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MSL6000 series tape library user guide
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Make it a practice to visually inspect your tape cartridges when loading or removing them from your
tape library. Taking a few minutes to check the condition of your cartridges will lower the risk of
repeated failures and help ensure uninterrupted backup.
CAUTION:
Always discard damaged tape cartridges. If a defective tape cartridge is loaded into a
tape drive, it may in turn damage the drive, potentially requiring drive replacement.
NOTE:
For information on labeling tape cartridges, see ”
SDLT Tape Drives
NOTE:
In addition to the information provided in this manual, refer to the documentation provided
with your media for more information. Also see Chapter 7, ”
” beginning on
The SDLT tape drive is a high-capacity, high-performance streaming tape drive that uses Laser
Guided Magnetic Recording (LGMR) technology to maximize the amount of data that can be stored
on a tape. An SDLT 320 tape drive is capable of storing up to 160 GB (native) or 320 GB (2:1
compression) of data per cartridge. An SDLT 600 tape drive is capable of storing up to 300 GB
(native) or 600 GB (2:1 compression) of data per cartridge. Access the HP StorageWorks SDLT Tape
Drive Reference Guide from
for more information about its features and
capabilities.
Table 3
SDLT Tape Drive Capacity and Data Transfer Rate
Drive Model
Data Capacity
Sustained Data Transfer Rate
SDLT 160/320
160 GB (native)
320 GB (compressed)
16 MB/sec (115.2 GB/hour)
32 MB/sec (230.4 GB/hour)
SDLT 300/600
300 GB (native)
600 GB (compressed)
36 MB/sec (259.2 GB/hour)
72 MB/sec (518.4 GB/hour)
NOTE:
Compressed capacity assumes a 2:1 compression ratio.