Appendix D — Specifications Library Specifications
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Power Consumption and Cooling Requirements
Thepowerandcoolingrequirementsforthelibrarydependonthenumber
andtypeofdrivesinstalled.Thefollowingtableprovidesthemaximum
powerconsumptionandheatloadforthebaselibraryandforeach
additionalcomponentaddedtothebaselibrary.Usethisinformationto
calculatethetotalmaximumpowerconsumptionandheatloadvalues,
whichcanbeusedtobuildapowerbudgetforthelibrary.
AllvaluesaremeasuredattheACinputandincludepowersupply
efficiency.Thevaluesareaveragesofobservedhardware.Ingeneral,the
lightertheloadonthepowersupplies,thelessefficienttheyare.The
powersupplyefficiencyinturnaffectsthepowerdrawofallcomponents.
Component Power Consumption
(watts)
Heat Load, Continuous
(BTU/hour)
Main frame
a
a. Assumes one 5/12 volt power supply and one 24 volt power supply; no drives or RIMs installed.
183 625
Drive frame
a
139 475
Media frame in frame
location 2 though 6
110 376
Media frame in frame
location 7 or 8
14 48
Bulk TAP frame 125 427
5/12 VDC power supply 33 113
24 VDC power supply 29 99
RIM 12 41
LTO - 7 Fibre Ch ann e l Read/write:31
Idle:20
b
b. No cartridge loaded.
Read/write:106
LTO - 6 Fibre Ch ann e l Read/write:28
Idle:8
b
Read/write:95
LTO-5, Fibre Channel Read/write:37
Idle:19
b
Read/write:126
LTO-4, Fibre Channel Read/write:37
Idle:17.5
b
Read/write:123
LTO-3, Fibre Channel Read/write:29
Idle:15
b
Read/write:99
TS1150 technology Read/write:55
Idle:38
b
Read/write:188
TS1140 technology Read/write:53
Idle:30
b
Read/write:181