Tape Drives

LTO Tape Drives SLR Tape Drives AIT & SAIT Tape Drives ** STK, LTO and SDLT Drives 3590, 3592 & 1120 Tape Drives VXA Tape Drives Tape Format SDLT & DLT Tape Drives 3480, 3490, 3490e, 3590 Backward Compatibility 9840 and 9940 Tape Drive 18 Track,36 Track, 128 Track Access Times **

LTO Tape Drives

LTO Tape Drives HP

HP StorageWorks LTO 5 3280 Full Height Tape Drives HP StorageWorks LTO 5 3000 Full Height Tape Drives HP StorageWorks LTO-4 1840 Full Height Tape Drive HP StorageWorks LTO-4 1760 Half Height Tape Drive HP StorageWorks LTO-3 960 Full Height Tape Drive HP StorageWorks LTO-3 920 Half Height Tape Drive

Native Capacity & Transfer Rate

1.5TB at 140MB/sec 1.5TB at 140MB/sec 800GB at 120MB/s 800GB 400GB at 80MB/s 400GB

Compressed Capacity & Transfer Rate

3TB at 280MB/sec 3TB at 280MB/sec 1.6TB at 240MB/s 1.6TB at 576GB/hr 800GB at 160MB/s 800GB at 432GB/hr

IBM
IBM TS2350 IBM TS2250 IBM TS2340 IBM TS2240 IBM TS3580 IBM TS2230 LTO5 Full Height LTO5 Half Height LTO4 Full Height LTO4 Half Height LTO3 Full Height LTO3 Half Height 1.5TB at 140MB/sec 1.5TB at 140MB/sec 800GB at 120MB/sec 800GB at 120MB/sec 400GB 400GB 1.5TB at 140MB/sec 800GB at 140MB/sec 800GB at 120MB/sec 400GB at 245GB/hr 400GB at 245GB/hr 200GB at 123GB/hr 200GB at 94GB/hr 1.5TB at 140MB/sec 800GB at 120MB/s 800GB at 80MB/s 400GB at 80MB/s 400GB at 60MB/s 200GB at 24MB/s 100GB at 16MB/s 200GB 100GB 100GB at 15MB/s 200GB at 35MB/s 100GB at 15MB/s 100GB at 960MB/min 3TB at 280MB/sec 3TB at 280MB/sec 1.6TB at 240MB/s 1.6TB at 240MB/s 800GB at 80MB/sec 800GB at 60MB/sec 3TB at 280MB/sec 1.6TB at 280MB/sec 1.6TB at 240MB/sec 800GB at 490GB/hr 800GB at 490GB/hr 400GB at 245GB/hr 400GB at 144GB/hr 3TB at 280MB/sec 1.6TB at 240MB/s 1.6TB at 160MB/s 800GB at 160MB/s 800GB at 120MB/s 400GB at 48MB/s 200GB at 32MB/s 400GB at 173GB/hr 200GB at 115GB/hr 200GB at 30MB/s 400GB at 70MB/s 200GB at 30MB/s 200GB at 1920MB/min

Quantum
Quantum LTO-5 Full Height (SAS) Quantum TO-4 Half Height (SCSI) Quantum LTO-4 Half Height (SAS) Quantum LTO-3 Half Height Quantum LTO-3 Full Height Quantum LTO2 Quantum LTO2HH

Tandberg Data
Tandberg Data LTO5 Half Height Tandberg Data LTO4 Full Height Tandberg Data LTO4 Half Height Tandberg Data LTO3 Full Height Tandberg Data LTO3 Half Height Tandberg Data LTO2 Half Height Tandberg Data LTO1 Half Height

Misc.
HP Ultrium 448 HH HP Ultrium 232 HH HP Ultrium 230 IBM LTO-2 IBM LTO-1 Certance LTO-1

SDLT & DLT Tape Drives DLT-S4 SDLT 600 SDLT 320 SDLT 220 DLT 8000 DLT V4 DLT1 DLT-VS160 DLT-VS80 DLT 7000 DLT 4000 DLT 2000XT IBM Tape Drives 1130 " Enterprise Tape Drive 1120 " Enterprise Tape Drive 3592 " Enterprise Tape Drive 3590 " Enterprise Tape Drive T9840 and T9940 Tape Drives T9840A T9840B T9840C T9940A T9940B AIT Tape Drives AIT-5 AIT-4 AIT-3 AIT-2 AIT-1 SAIT SLR Tape Drives SLR100 SLR60 SLR50 SLR7 SLR5 SLR4 SLR3 VXA Tape Drives VXA-2 VXA-1

Native Capacity & Transfer Rate 800GB at 60MB/s 300GB at 36MB/s 160GB at 16MB/s 110GB at 11MB/s 40GB at 6MB/s 160GB at 10MB/s 40GB at 3MB/s 80GB at 8MB/s 40GB at 3MB/s 35GB at 5MB/s 20GB at 1.5MB/s 15GB at 1.25MB/s Models Up to 2.1TB at 3:1 compression 160 MB/sec native data rate 3592-EO5 J1A/J70/C20 B1A/E1A/H1A-Library, B11/E11/H11Rack HVD/ FC E/ FC/ FICON E/ FC/ FICON HVD/ E/ FC FC/ VSM Native Capacity & Transfer Rate 400GB at 24MB/s 200GB at 24MB/s 100GB at 12MB/s 50GB at 6MB/s 35GB at 4.0MB/s 500GB at 30MB/s Native Capacity & Transfer Rate 50GB at 18GB/hr 30GB at 14GB/hr 25GB at 7.2GB/hr 20GB at 10.8GB/hr 4GB at 380KB/s 2.5GB at 300KB/s 1.2GB at 300KB/s Native Capacity & Transfer Rate 80GB at 21GB/hr 33BG at 10GB/hr

