HP NonStop G-Series - Manual (Page 26)

Overview of the Tape Library
SL500 (M852x) Tape Library Installation and User’s Guide — 541531-002
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Supported Tape Drives
Supported Tape Drives
The tape library can accommodate from 1 to 14 tape drives, located in bays. The tape
library supports these Linear Tape-Open (LTO) tape drives.
LTO Ultrium
Linear-Tape Open (LTO) is a set of tape data format standards created to enable data
interchange among different LTO Ultrium tape drive vendors. These LTO Ultrium
standards allow data cartridges to be shared.
Figure 1-9. Supported Tape Drives
Product Number Description
N1522A LTO Generation 2 tape drive with SCSI Interface for NonStop S-series
servers
M8504 LTO Generation 3 tape drive with a Fibre Channel interface for
Integrity NonStop NS-series servers
Table 1-2. LTO Media Compatibility
Gen 2 Gen 3
LTO 1 media Read and Write Read only
LTO 2 media Read and Write Read and Write
LTO 3 media No action Read and Write
Table 1-3. LTO Generation 2 Specifications
Specification Performance
Capacity, native (uncompressed) 200 gigabytes
Capacity (compressed) 400 gigabytes
Data transfer rate, native (uncompressed) 32 megabytes per second
Table 1-4. LTO Generation 3 Specifications
Specification Performance
Capacity, native (uncompressed) 400 gigabytes
Capacity (compressed) 800 gigabytes
Data transfer rate, native (uncompressed) 80 megabytes per second