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Specifications
5243 Tape Drive Installation and User’s Guide—542758-003
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Technical Specifications
Technical Specifications
Capacity
Performance
Media
Tape Format
Native 36 gigabytes
Compressed (assumes
2:1 data compression)
72 gigabytes
Buffer Size 8 megabytes
Sustained Transfer Rate
(native)
3.2 megabytes/second
Sustained Transfer Rate
(with 2:1 data compression)
6.4 megabytes/second
Data Access Time 68 seconds
Average Load Time 15 seconds
Average Unload Time 15 seconds
Rewind Time 120 seconds (end to end)
Rewind Tape Speed 1.41 meters/second
MTBF 125,000 hours at 100% duty cycle
Recommended Media DAT 72 (170 meters)
Recording Method 4 millimeter helical scan
Recording Format DAT 72, DDS-4, DDS-3
Data Compression Lempel-Ziv (DCLZ)