DLT 8000

SDLT

SDLT-2

SDLT-3

AIT-2

AIT-3

AIT-4

S AIT

LTO-3
Ultrium

LTO-2
Ultrium

LTO Ultrium STK 9840A

STK 9840B

STK 9940A

VXA-2

VXA-320

Tape Drive
Native Capacity

40 GB

110 GB

160 GB

300 GB

50 GB

100 GB

200 GB

500 GB

400 GB

200 GB

100 GB

20 GB

20 GB

60 Gb

80 GB

160 GB

Compressed Capacity

80 GB

220 GB

320 GB

600 Gb

100 GB

260 GB

520 GB

1.3 TB

800 GB

400 GB

200 Gb

40-100 GB

40 GB

120-240 GB

160 GB

320 GB

24 MB/Sec

19MB

Native Throughput

6 MB/Sec

11 Mb/Sec

16 MB/Sec

36 MB/Sec

6 MB/Sec

12 MB/Sec

Compressed Throughput

12 MB/Sec

22 MB/Sec

32 MB/Sec

72 MB/Sec

12 MB/Sec

31 MB/Sec

30 MB/Sec

80 MB/Sec

30 MB/Sec

15 MB/Sec

10 MB/Sec

10 MB/Sec

6 MB/Sec

12 MB/Sec

78 MB/Sec

160 MB/Sec 60 MB/Sec

30 MB/Sec

20-50MB/Sec 70 MB/Sec

35MB/Sec

12 MB/Sec

24 MB/Sec

MTBF in hours

250,000

250,000

250,000

250,000

300,000

400,000

400,000

> 300,000

250,000

250,000

290,000

290,000

300,000

300,000

Head Life, in hours

30,000

30,000

30,000

30,000

50,000

Duty Cycle

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

50,000

50,000

50,000

>30,000

>30,000

30,000

8.5yrs@70% 8.5yrs@70% 8.5yrs@70%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Recording Method

Linear

Linear

Linear

Linear

Helical

Helical

Helical

Adv. Helical

Helical

Helical

VXA-DPF

Sony

Sony

Sony

Linear
IBM, HP,
Seagate

Linear

Sony

Linear
IBM, HP,
Seagate

Linear

Quantum

Linear
IBM, HP,
Seagate

Manufacturer

Quantum

Quantum

Quantum

StorageTek

StorageTek

StorageTek

ExaByte

Exabyte

Form Factor

5.25" FH

5.25" FH

5.25" FH

5.25" FH

3.5" HH

3.5" HH

3.5" HH

5.25'' FH

5.25" FH

5.25" FH

5.25" FH

Non-std.

Non-std.

Non-std

5.25"

5.25"

Warranty

3 Years

3 Years

3 Years

3 Years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

3 years

Media Type

Advanced Metal
Advance
Advance
Advance
Metal Particle Metal Powder Metal Powder Metal Powder Evaporated

Advanced Metal
Evaporated

Advanced Advanced
Metal
Metal
Evaporated II Evaporated

Advanced
Metal
Advanced
Advanced
Advanced
Metal Particle Metal Particle Metal Particle Metal Particle Metal Particle Metal Particle Evaporative

Media Width

1/2"

8mm

8mm

1/2"

Archive Storage Life

> 30 Years

> 30 Years

> 30 Years

> 30 Years

>30 Years

>30 Years

>30 Years

>30 Years

>30 Years

>30 Years

>30 Years

15 - 30 Years 15 - 30 Years 15 - 30 Years 30 years

30 years

Tape Length

1780'

1800'

1800'

2066'

230m

230m

246m

600m

609m

609m

609m

880'

TBD

2300'

230m

230m

Avg. Media Load

12 sec

12 sec

12 sec

12 sec

10 sec

10 sec

14 sec

23 sec

<19

<19

<10 sec

4 sec

4 sec

4 sec

10 sec

10 sec

Avg. File Access

60 sec

70 sec

70 sec

79

27 sec

27 sec

44 sec

70 sec

68 sec

<52

<76 sec

11 sec

8 sec

41 sec

Seek to End of Tape (EOT)

132 sec

142 sec

142 sec

80 sec

105 sec

115 sec

152 sec

20 sec

20 sec

90 sec

Durability (# of head passes)

1,000,000

1,000,000

1,000,000

30,000 ETE

30,000 ETE

1,000,000

80,000 ETE

80,000 ETE

80,000 ETE

250,000

290,000

Media

1/2"

1/2"

1/2"

1,000,000

8mm

1/2"

1/2"

<115
>30,000 ETE 1,000,000

1,000,000

1/2"

1/2"

1/2"

1/2"

8mm

Advanced
Metal
Evaporative
8mm

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60 GB
150 Gb
12 MB/Sec
30 MB/Sec
300,000
50,000
100%
Helical
Exabyte
5.25" FH
3 Years

Advanced
Metal
Evaporative
8mm
>30
75/150/225m
17 sec
47 sec
142 sec
20,000 ETE