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Physical specifications
Autoloader performance specifications
Environmental specifications
Rack Mount
Height 3.5 in. (8.9 cm)
Width 17.7 in. (45 cm)
Length 29.71 in. (75.46 cm)
Package weight (without media) 50 lb. (22.7 kg)
Footprint 3.4 square feet (0.32 square meters)
Maximum data transfer rate LTO-3 Drive
Native: 245 GB/hr.
Compressed: 490 GB/hr. (assuming 2:1 compression ratio)
DLT-V4 Drive
Native: 36 GB/hr.
Compressed: 72 GB/hr. (assuming 2:1 compression ratio)
Drive type
(only one type per unit, not interchangeable)
1 LTO-3 drive, or
1 DLT-V4 drive
MCBF 400,000 cycles
Typical cycle time All Drive Types
< 40 seconds. One cycle consists of moving a cartridge from the tape
drive to a magazine slot, selecting another magazine slot, then moving
the cartridge back to the tape drive. It does not include the time that
the tape drive takes to unload, load, or calibrate.
Average load time (after placing cartridge in drive) LTO Ultrium 3
12 seconds (to BOT for previously written tape)
< 40 seconds (to BOT with new tape)
VS1
< 70 seconds
Average unload time (from BOT) LTO Ultrium 3 = < 30 seconds (from BOT)
VS1 = < 22 seconds (from BOT, no brush), 61 seconds (from BOT, brush)
Temperature Range (Dry Bulb)
Operating +50
º
to +95
º
F (+10
º
to +35
º
C)
Nonoperating -40
º
to +149
º
F (- 40
º
C to +65
º
C)