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Table 1. 3580 Tape Drive Models
Model
SCSI Attachment
Ultrium 1 or Ultrium 2
L11
LVD
Ultrium 1
L13
LVD
Ultrium 1
L23
LVD
Ultrium 2
H11
HVD
Ultrium 1
H13
HVD
Ultrium 1
H23
HVD
Ultrium 2
Drive Performance
If you run applications that are highly dependent on tape-processing speed, you
can take advantage of the significant performance improvements provided by the
IBM 3580 Ultrium 2 Tape Drive. Table 2 lists the performance characteristics of
both the Ultrium 2 and Ultrium 1 models.
Table 2. Performance characteristics of the Ultrium 2 Tape Drive and the Ultrium 1 Tape Drive
Performance Characteristic
Tape Drive
Ultrium 2 Tape Drive
Ultrium 1 Tape Drive
Native sustained data rate
35 MB/s
(with Ultrium 2 media)
15 MB/s
20 MB/s
(with Ultrium 1 media)
Compressed data rate (at 2:1
compression)
70 MB/s
(with Ultrium 2 media)
30 MB/s
40 MB/s
(with Ultrium 1 media)
Maximum sustained data rate (at
maximum compression)
107 MB/s (Ultra160)
60 MB/s
Burst data rate for Low Voltage
Differential (LVD) SCSI drives
160 MB/s (Ultra160)
80 MB/s (Ultra2)
Burst data rate for High Voltage
Differential (HVD) SCSI drives
40 MB/s (Ultra)
40 MB/s (Ultra)
Nominal load-to-ready time
15 seconds
20 seconds
Nominal unload time
15 seconds
18 seconds
Average search time to first byte of
data
49 seconds
73 seconds
Note:
All sustained data rates are dependent on the capabilities of the interconnect (for example, an UltraSCSI bus
is limited to less than 40MB/sec).
By using the built-in data-compression capability of the tape drives, you can
achieve greater data rates than the native data transfer rate. However, the actual
throughput is a function of many components, such as the host system processor,
disk data rate, block size, data compression ratio, SCSI bus capabilities, and system
or application software.
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