Tandberg DLT VS160 Installation and Operations Manual
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Introduction
1.1
Overview
This chapter introduces your Tandberg DLT VS160 Internal
Drive, Tandberg DLT VS160 Tabletop Drive, and this
Installation and Operations Manual
.
1.2
DLT VS160 Drive Overview
Your Tandberg DLT VS160 Drive is a value-priced, high-
reliability, high-capacity linear streaming cartridge tape drive
designed for use on entry to midrange computing platforms.
With a combination of data compression and compaction, the
DLT VS160 Drive offers a formatted cartridge capacity of 80GB
(160GB assuming a 2:1 compression ratio) and a sustained user
data transfer rate of 8 MB/s (up to 16 MB/s with 2:1
compression). The capacity you realize in practice depends on
the data set, which affects the actual compression ratio.
Your DLT VS160 Drive is built on a 5¼-inch, half-height form-
factor, using a ½-inch tape. Its design includes a four-channel
read/write head, Lempel-Ziv (DLZ) high-efficiency hardware
data compression, and tape-mark directory to achieve fast data
throughput and data access times.
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Features
Your DLT VS160 Drive has the following features:
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Supported formats: DLT VS160 (read/write using DLTtape
VS1 Media cartridges), DLT1/VS80 (read only using
DLTtape™ IV cartridges)
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Uses DLTtape VS1 Media
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5.25-inch half-height form-factor
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Formatted cartridge capacity of 80GB native, 160GB
compressed
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Sustained user data transfer rate of 8 MB/s native, up to 16
MB/s with compression*
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Requires a wide-ultra, Ultra2, Ultra160, or Ultra3, Low-
Voltage Differential (LVD) or Single-Ended (SE) SCSI bus
