Tables – Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm User Manual
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Tables
Features
Comparison of tape drive features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Read/write compatibility of Exabyte 8mm tape drives . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Data format features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Approximate capacities of EXATAPE data cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
EXATAPE media compatibility with 8mm tape drives . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Recording Format
Recording parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Type and size of filemarks for each format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Table 2-3
Track and physical block counts for 8200 and 8200c formats . . . . . . . 2-20
Table 2-4
Track and physical block counts for 8500 and 8500c formats . . . . . . . 2-20
Requirements for Use
Connector pin assignments for differential tape drives . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Connector pin assignments for single-ended tape drives . . . . . . . . . 4-10
LED states during operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
Single pack and multi-pack shipping dimensions and weights . . . . . 4-19
Interface Specifications
SCSI messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
SCSI-2 command set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Functional Specifications
Nominal tape speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
File-search tape speeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Typical rewind times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Drum rotation periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Data transfer rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Power specifications for standard voltages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Power connector pin assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-13
Environmental specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Temperature and humidity specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Particle contamination limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
Shock specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18
Vibration specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
Acoustic noise limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
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EXB-8205 and EXB-8505
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