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M8701A / M8702A ACL Tape Library Installation and User’s Guide—694636-001

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ACL Specifications

LTO-5 Media Compatibility

Table 6-3. LTO-5 Half-Height ACL Specifications

Characteristic Specification

Tape Drive LTO-5, Half-Height, Fibre Channel

Form Factor 2U

Maximum Cartridge Slots 24

Maximum Tape Drives 1

Maximum Storage Capacity: LTO-5 Media Native: 36 TB Compressed (2:1): 72 TB

Native Data Transfer Rate 140 MB/s

Buffer Size 256 MB

Rewind Tape Speed 9 m/s

MTBF 250,000 Hours @100% Duty Cycle

Table 6-4. LTO5 Media Compatibility

Media/Drive

LTO-2

(N152xA)

LTO-3

(M850x /

N152xA)

LTO-4

(M860xA)

LTO-5

(M870xA)

Ultrium1 RW Media Read/Write Read Only Not Supported Not Supported

Ultrium2 RW Media Read/Write Read/Write Read Only Not Supported

Ultrium3 RW & WORM Media N/A Read/Write Read/Write Read Only

Ultrium4 RW & WORM Media N/A N/A Read/Write Read/Write

Ultrium5 RW & WORM Media N/A N/A N/A Read/Write

Note. This table shows the importance of a sequential progression for LTO drives. Customers

need time to upgrade their media, skipping a generation creates media management issues.