Chapter 4 — Library Specifications Tape Drive and Media Specifications
September 2022 Site Preperation Guide—Spectra T200, T380, and T680 Library
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LTO -8 Drive
When connecting to a Fibre Channel network, LTO-8 Fibre Channel drives
will attempt to connect at 8 Gb/second, but will auto-negotiate down to
4 Gb/second, or 2 Gb/second, depending on the requirements of the port to
which the drive is connected.
LTO-8 SAS drives attempt to connect at 6 Gb/second, but auto-negotiate
down to 3 Gb/second or 1.5 Gb/second, depending on the requirements of
the port to which the drive is connected.
Parameter Specification
Maximum sustained transfer rate
a, b
a. Assuming a 2.5:1 compression ratio. Compression throughput depends on the type of data.
b. This is a per-drive value. Total sustained transfer rate for the library depends on the number of drives
installed in the library.
360 MB/second, native
700 MB/second, compressed
Speed matching range 112 MB/second to 360 MB/second
Average space record time 59 seconds
Encryption capability AES 256-GCM
WORM capability Yes
MTBF 250,000 hours at 100% duty cycle
Uncorrected error rate, calculated 1 x 10
–19
bits
Power consumption Full-height:
Read/write: 40 W Idle: 15 W
Half-height:
Read/write: 43 W Idle: 14 W
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