5243-2SE Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide — 542757-003
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Specifications
Technical Specifications
Capacity
Performance
Media
Tape Format
Native
36 gigabytes
Compressed (assumes
2:1 data compression)
72 gigabytes
Buffer Size
8 megabytes
Sustained Transfer Rate
(native)
3.2 megabytes/second
Sustained Transfer Rate
(with 2:1 data compression)
6.4 megabytes/second
Data Access Time
68 seconds
Average Load Time
15 seconds
Average Unload Time
15 seconds
Rewind Time
120 seconds (end to end)
Rewind Tape Speed
1.41 meters/second
MTBF
125,000 hours at 100% duty cycle
Recommended Media
DAT 72 (170 meters)
Recording Method
4 millimeter helical scan
Recording Format
DAT 72, DDS-4, DDS-3
Data Compression
Lempel-Ziv (DCLZ)
