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Drive Comparison

 

LTO Tape Drives 3590, 3592 & 1120 Tape Drives SDLT & DLT  Tape Drives 9840 and 9940 Tape Drive
SLR Tape Drives VXA Tape Drives 3480, 3490, 3490e, 3590 18 Track,36 Track, 128 Track
AIT & SAIT  Tape Drives Tape Format Backward Compatibility Access Times **

 

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LTO Tape Drives Native Capacity & Transfer Rate Compressed Capacity & Transfer Rate
LTO-4 800GB at 120MB/s (864GB per hour) 1.6TB at 240MB/s
HP Ultrium 1840 800GB at 120MB/s 1.6TB at 240MB/s
HP Ultrium 960 400GB at 80MB/s 800GB at 160MB/s
HP Ultrium 460 200GB at 30MB/s 400GB at 60MB/s
HP Ultrium 230 100GB at 15MB/s 200GB at 30MB/s
IBM LTO-4 800GB at 120MB/s 1.6TB at 240MB/s
IBM LTO-3 400GB at 80MB/s 800GB at 160MB/s
IBM LTO-2 200GB at 35MB/s 400GB at 70MB/s
IBM LTO-1 100GB at 15MB/s 200GB at 30MB/s
Quantum LTO3 400GB at 245GB/hr 800GB  at 490GB/hr
Quantum LTO3 HH 400GB at 68MB/s 800GB at 90MB/s
Quantum LTO2 200GB at 123GB/hr 400GB at 245GB/hr
Quantum LTO2HH 200GB at 94GB/hr 400GB at 144GB/hr
Tandberg Data LTO4 FH 800GB at 120MB/s 1.6TB at 240MB/s
Tandberg Data LTO3 FH 400GB at 80MB/s 800GB at 160MB/s
Tandberg Data LTO3 HH 400GB at 60MB/s 800GB at 120MB/s
Tandberg Data LTO2 HH 200GB at 24MB/s 400GB at 48MB/s
Tandberg Data LTO1 HH 100GB at 16MB/s 200GB at 32MB/s
Certance LTO-1 100GB at 960MB/min 200GB at 1920MB/min

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SDLT & DLT Tape Drives Native Capacity & Transfer Rate Compressed Capacity & Transfer Rate
DLT-S4 800GB at 60MB/s 1600GB at 320MB/s
SDLT 600 300GB at 36MB/s 600GB at 72MB/s
SDLT 320 160GB at 16MB/s 320GB at 32MB/s
SDLT 220 110GB at 11MB/s 220GB at 22MB/s
DLT 8000 40GB at 6MB/s 80GB at 12MB/s
DLT V4 160GB at 10MB/s 320GB at 20MB/s
DLT1 40GB at 3MB/s 80GB at 12MB/s
DLT-VS160 80GB at 8MB/s 160GB at 16MB/s
DLT-VS80 40GB at 3MB/s 80GB at 6MB/s
DLT 7000 35GB at 5MB/s 70GB at 10MB/s
DLT 4000 20GB at 1.5MB/s 40GB at 3MB/s

DLT 2000XT

15GB at 1.25MB/s

30GB at 2.5MB/s

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IBM Tape Drives Models Native/Compressed Capacity & Transfer Rates
1120 ½" Enterprise Tape Drive 3592-EO5 500GB/1.5TB; 100MB/260MB per sec.
3592 ½" Enterprise Tape Drive J1A/J70/C20 300GB/900GB; 40MB/120MB per sec.
3590 ½" Enterprise Tape Drive B1A/E1A/H1A-Library, B11/E11/H11-Rack  600GB/1,200GB/1,800GB; 14MB/42MB per sec.

