User`s guide

Benchmark DLT1 Drives & Media
DLT1 Drive and Media Specifications
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DLT1 Drive and Media Specifications
Table 3-1 DLT1 Drive Specifications
Description Benchmark DLT1
Performance
Read/write transfer rate:
maximum sustained (DLT Type
IV media)
• Non-compressed mode:
3.0 MB/second
• Compressed (2:1 typical):
6.0 MB/second
Burst transfer rate 20 MB/second
Average access time 68 seconds
Loading time to BOT
(for previously written tape)
59 seconds (average)
Unloading time from BOT 17 seconds (average)
MTBF 200,000 hours
Interface type Low-Voltage Differential (LVD)
Ultra Wide SCSI