LTO Tape Drive User’s Guide
1 - Product Overview
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The connect jacks and plugs are located at the rear of the LTO tape drive. This is an example
of a dual SAS port model.
Drive Performance
The following table shows the high performance for the LTO tape drive.
By using the built-in data-compression capability of the tape drive, greater data rates than the
native data transfer rate are achieved. However, the actual throughput is a function of many
components, such as the host system processor, disk data rate, block size, data compression
ratio, SAS and Fibre Channel bus capabilities, and system or application software.
Element Description
1
Fan vent
2
SAS connectors
1
2
Performance Characteristics
LTO-8 Tape Drive
LTO-7 Tape Drive
LTO-6Tape Drive
Native data rate
300 MB/s
(Ultrium 8 media)
300 MB/s
(Ultrium 7 media)
160 MB/s
(Ultrium 6 media)
Maximum sustained data rate
(at maximum compression)
*
* NOTE: All sustained data rates depend on the capabilities of the interconnect.
750 MB/s
750 MB/s
400 MB/s
Burst data rate
800 MB/s
800 MB/s
800 MB/s
Nominal load-to-ready time
15 seconds
15 seconds
12 seconds
Nominal eject time
24 seconds
20 seconds
17 seconds
Average rewind time
59 seconds
56 seconds
62 seconds
