User`s guide

Chapter 5 Specifications
Drive Performance Specifications
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Table 7 Drive Performance
Specifications
Specification Value
Average data access time
(846-m tape) from BOW
(beginning of wrap)
52 seconds
Average rewind time
(846-m tape)
47 seconds
Maximum rewind time
(846-m tape)
94 seconds
Capacity
LTO Ultrium 5 (846 m) 1500 Gbytes (native)
Cartridge unload time 19 seconds
Error recovery Read-after-write Reed Solomon ECC
(2 levels)
Flux density 15142 cells per mm
Head configuration 2 bumps
16 thin-film write heads per bump
16 MR read heads per bump
2 MR servo heads per bump
Maximum data access time
(650-m tape) from BOW
97 seconds
Recording format Ultrium 16-channel (U-516)
Recording undetectable errors
Less than 1 in 10
27
data bits
Recording unrecoverable
errors
Less than 1 in 10
17
data bits
Synchronous transfer rate
(burst)
600 Mbytes per sec max (SAS 2.0)
Tape drive type LTO (Ultrium)
Tape speed Up to 6.04 meters per second (for
write/read operations)