Datasheet

Chapter 3 Specifications
Altitude
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The tape drive operates normally in pressures from -500 feet to 30,000 feet.
Functional Specifications 3 Table 9 lists the DLT-V4 tape drive’s functional specifications.
Table 9 Functional
Specifications
Specification Value
Formatted Capacity, Native Mode 160 gigabytes (GB)
Formatted Capacity, Compressed
Mode
a
a. Compressed values use a nominal 2:1 compression ratio. Actual compression ratios achieved depend on
the redundancy of data files being recorded.
320 GB
Interface Wide Ultra SCSI 2, Low-Voltage Differential (LVD) and SATA
Tape Drive Type DLT Derivative, streaming, 160 GB; 16-bit LVD
Recording Type Partial Response Maximum Likelihood (PRML)
Read Compatibility
b
b. Performance may vary when the tape drive reads data previously written to the DLT VS80 and DLT1
formatted data cartridges. Performance depends on the quality of the data cartridge you are reading, not
the DLT-V4 tape drive.
DLT-V4, DLT VS160, DLT VS80 / DLT1
Write Compatibility DLT-V4
Form Factor 5
¼-in. half-height
Sustained Transfer Rate, Native Mode Up to 10 megabyte (MB) per second
Sustained Transfer Rate, Compressed
Mode
a
Up to 20 MB / sec
Transfer Rate, Burst 160 MB / sec
Error Rate (Unrecoverable) 1 in 10
17
bits (non-media error)