Chapter 1 Introduction
Features and Upgrades
DLT-V4 Product Manual
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Features and Upgrades
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This section covers the DLT-V4 tape drive features, and information
about obtaining drivers and firmware upgrades.
Features
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The DLT-V4 tape drive offers the following features:
• Supported formats: DLT-V4 (read/write using DLTtape
®
VS1 Media
data cartridges), DLT VS160 (read only using DLTtape VS1 Media
data cartridges), DLT1/VS80 (read only using DLTtape IV data
cartridges).
• Uses DLTtape VS1 data cartridge.
• 5¼-inch half-height form-factor.
• Formatted data cartridge capacity of 160 GB native, 320 GB
compressed.*
• Sustained user data transfer rate of 10 MB/s native, up to 20 MB/s
with compression*.
• For the SCSI interface tape drive, to achieve 160 MB/s, an Ultra160,
or Ultra320, Low-Voltage Differential (LVD) or Single-Ended (SE)
Wide SCSI bus is required.
• For the SATA interface tape drive, a SATA interface card is required.
* In accordance with industry practice, a typical compression ratio of 2:1 is
quoted. The redundancy and type of data files being written determine the
actual compression ratios achieved.
Firmware Upgrades and
Drivers
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The manufacturer frequently provides new and updated tools to use with
its tape drives. These tools include such items as upgrades for product
software and firmware, and diagnostic software that may be newly
developed. All these tools are available on the manufacturer’s Web site.
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See the following procedure to access these tools.
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Go to
www.tandberg.com
.
Note:
These tools are only available to registered customers.
