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Linear Tape Open (LTO) Ultrium tape drives

The Linear Tape Open (LTO) Gen 3 tape drive stores up to 400 gigabytes of native data on a single cartridge. With write-once, read-many (WORM) capability to designed to help you address compliance requirements, it also allows you to leverage the same drive for both WORM and regular data. The LTO Gen 2 tape drive stores up to 200 gigabytes of native data on a single cartridge. These high capacity drives work in tandem with available Fibre Channel interfaces to help manage rapid data growth in a cost-effective manner.


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Spec Summary
 LTO Gen 1LTO Gen 2LTO Gen 3
Capacity, native (uncompressed):100 GB
200 GB
400 GB
Data transfer rate, native (uncompressed):15–16 MB/sec
32–35 MB/sec
80 MB/sec
Interface:Single port Ultra 2 SCSI
Single port Ultra 3 SCSI
Ultra 320 SCSI

 
Related Documents
Product CollateralTechnical Information
LTO Ultrium tape drives offering collateral (pdf 111K Apr 2005)
Compatibility matrix for tape libraries and drives (pdf 1.3MB Mar 2005)
 
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ApplicationsTop

Business Continuance
LTO Ultrium tape drives are designed to be an integral part of site-wide disaster recovery processes that remotely vault data in tape format for recovery in case of disaster. Tapes can be physically transported to a remote site, created electronically with LTO Ultrium tape drives in a library at the remote location, or created simultaneously at both local and remote locations. The use of LTO Ultrium tape drives accelerates backup and restore processes by processing more data in less time. LTO Ultrium tape drives’ high capacity reduces mount and dismount frequency. LTO Ultrium drives can be used in combination with other drives to tune backup and restore performance and capacity to specific needs.

Compliance
The WORM capability of the LTO Gen 3 tape drive is designed to help you address compliance with government regulations and internal data retention policies. The LTO Gen 3 provides an affordable, scalable solution that allows you to use the same tape drive for both WORM and regular data, along with a distinctive WORM cartridge that provides added security.

Features and IT BenefitsTop

Cost-effective capacity
With the ability to store up to 400 gigabytes of uncompressed data on a single cartridge with the LTO Gen 3, you can store more data in nearline automation and support consolidation and footprint reduction initiatives.

Reduced backup windows
The capacity and throughput performance of LTO Ultrium technology enables you to accelerate backups by processing more information within limited windows. The LTO Gen 3 drive moves data at rates as high as 80 megabytes per second uncompressed.

Exceptional performance
Capabilities such as dynamic rate matching and dual mode compression enhance tape drive performance and product life.

Enhanced data protection
StorageTek’s LTO drives have a mean time between failure (MTBF) rating of 250,000 hours at 100 percent duty cycle. This high level of reliability gives you more confidence in your data protection solution.

Drive vendor choices
StorageTek® is the only automation provider to offer and support LTO tape drives from HP, IBM and Quantum/Certance.

Connectivity choices
LTO Gen 3 and Gen 2 drives are available with SCSI or native Fibre Channel interfaces.

Technical compatibility
LTO drives are compatible with StorageTek’s Streamline™ modular library series and L-Series™ tape libraries as well as leading backup and management software. LTO Gen 3 offers backward write compatibility with LTO Gen 2 media and backward read compatibility with LTO Gen 2 and LTO Gen 1 media. LTO Gen 2 drives offer backward read and write compatibility with LTO Gen 1media.

SAN-readiness
With native two-gigabit Fibre Channel interfaces, the LTO Gen 3 and Gen 2 tape drives are ready for direct connection to high-performance SANs.

 
PricingTop

Pricing varies depending on configuration and selected options. Product pricing does not include associated implementation service costs. Contact the "How to buy" help desk at 1-800-275-4785 (01-303-673-2800) or 1-877-STK-TAPE for more information.

