Sun Microsystems StreamLine SL8500 - Manual (Page 46)

Drive and Electronics Module
6 StreamLine™ SL8500 Modular Library System User's Guide • March 2007 Revision K • 96154
The following table lists the supported vendors, drives types, and interfaces.
StorageTek T-Series Tape Drives
The StorageTek T-Series tape drives are small, modular, high-performance drives
designed for both the enterprise and client-server environments.
T9x40
StorageTek’s T9x40 tape drives are high-performance drives designed for enterprise
and client-server environments. There are two models available:
T10000
StorageTek’s T10000 are high-capacity, high-performance tape drives. These drives use
a single reel data cartridge with a native storage capacity of up to 500 GB (native) and
transfer rates of up to 120 MB/s. These new tape drives are designed to take advantage
of the new speeds in storage area networks (SANs)—4 Gb/s.
TABLE 1-2 Supported Drives
Vendor Drive Type Host Interface Type
StorageTek
T9840A Fibre Channel, ESCON
T9840B Fibre Channel, FICON, ESCON
T9840C Fibre Channel, FICON, ESCON
T9940B Fibre Channel, VSM ESCON
T10000 Fibre Channel
HP Linear Tape-Open (LTO 2, 3) Fibre Channel
IBM Linear Tape-Open (LTO 2, 3) Fibre Channel
Quantum Linear Tape-Open (LTO 3) Fibre Channel
Quantum Super DLT (SDLT600) Fibre Channel
T9840 The access-centric T9840 tape drive is ideal for applications that demand high data
throughput and fast recall. These drives give you access to data at an average of 8
seconds, store up to 40 GB, with transfer rates of up to 30 MB/s.
The SL8500 supports all three models of the T9840 (A, B, and C).
T9940 The T9940 tape drives are designed for high-capacity storage applications. They use
a single reel cartridge tape for higher capacities of up to 200 GB with transfer rates
of up to 30 MB/s.
Note: The T9940A tape drive is not supported.