Specifications

Escala Tower PL & S, E, T System Hardware
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Rev 5.9
02/12/03
Product Safety/Country Testing/Certification
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USA: UL
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Canada: CNL (CSA or cUL)
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Germany/Europe: CE Mark (Safety, TUV, EN60 950)
Warning:
The 8mm Metal Particle media (2.3GB, 5GB and 7GB) is "Read only".
Limitations:
If this tape drive is used for reading Metal Particle media (2.3GB, 5GB or 7GB), the drive must be
cleaned with a cleaning cartridge prior to using an Advanced Metal Evaporated media (20GB).
Cleaning Tape: Ref 315250 (Bull Express) for 18 cleanings.
Supported Systems
Escala
S100 S120 E620 E604e E230 E250 T604e T430 T450 T610 PL220T PL400T PL600T
MTSG015
External
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y N N N N
MTSG038
Internal
N N N N N N N N N Y Y Y Y
4.2.7. 60/150 GB Internal 8 mm VDAT Tape Drive (MTUG048)
The 60/150 GB, 16-bit, 8-mm Internal Tape Drive consists of a 5.25-inch half-high, 16-bit SCSI tape
drive. This drive gives you a high capacity tape drive for save/restore and archiving functions. This
tape drive uses 8-mm data cartridges and is compression capable, providing a capacity of up to 150 GB
-- up to 375% increase over the previous 20/40 GB 8-mm internal tape drive.
Characteristics
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Capacity : 60 GB (Native mode), 150 GB (typical) Compression Mode
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5.25-inch half-high form factor
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Media : 8mm Data Cartridge with Smart Clean Technology
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Technologie : Helical Scan, Rotating Head
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Operation : Streaming
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Data Transfer Rate: 12 MB/sec (Native Mode)
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Data Transfer Rate: 30 MB/sec (typical) Compression Mode
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Interface: SCSI-2 16-bit Low Voltage Differential (LVD) / Single-ended (SE)
Asynchronous/Synchronous
Software Requirements
AIX 5.1, or later for PL240T and PL420T