Dell PowerVault LTO - Page 9

Table 1. Drive information and performance specication (continued)
Generation LTO 9 LTO 8 LTO 7 LTO 6 LTO 5
Native data
rate
300 Mb/s (L9)
300 Mb/s (L8)
300 Mb/s (L8)
300 Mb/s (M8)
300 Mb/s (L7)
300 Mb/s (L7)
160 Mb/s (L6)
140 Mb/s (L5)
160 Mb/s (L6)
140 Mb/s (L5)
120 Mb/s (L4)
140 Mb/s (L5)
120 Mb/s (L4)
80 Mb/s (L3)
Sustained data
rate (L6, L7, L8
and L9
compressed at
2.5:1
compression;
L5 and earlier
compressed at
2:1compressio
n)
FC
700 Mb/s (L9)
700 Mb/s (L8)
SAS
720 Mb/s (L9)
720 Mb/s (L8)
FC
700 Mb/s (L8)
700 Mb/s (M8)
700 Mb/s (L7)
SAS
600 Mb/s (L8)
540 Mb/s (M8)
500 Mb/s (L7)
FC
700 Mb/s (L7)
400 Mb/s (L6)
280 Mb/s (L5)
SAS
500 Mb/s (L7)
400 Mb/s (L6)
280 Mb/s (L5)
FC and SAS
400 Mb/s (L6)
280 Mb/s (L5)
240 Mb/s (L4)
FC and SAS
280 Mb/s (L5)
240 Mb/s (L4)
160 Mb/s (L3)
Burst data rate
800 Mb/s FC
1200 Mb/s SAS
800 Mb/s FC
600 Mb/s SAS
800 Mb/s FC
600 Mb/s SAS
800 Mb/s FC
600 Mb/s SAS
800 Mb/s FC
600 Mb/s SAS
Nominal load-
to-ready time
16 seconds 15 seconds 15 seconds 12 seconds 12 seconds
-Initialized tape 16 seconds NA NA NA NA
-Uninitialized
tape
2
40-132
minutes
NA NA NA NA
Nominal
unload time
56 seconds 24 seconds 20 seconds 17 seconds 17 seconds
Average space
record time
from load point
65 seconds 59 seconds 56 seconds 62 seconds 60 seconds
Average
rewind time
(REWIND
command)
62 seconds 59 seconds 60 seconds NA NA
Average rewind time (part of UNLOAD command, dependent on mount activity)
3
Less than 5 Gb
of contiguous
data
transferred
62 seconds 59 seconds 60 seconds NA NA
5 Gb to 50 Gb
of contiguous
data
transferred
124 seconds 59 seconds 60 seconds NA NA
All other types
of mount
activity
186 seconds 59 seconds 60 seconds NA NA
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