Chapter 2: Introduction
Rear Panel of the Drive
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Rear Panel of the Drive
Figure 4 Drive rear panel
element descriptions
1 P
ower receptacle
2 Fan vent
3 SAS connectors
4 Ethernet connector (for drive sta
tus and service only)
Drive Performance
If you run applications that are highly dependent on tape-processing
speed, take advantage of the significant performance improvements
provided by this tape drive.
Table 1 Performance
characteristics
Performance Characteristics LTO-8 Tape Drive
Native data rate 300 MB/s (with Ultrium 8 media)
Maximum sustained data rate (at
maximum compression)
600 MB/s
Burst data rate 600MB/s