Tape Drive Description
1-2 StorageTek T10000 Tape Drive Operator’s Guide
The following libraries support certain models of the T10000 tape drive family:
■ SL3000
■ SL8500
■ L180/L700e/L1400M (T10000A and T10000B only)
■ 9310 (T10000A only)
Tape Drive Description
The drive uses a unique, single-reel cartridge. The file reel is located inside the
cartridge while the machine reel resides inside the tape drive. The drive uses a
technology called partial response, maximum likelihood (PRML) to provide a high-density
data format. PRML enables recording and storing an uncompressed capacity of up to:
■ StorageTek T10000 cartridge:
– 500 gigabytes (GB) with the T10000A tape drive
– 1
terabyte (TB) with the T10000B tape drive
■ StorageTek T10000 T2 cartridge:
– 5.5 terabytes (TB) with the T10000C tape drive
– 8.5 terabytes (TB) with the T10000D tape drive
The T10000A drive can read and reclaim a tape cartridge written by a T10000A drive.
The T10000B drive can:
■ Read and reclaim a tape cartridge written by a T10000A drive.
■ Write, read, and reclaim a tape cartridge written by a T10000B drive.
The T10000C drive can:
■ Read tape cartridges written by either a T10000A or T10000B drive.
■ Write, read, and reclaim a tape cartridge written by a T10000C drive.
The T10000D drive can:
■ Read tape cartridges written by a T10000A, T10000B, or T10000C drive.
■ Reclaim tape cartridges written by a T10000C drive.
■ Write, read, and reclaim a tape cartridge written by a T10000D drive.
The tape drive uses fiber optic host connections to provide a high data-transfer rate.
Note: See Appendix E, "Specifications" and Appendix F,
"Controlling Contaminants" for additional specifications and
requirements.
Library Tray Rear Panel
The library tray rear panel has specific tape drive items (see Figure 1–2 for an example
of a rear panel):
■ Interface ports
■ Ethernet port
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