Phoenix VX3-350-SCW-DAT, Technical Information

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Scope
This chapter describes the SONY SDT 11000 DAT drive in detail.
Introduction
The SDT 11000 is a high performance 3.5" low profile 40 Gigabyte (compressed) DAT drive that is designed to
operate with a SCSI host adapter or equivalent. The drive features low power requirements enabling operation
in portable environments. The drive uses the industry standard
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI-2).
Key Features
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Low power requirements enabling operation in portable applications
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Typical streaming transfer rate of 4.7 Mbytes/second.
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10 Mbyte data buffer
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Automatic error detection and correction
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Read-after-write error detection and correction
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Synchronous and asynchronous communication modes
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Embedded Wide Ultra LVD/SE SCSI connection
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No operator maintenance: incorporates Sony's patented Super Head Cleaner
TM
technology
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Supportted formats: DDS-4, DDS-3, DDS-2, DDS, DDS-DC and DCLZ
Physical Configuration
Bytes per Block: Variable or fixed
Formatted Capacity: Up to 40 gigabytes(compressed mode)
Drive Interface: Wide Ultra LVD/SE SCSI
Cache Buffer Size: 10 Mbyte
Drive Performance
Move to Start: 3.5 seconds
Change direction: 2.1 seconds
Write (full reposition) 4.2 seconds
Max rewind to BOP: Less than 55 seconds
External Transfer Rate: 10 Mbyte/sec (synchronous)
SDT 11000 DAT Disk Drive Details 5-3