9710 (StorageTek) Addendum for NonStop Servers

Addendum to the StorageTek 9710 for the Tandem Environment
The DLT Drive FRU in the 9710 Automated Cartridge Subsystem
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mechanism uses a leader block to wind the tape through the tape
path inside
the drive. (To view the parts of a cartridge, see Figure 1-6.)
There are three types of cartridge tape:
• The standard cartridge tape (Mark III) can be used with the
DLTtape drive(s) housed in the 9710 Tape Cartridge
Subsystem. The standard tape stores up to 20 gigabytes of
compressed data or 10 gigabytes in the uncompressed mode.
• The XT cartridge tape (Mark III XT) can be used with the
DLTtape drive(s) housed in the 9710 Tape Cartridge
Subsystem. The XT tape stores up to 30 gigabytes of
compressed data or 15 gigabytes in the uncompressed mode.
• The extended cartridge tape (Mark IV) can be used with the
DLTtape drive(s) housed in the 9710 Tape Cartridge
Subsystem. The extended tape stores up to 40 gigabytes of
compressed data or 20 gigabytes in the uncompressed mode.
Figure 5-4 A Digital Linear Tape Cartridge