Compressed Capacity & Transfer Rate 1600GB at 320MB/s 600GB at 72MB/s 320GB at 32MB/s 220GB at 22MB/s 80GB at 12MB/s 320GB at 20MB/s 80GB at 12MB/s 160GB at 16MB/s 80GB at 6MB/s 70GB at 10MB/s 40GB at 3MB/s 30GB at 2.5MB/s Native/Compressed Capacity & Transfer Rates Up to 2.1TB at 3:1 compression 160 MB/sec native data rate 500GB/1.5TB; 100MB/260MB per sec. 300GB/900GB; 40MB/120MB per sec. 600GB/1,200GB/1,800GB; 14MB/42MB per sec. 20GB @ 10MB/s 20GB @ 19MB/s 40GB @ 30MB/s 60GB @ 10MB/s 200GB @ 30MB/s Compressed Capacity & Transfer Rate 1.04TB at 62.4MB/s 520GB at 62.4MB/s 260GB at 31.2MB/s 130GB at 12MB/s 90GB at 10.4MB/s 1.2TB at 78MB/s Compressed Capacity & Transfer Rate 100GB at 36GB/hr 60GB at 28.8GB/hr 50GB at 14.4GB/hr 40GB at 21.6GB/hr 8GB at 560KB/s 2.5GB at 600KB/s Compressed Capacity & Transfer Rate 160GB at 42GB/hr 66BG at 20GB/hr

Backward Compatibility LTO-4 Reads and writes LTO 3 media, reads LTO 2 media. LTO-3 Reads and writes LTO 2 and LTO 3 media, reads LTO 1 media. LTO-2 Reads and writes LTO 1 SDLT 600 Reads SDLT 320, SDLT 220 and DLT VS160 SDLT 320 Reads & writes SDLT 220. Reads DLT 8000, DLT 7000, DLT 4000, DLT1 & DLT VS80 SDLT 220 Reads DLT 8000, DLT 7000, DLT 4000, DLT1 & DLT VS 80 DLT 8000 Reads & writes DLT 7000, DLT 4000, DLT 2000XT & DLT 2000 DLT 7000 Reads & writes DLT 4000, DLT 2000XT & DLT 2000 DLT 4000 Reads & writes DLT 2000XT & DLT 2000 AIT-3 Reads and writes AIT-2 and AIT-1 AIT-2 Reads and writes AIT-1 Media LTO-4 LTO-3 LTO-2 LTO-1 SDLT 320 SDLT 220 DLT 8000 AIT-3 AIT-2 LTO Ultrium LTO Ultrium LTO Ultrium LTO Ultrium SDLTtape 1 SDLTtape 1 DLTtape IV SDX3-100C SDX2-50C 800GB 400GB 200GB 100GB data data data data cartridge cartridge cartridge cartridge (metal (metal (metal (metal particle) particle) particle) particle)

Tape Format LTO SDLT/DLT AIT Drive Type Linear serpentine Linear serpentine Helical Cartridge Capacity Native / Compressed1 (GB) 800/1600 400/800 200 / 400 100 / 200 300/600 160 / 320 110 / 220 40 / 80 400 / 1040 200 / 520 100 / 260 50 / 130 60 / 180 12 / 31 6 / 15.6 14 / 42 18 10 16 27 27 -Drive Throughput Native / Compressed1 (MB/sec) 120/240 80/160 35 / 70 15 / 30 36/72 16 / 32 11 / 22 6 / 12 Data Buffer (MB) File access time (seconds)

LTO-4 LTO-3* LTO-2* LTO-1* SDLT 600 SDLT 320 SDLT 220 DLT 8000 AIT-5 AIT-4 AIT-3 AIT-2 3590 H1A
1

128 128 64 32 64 32 8 68 49 54 79 70 70 60

Assumes 2:1 compression for LTO and SDLT/DLT, 2.6:1 compression for AIT, and 3:1 compression for 3590 H1A. * LTO Drives are manufactured by IBM, Seagate and HP. Model 18-Track Read Write 18-Track (compressed) Read Write 36-Track Read Write 128-Track Read Write 256-Track Read Write 384-Track Read Write

IBM Request a Quote 3590 H1A 3590-E11 3590-B11 3490-F11 3490-F01 3490-F00 3490-E11 3490-E01 Fujitsu M8100 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

X X X X

X X X

Request a Quote X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X

M2485K/N M2483K/N M2488C M2488E M2485H M2483H M2485B M2483B M2481B

Overland Data Request a Quote T480 X X T490 X

Tape Drives comparison Capacity, native Product (uncompressed) T-Series 20 GB T9840A T9840B T9840C T9940A T9940B LTO Ultrium LTO Gen 1 LTO Gen 2 LTO Gen 3 LTO Gen 4 SDLT SDLT 320 SDLT 600 20 GB 40 GB 60 GB 200 GB

Average file access time (first file) 8 sec 8 sec 8 sec 41 sec 41 sec

Data transfer rate, native (uncompressed) 10 MB/sec 19 MB/sec 30 MB/sec 10 MB/sec 30 MB/sec

100 GB 200 GB 400 GB 800 GB 160 GB 300 GB

86-96 sec 64 75 sec 72 sec

1516 MB/sec 3235 MB/sec 80 MB/sec 120 MB/sec

82 sec 79 sec

16 MB/sec 36 MB/sec