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Appendix A Specifications
Tape Drive Specifications
156 SuperLoader 3 Autoloader User’s Guide
VS160 Drive
Specifications
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Tape length 680 m (2230.9 ft.)
Cartridge dimensions 10.2 x 10.54 x 2.15 cm
(4 x 4.15 x .85 in)
Read compatibility LTO Ultrium 1, LTO Ultrium 2, LTO Ultrium 3
Write compatibility LTO Ultrium 2, LTO Ultrium 3
Shelf life > 30 years with < 10% loss in demagnetization
@ 20°C
40% RH (noncondensing)
Cartridge life 1,000,000 passes (any point on the tape passing
the recording head in either direction)
LTO Universal Cleaning cartridge 50 uses
Description Quantum DLT VS160
Read/write transfer rate: maximum
sustained (VS1 media)
Noncompressed mode: 28.8 GM/hr
Compressed (2:1 typical): 57.6 GB/hr
Burst transfer rate 160 MB/s
Average access time 90 seconds (from BOT)
Loading time to BOT (for previously written
tape)
120 seconds (maximum)
Unloading time from BOT 25 seconds (maximum)
MCBF > 400,000 cycles at 100% duty cycle
Interface type Low-voltage Differential (LVD) 16-bit Ultra,
160 SCSI-2
Characteristic LTO Ultrium 3