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CTOBER
2006
VXA-320 T
APE
D
RIVE
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R
ELIABILITY
S
PECIFICATIONS
T
APE
S
PEED
AND
A
CCESS
T
IME
The time required to move the tape to a specified position depends on the
operation being performed.
Table 7-4
lists the tape speeds and access times for
the VXA-320 tape drive.
R
ELIABILITY
S
PECIFICATIONS
Table 7-5
provides reliability specifications for the VXA-320 tape drive.
Table 7-4
Tape speed and access times
Search speed
(maximum)
165 x read/write speed (1 GB/second, native)
Mid-tape reposition
time (average)
a
,
b
a
In addition to maximum search speed, the mid-tape reposition times depend on acceleration,
deceleration, and read positioning to location.
b
The VXA-320 tape drive does not support VXAtape V6, V10, or V17.
X6 cartridge: 75 seconds
X10 cartridge: 75 seconds
X23 or V23
c
cartridge: 120 seconds
c
The VXA-320 tape drive can read or write VXA-2 formatted V23 tapes.
Load time (logical)
45 seconds for an initialized tape
50 seconds for an uninitialized tape
Unload time (logical)
65 seconds
Tape speed
17.90 mm/second (typical)
Table 7-5
Reliability specifications
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)
300,000 hours
Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
30 minutes
Service life
5 years
Write reliability
Bit error rate of less than 1x10
-16
Read reliability
Bit error rate of less than 1x10
-17
Loads/unloads
50,000 cycles, minimum
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