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Chapter 2
Product Information
This chapter introduces your DLT VS160 internal tape drive or DLT VS160 tabletop tape drive, and
provides a general overview of the product.
2.1
DLT VS160 Tape Drive Overview
Your Quantum DLT VS160 tape drive is a value-priced, high-reliability, high-capacity linear streaming
data cartridge tape drive designed for use on entry- to mid-range computing platforms. With a
combination of data compression and compaction, your DLT VS160 tape drive offers a formatted data
cartridge capacity of 160 gigabytes (GB) (assuming a 2:1 compression ratio), and a sustained user data
transfer rate of 16 megabytes (MB)/sec (assuming a 2:1 compression ratio).
The DLT VS160 tape drive is a 5¼-inch, half-height form-factor device that uses ½-inch tape. Its
design includes a four-channel read/write head, Lempel-Ziv (DLZ) high-efficiency data compression,
and a tape-mark directory to achieve fast data throughput and data access times.
2.2
Features and Upgrades
This section covers the VS160 tape drive features, and information about obtaining drivers and
firmware upgrades.
Summary of Contents for ValueLoader DLT VS160
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