IBM Storage Device Enclosure 7214 - Manual (Page 2)

DVD-ROM optical drive for a total of up
to three drives. The 7214 storage
device enclosure may also feature two
tape drives. No more than two DVD
drives may be featured in a single
enclosure.
Connection of the 7214 enclosure to
System p requires the PCI-X DDR Dual­
x4 SAS Adapter (Feature # 5900). Up
to two 7214 enclosures may be
attached to this adapter.
The new Serial SCSI electronic bus fea­
tured in the 7214 helps potentially pro­
vide higher through-put of drive data
exchange on your System p server.
The 7214 also includes a control card
sensor that can track hardware func­
tions, and alerts the user regarding
temperature and other operating condi­
tions to help provide an available and
reliable save and restore operation.
Warranty for the 7214 is one year.
Service offerings include on-site service
as well as a lower cost option for you to
service the unit yourself during idle time
of a save or restore operation.
Choice of Features
Drive options on the 7214 Storage
Enclosure the DAT72 tape drive, and
either a slim design DVD-RAM or DVD­
ROM optical drive feature
- Tape Drive
DAT72 4mm tape drive—Storage
capacity of up to 72 GB with a data
transfer rate of up to 6 MB per second
(assumes 2:1 compression). The DAT72
tape drive has a Serial SCSI bus for
improved through-put of data. Media
used in the DAT72 drive is read/write
compatible with DDS-4, DDS-3 and
DDS-2 media formats.
- DVD Optical Drive
DVD drive offered on the 7214 Storage
Device Enclosure use bare media
and support both synchronous and
asynchronous data transfers. The DVD
drive is compatible with 2.6 GB,
4.7 GB, 5.2 GB, and 9.4 GB media.
RAM drive—Native capacity of up to
9.4 GB with a data transfer rate of
2.77 MB per second. With a typical
3:1 compression, a single disc can read
and write up to 28 GB of data. The
DVD-RAM drive is mounted in the DVD
sled feature, which has space for a
second DVD-RAM or DVD-ROM drive.
The DVD-RAM drive can read CD-
recordable, CD-RW and CD-ROM
media.
ROM drive—Native capacity of up to
9.4 GB with a data transfer rate of
5.1 MB per second. With a typical
3:1 compression, a single disc can
store up to 28 GB of data. The DVD­
ROM drive is mounted in the DVD sled
feature, which has space for a second
DVD-ROM or DVD-RAM drive. A DVD­
ROM drive can read DVD-RAM, CD­
RW and CD-ROM media.