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SpecificationsTop
Performance
Access time*LTO Gen 1LTO Gen 2LTO Gen 3
Tape load and thread to ready:10–27 sec
15–24 sec
19 sec
Average file access time (first file):86-96 sec
64 –75 sec
72 sec
Maximum/average rewind time:110/55-142/71-152/76 sec
98/49–104/52-103/51 sec
98/49 sec
Unload time:13–15 sec
13–19 sec
19 sec
Data transfer rate, native (uncompressed):15–16 MB/sec
32–35 MB/sec
80 MB/sec
Data transfer rate (compressed):30–32 MB/sec
60–70 MB/sec
160 MB/sec
* The actions of the tape drive can be divided into four distinct phases:


Phase 1: Load time – the amount of time required to insert a cartridge in the drive, load the tape and prepare to read, write or search.:


Phase 2: Average file access time – the amount of time required to search from the beginning of the tape to the mid-point; does not include load time.:


Phase 3: Maximum rewind time – the amount of time required to rewind the tape from the end to the beginning of the tape. :


Phase 4: Unload time – the amount of time required to eject the cartridge from the drive.:


The average rewind time is the time to rewind a tape from the mid-point to the beginning or one-half of the maximum rewind time.:


Capacity
 LTO Gen 1LTO Gen 2LTO Gen 3
Capacity, native (uncompressed):100 GB
200 GB
400 GB
Availability
Mean time between failures (MTBF)LTO Gen 1LTO Gen 2LTO Gen 3
Power on:250,000 hr @ 100% duty cycle
250,000 hr @ 100% duty cycle
250,000 hr @ 100% duty cycle
Head life:30,000 hr
60,000 hr
60,000 hr
Uncorrected bit error rate:1x10(-17)
1x10(-17)
1x10(-17)
Undetected bit error rate:1x10(-27)
1x10(-27)
1x10(-27)
Compatibility
 LTO Gen 1LTO Gen 2LTO Gen 3
Interface:Single port Ultra 2 SCSI
Single port Ultra 3 SCSI
Ultra 320 SCSI

Burst transfer rate:LVD 80 MB/sec, HVD 40 MB/sec
LVD 160 MB/sec
320 MB/sec
Channel rate (Fibre Channel):100 MB/sec (maximum instantaneous) (F)
200 MB/sec (maximum instantaneous)
200 MB/sec (maximum instantaneous)
Interface (Fibre Channel):NL_Port, FC-PLDA (hard and soft AL-PA capability), FC-AL, FCP-2, FC-TAPE
Single, Dual, N_ and NL _Port, FC-PLDA (Hard and soft AL _PA capability), FC-AL-2, FCP-2, FC-Tape
FC-PI, FC-FS, FC-FL A, FC-GS-3, FC-AL-2, FCP-2, FC-Tape, FC-FLA
Read/write compatibility interface:Ultrium proprietary format
Ultrium 2, Ultrium proprietary format (read only)
Ultrium 3, Ultrium 2, Ultrium 1 (read only) proprietary format
Emulation modes:LTO Ultrium 1
LTO Ultrium 2, Ultrium proprietary format (read only)
LTO Ultrium 3
Mechanical
 LTO Gen 1LTO Gen 2LTO Gen 3
Height:3.25 (8.25 cm)
3.25 (8.25 cm)
3.25 in (8.25 cm)
Depth:8.0 in (20.3 cm)
8.0 in (20.3 cm)
8.0 in (20.3 cm)
Environmental
TemperatureLTO Gen 1LTO Gen 2LTO Gen 3
Temperature (operating):+50° to +104° F (+10° to +40° C )


+50° to +100° – +104° F (+10° to +38°– +40° C)


+50° to +104° F (+10° to +40° C)


Temperature (non-operating):-40° to +150° F (-40° to +66° C )


-40° to +139° – +150° F (-40° to +66° C)


-40° to +150° F (-40° to +66° C)


HumidityLTO Gen 1LTO Gen 2LTO Gen 3
Relative humidity (operating):20%–80%
20% –80%
20% –80%
Relative humidity (non-operating):10%–95%
10% –95%
10% –95%
Power
 LTO Gen 1LTO Gen 2LTO Gen 3
Voltage (L20, L40, L80):+ 5 VDC, + 12 VDC
+ 5 VDC, + 12 VDC


varies depending on library specifications


Voltage (L180, L700e):100-240 VAC @ 50-60 Hz
100–200 VAC @ 50–60 Hz



Voltage (L5500):

220–240 VAC @ 50–60 Hz





 
 

 
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