Appendix C—Specifications Tape Drive and Media Specifications
August 2017 User Guide—Spectra T50e Library
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LTO -5 D rive
WhenconnectingtoaFibreChannelnetwork,LTO‐5FibreChanneldrives
attempttoconnectat8Gb/second,butauto‐negotiatedownto
4Gb/second,2Gb/second,or1Gb/second,dependingontherequirements
oftheporttowhichthedriveisconnected.
WhenconnectingtoaSASnetwork,LTO‐5SAStapedrivesattemptto
connectat6Gb/second,butauto‐negotiatedownto3Gb/secondas
needed.
Parameter Specification
Maximumsustainedtransferrate
a,b
a. Assuming a 2:1 compression ratio. Compression throughput depends on the type of data.
b. This is a per-drive value.
140MB/second,native
c
280MB/second,compressed
c. A 1 Gb interface speed does not stream an LTO-5 drive at 140 MB/second.
Speedmatchingrange 30MB/secondto140MB/second
Averagespacerecordtime 75seconds
Encryptioncapability AES256‐bit
WORMcapability Yes
MTBF 250,000hoursat100%dutycycle
Uncorrectederrorrate 1x10
–17
bits
Powerconsumption
b
Read/write:27wattstypical
Idle:7.5watts