Specifications
Drive Performance Specifications
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Drive Performance Specifications
Table 11 on page 48 lists the performance specifications for the LTO-1 and LTO-2 drives.
Max Peak Operating Power
Ultra2 SCSI LVD; Ultra SCSI HVD
Fibre Channel
48.5 watts RMS (1 sec max)
58.5 watts RMS*
65 watts RMS (1 sec max)
N/A
* RMS parameters measured at the power connector using a true RMS digital meter.
Table 11. Drive Performance Specifications
Specification
Value
Capacity
LTO-2 (609 m)
LTO-1
Ultrium type A (609 m)
Ultrium type B (319 m)
Ultrium type C (203 m)
Ultrium type D (87 m)
200 Gbytes (native)
100 Gbytes (native)
50 Gbytes (native)
30 Gbytes (native)
10 Gbytes (native)
Recording density
LTO-1: 3,660 RLL-encoded ONEs per mm
LTO-2: 3,930 RLL-encoded ONEs per mm
Flux density
3,660 flux transitions per mm
Track density
3 tracks per mm
Error recovery
Read-after-write Reed Solomon ECC (2 levels)
Recording unrecoverable errors
<1 in 10
17
data bits
Recording undetectable errors
< 1 in 10
27
data bits
Tape drive type
LTO (Ultrium)
Head configuration
16 thin-film write heads
16 MR read heads
8 MR servo heads
During operation 8 write heads, 8 read heads, and 2 servo
heads are active at the same
Recording format
Ultrium 8-channel (U-18)
Recording method
LTO-1: (1,7) RLL
LTO-2: 0, 13/11 RLL
Transfer rate (sustained)
LTO-1: 16.137 Mbytes/second (max, native)
LTO-2: 34,000 Mbytes/second (max, native)
Synchronous transfer rate (burst)
LTO-1: 80 Mbytes per sec max
LTO-2: 160 Mbytes per sec max
Table 10. Power Dissipation (Continued)
Specification
LTO-1
LTO-2
