HP LTO Ultrium series, Specification

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Capacity Native 200 GB 400 GB 800 GB 1.5 TB 2.5TB
Compressed
(assumes 2:1 data
compression for LTO-4
and 5; 2.5:1
compression for LTO-
6))
400 GB 800 GB 1.6 TB 3 TB 6.25TB
Buffer Size 64 MB 64 MB 128 MB 256 MB 512MB
Performance Sustained transfer
rate, native 24 MB/s 60 MB/s 80 MB/s 140 MB/s 160MB/s
Sustained transfer
rate, compressed
(assumes 2:1 data
compression for LTO-4
and 5; 2.5:1
compression for LTO-6)
48 MB/s 120 MB/s 160 MB/s 280 MB/s 400MB/s
Burst transfer rate 160 MB/s (with
Ultra3 SCSI
wide); 300 MB/s
(with 3Gb/sec
SAS) 320 MB/s (with
Ultra320 SCSI);
300 MB/s (with
3Gb/sec SAS) 300 MB/s (with
3Gb/sec SAS) 600 MB/s (with
6Gb/s SAS) 600 MB/s with
6Gb/s SAS
Data rate matching
range 0-24 MB/s
(native) 20-60 MB/s
(native) 33-80 MB/s
(native) 47-140 MB/s
(native) 54-160 MB/s
(native)
Data access time (from
BOT)
64 s typical for a
200 GB tape
(native) 64 s typical for a
200 GB tape
(native) 64 s typical for a
800 GB tape
(native) 52 s typical for a
1.5 TB tape
(native) 50 seconds
typical for LTO 6
media
Average load time >19 s >19 s >19 s >19 s 24s
Average unload time 19 s 19 s 19 s 19 s 19s
Rewind time from EOT 121 s (200 GB
tape) 121 s (400 GB
tape) 124 s (800 GB
tape) 96 s (1.5 TB
tape) 98s (2.5TB tape)
Rewind tape speed 5.0 m/s 5.0 m/s 7.0 m/s 9.0 m/s 9.0 m/s
Reliability MTBF 250,000 hours
at 100% duty
cycle 250,000 hours
at 100% duty
cycle 250,000 hours
at 100% duty
cycle 250,000 hours
at 100% duty
cycle 250,000 hours
at 100% duty
cycle
Uncorrected Error
Rate 1 in 1x10
17
bits 1 in 1x10
17
bits 1 in 1x10
17
bits 1 in 1x10
17
bits 1 in 1x10 17 bits
Media
Compatibility LTO Ultrium 1
(Read and
Write);
LTO Ultrium 2
(Read and Write) LTO Ultrium 1
(Read only);
LTO Ultrium 2
(Read and
Write);
LTO Ultrium 3
(Read and Write) LTO Ultrium 2
(Read only);
LTO Ultrium 3
(Read and
Write);
LTO Ultrium 4
(Read and Write) LTO Ultrium 3
(Read only);
LTO Ultrium 4
(Read and
Write);
LTO Ultrium 5
(Read and Write) LTO Ultrium 4
(Read only);
LTO Ultrium 5
(Read and
Write);
LTO Ultrium 6
(Read and write)
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