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Ultrium tape drives

The LTO Ultrium® Generation 2 tape drive stores up to 200 gigabytes of native data on a single cartridge. The LTO Ultrium Generation 1 drive accommodates up to 100 gigabytes per cartridge. These high capacity drives work in tandem with available Fibre Channel interfaces to help manage rapid data growth in a cost-effective manner.

Spec Summary


	LTO Gen 2	LTO Gen 1


Capacity, native (uncompressed) IBM:	200 GB	100 GB

Interface:	Single port Ultra 3 SCSI	Single port Ultra 2 SCSI, 68 pin female connector

Data transfer rate, native (uncompressed) HP:	(HP) 30 MB/sec (1) (IBM) 35 MB/sec (1)	(HP) 15 MB/sec (1) (IBM) 15 MB/sec (1) (Certance) 16 MB/sec (1)

Applications

Disaster recovery
LTO Ultrium tape drives are an integral part of site-wide disaster recovery processes that remotely vault data in tape form 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 locations.

Backup and restore
Using 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.

Archiving
LTO Ultrium tape drives are a practical choice for archiving growing volumes of business data. The high capacity and transfer rates of LTO Ultrium tape drives shorten recall times and support aggressive archival growth rates.

Benefits

Enhanced data protection
Powerful correction and verification capabilities protect data integrity and prevent data loss. The LTO Ultrium Generation 2 drives are rated for more than 100,000 loads and unloads and one million tape passes before failure.

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

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 Ultrium Generation 2 drive moves data at rates as high as 35 megabytes per second.

Cost-effective capacity
With the ability to store up to 200 gigabytes of native data on a single cartridge, you can reduce your media costs and tape counts while accommodating data growth.

Features

Standard features:

SAN-readiness
With native two-gigabit Gb Fibre Channel interfaces, StorageTek’s LTO Ultrium Generation 2 tape drives are ready for direct connection to high-performance SANs.

Technical compatibility
These drives are compatible with StorageTek L-Series™ tape libraries and leading backup and management software. LTO Ultrium Generation 2 drives offer backward read and write compatibility with Generation 1 drives.

Connectivity choices
StorageTek’s LTO Ultrium Generation 2 drives are available with SCSI or native Fibre Channel interfaces, so you can select the right connectivity and transfer speed for your needs.

Drive choices
StorageTek offers and supports LTO tape drives from HP, IBM and Seagate. This range of choices enables you to pick the ideal drive for your environment.

Options:

Tape drive vendor
LTO Ultrium Generation 2 : HP, IBM
LTO Ultrium Generation 1 : HP, IBM, Certance

Specifications

Performance


	LTO Gen 2	LTO Gen 1


Access time*
Tape load and thread to ready:	(HP) 19 sec (IBM) 15 sec	(HP) 25 sec (IBM) 27 sec (Certance) 10 sec
Maximum/average rewind time:	(HP) 104/52 sec (IBM) 98/49 sec	(HP) 142/71 sec (IBM) 110/55 sec (Certance) 152/76 sec
Unload Time:	(HP) 13 sec (IBM) 15 sec	(HP) 13 sec (IBM) 15 sec (Certance) 13 sec
Data transfer rate, native (uncompressed) HP:	(HP) 30 MB/sec (1) (IBM) 35 MB/sec (1)	(HP) 15 MB/sec (1) (IBM) 15 MB/sec (1) (Certance) 16 MB/sec (1)


Capacity


	LTO Gen 2	LTO Gen 1


Capacity, native (uncompressed) IBM:	200 GB	100 GB


Availability


	LTO Gen 2	LTO Gen 1


Mean time between failures (MTBF)
Power on:	250,000 hr @ 100% duty cycle	250,000 hr @ 100% duty cycle
Head life:	60,000 hr	30,000 hr
Uncorrected bit error rate:	1x10(-17)	1x10(-17)
Undetected bit error rate:	1x10(-27)	1x10(-27)


Compatibility


	LTO Gen 2	LTO Gen 1


Interface
Interface:	Single port Ultra 3 SCSI	Single port Ultra 2 SCSI, 68 pin female connector
Burst transfer rate:	LVD 160 MB/sec	LVD 80 MB/sec, HVD 40 MB/sec
Channel rate (Fibre Channel):	200 MB/sec (maximum instantaneous)	N/A
Interface :	N & NL port, FC-PLDA (Hard and soft AL-PA capability), FC-AL-2 FCP-2, FC-TAPE	NL_Port, FC-PLDA (hard and soft AL-PA capability), FC-AL, FCP-2, FC-TAPE
Read/write compatibility interface:	Ultrium 2, Ultrium proprietary format	Ultrium proprietary format


Mechanical


	LTO Gen 2	LTO Gen 1


Form factor:	5.25 in (full height) 8.0 in (full length)	5.25 in (full height) 8.0 in (full length)


Environmental


	LTO Gen 2	LTO Gen 1


Temperature
Operatin:	(HP) +50° to +104° F (+10° to +40° C ) (IBM) +50° to +100° F (+10° to +38° C )	(HP) +50° to +95° F (+10° to +35° C ) (IBM) +50° to +104° F (+10° to +40° C ) (Certance) +50° F to +104° F (+10° to +40° C )
Non-operating:	(HP) -40° F to +150° F (-40° C to +66° C ) (IBM) -40° F to +139° F (-40° C to +66° C )	(HP) -40° to +150° F (-40° to +66° C ) (IBM) -40° to +140° F (-40° to +66° C ) (Certance) -40° to +140° F (-40° to +66° C )
Humidity
Operating:	20%–80%	20%–80%
Non-operating:	10%–95%	10%–95%


Power


	LTO Gen 2	LTO Gen 1


Voltage (L5500):	220–240 VAC @ 50–60 Hz	220–240 VAC @ 50–60 Hz
Voltage (L180 / L700e):	100–240 VAC @ 50–60 Hz	100–240 VAC @ 50–60 Hz