)
300 Mb/s (M8)
300 Mb/s (L7)
300 Mb/s (L7)
160 Mb/s (L6)
140 Mb/s (L5)
160 Mb/s (L6)
140 Mb/s (L5)
120 Mb/s (L4)
140 Mb/s (L5)
120 Mb/s (L4)
80 Mb/s (L3)
Sustained data
rate (L6, L7, L8
and L9
compressed at
2.5:1
compression;
L5 and earlier
compressed at
2:1compressio
n)
FC
700 Mb/s (L9)
700 Mb/s (L8)
SAS
720 Mb/s (L9)
720 Mb/s (L8)
FC
700 Mb/s (L8)
700 Mb/s (M8)
700 Mb/s (L7)
SAS
600 Mb/s (L8)
540 Mb/s (M8)
500 Mb/s (L7)
FC
700 Mb/s (L7)
400 Mb/s (L6)
280 Mb/s (L5)
SAS
500 Mb/s (L7)
400 Mb/s (L6)
280 Mb/s (L5)
FC and SAS
400 Mb/s (L6)
280 Mb/s (L5)
240 Mb/s (L4)
FC and SAS
280 Mb/s (L5)
240 Mb/s (L4)
160 Mb/s (L3)
Burst data rate
800 Mb/s FC
1200 Mb/s SAS
800 Mb/s FC
600 Mb/s SAS
800 Mb/s FC
600 Mb/s SAS
800 Mb/s FC
600 Mb/s SAS
800 Mb/s FC
600 Mb/s SAS
Nominal load-
to-ready time
16 seconds
15 seconds
15 seconds
12 seconds
12 seconds
-Initialized tape 16 seconds
NA
NA
NA
NA
-Uninitialized
tape
2
40-132
minutes
NA
NA
NA
NA
Nominal
unload time
56 seconds
24 seconds
20 seconds
17 seconds
17 seconds
Average space
record time
from load point
65 seconds
59 seconds
56 seconds
62 seconds
60 seconds
Average
rewind time
(REWIND
command)
62 seconds
59 seconds
60 seconds
NA
NA
Average rewind time (part of UNLOAD command, dependent on mount activity)
3
Less than 5 Gb
of contiguous
data
transferred
62 seconds
59 seconds
60 seconds
NA
NA
5 Gb to 50 Gb
of contiguous
data
transferred
124 seconds
59 seconds
60 seconds
NA
NA
All other types
of mount
activity
186 seconds
59 seconds
60 seconds
NA
NA
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