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T9840 and T9940 Tape Drives    

T9840A

 HVD/ FC 20GB @ 10MB/s
T9840B E/ FC/  FICON 20GB @ 19MB/s
T9840C E/ FC/  FICON 40GB @ 30MB/s
T9940A HVD/ E/ FC 60GB @ 10MB/s
T9940B FC/ VSM 200GB @ 30MB/s

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AIT Tape Drives Native Capacity & Transfer Rate Compressed Capacity & Transfer Rate
AIT-5 400GB at 24MB/s 1.04TB at 62.4MB/s
AIT-4 200GB  at 24MB/s 520GB at 62.4MB/s
AIT-3 100GB at 12MB/s 260GB at 31.2MB/s
AIT-2 50GB at 6MB/s 130GB at 12MB/s
AIT-1 35GB at 4.0MB/s 90GB at 10.4MB/s
SAIT 500GB at 30MB/s 1.2TB at 78MB/s

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SLR Tape Drives Native Capacity & Transfer Rate Compressed Capacity & Transfer Rate
SLR100 50GB at 18GB/hr 100GB at 36GB/hr
SLR60 30GB at 14GB/hr 60GB at 28.8GB/hr
SLR50 25GB at 7.2GB/hr 50GB at 14.4GB/hr
SLR7 20GB at 10.8GB/hr 40GB at 21.6GB/hr
SLR5 4GB at 380KB/s 8GB at 560KB/s
SLR4 2.5GB at 300KB/s 2.5GB at 600KB/s
SLR3 1.2GB at 300KB/s  

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VXA Tape Drives Native Capacity & Transfer Rate Compressed Capacity & Transfer Rate
VXA-2 80GB at 21GB/hr 160GB at 42GB/hr
VXA-1 33BG at 10GB/hr 66BG at 20GB/hr

 

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LTO-4 Reads and writes LTO 3 media, reads LTO 2 media.
LTO-3 Reads and writes LTO 2 and LTO 3 media, reads LTO 1 media.
LTO-2 Reads and writes LTO 1
SDLT 600 Reads SDLT 320, SDLT 220 and DLT VS160
SDLT 320 Reads & writes SDLT 220. Reads DLT 8000, DLT 7000, DLT 4000, DLT1 & DLT VS80
SDLT 220 Reads DLT 8000, DLT 7000, DLT 4000, DLT1 & DLT VS 80
DLT 8000 Reads  & writes DLT 7000,  DLT 4000, DLT 2000XT &  DLT 2000
DLT 7000 Reads  & writes DLT 4000, DLT 2000XT &  DLT 2000
DLT 4000 Reads  & writes DLT 2000XT &  DLT 2000
AIT-3 Reads and writes AIT-2 and AIT-1
AIT-2 Reads and writes AIT-1


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LTO-4 LTO Ultrium 800GB data cartridge (metal particle)
LTO-3 LTO Ultrium 400GB data cartridge (metal particle)
LTO-2 LTO Ultrium 200GB data cartridge (metal particle)
LTO-1 LTO Ultrium 100GB data cartridge (metal particle)
SDLT 320 SDLTtape 1
SDLT 220 SDLTtape 1
DLT 8000 DLTtape IV
AIT-3 SDX3-100C
AIT-2 SDX2-50C


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LTO Linear serpentine
SDLT/DLT Linear serpentine
AIT Helical

 

Drive Type Cartridge
Capacity
Native /
Compressed1
(GB)		 Drive Throughput
Native /
Compressed1
(MB/sec)		 Data Buffer
(MB)		 File access
time
(seconds)
LTO-4 800/1600 120/240 128  
LTO-3* 400/800 80/160 128 68
LTO-2* 200 / 400 35 / 70 64 49
LTO-1* 100 / 200 15 / 30 32 54
SDLT 600 300/600 36/72 79
SDLT 320 160 / 320 16 / 32 64 70
SDLT 220 110 / 220 11 / 22 32 70
DLT 8000 40 / 80 6 / 12 8 60
AIT-5 400 / 1040      
AIT-4 200 / 520      
AIT-3 100 / 260 12 / 31 18 27
AIT-2 50 / 130 6 / 15.6 10 27
3590 H1A 60 / 180 14 / 42 16 --

1Assumes 2:1 compression for LTO and SDLT/DLT, 2.6:1 compression for AIT, and 3:1 compression for 3590 H1A.

* LTO Drives are manufactured by IBM, Seagate and HP.

 

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Model 18-Track 18-Track (compressed) 36-Track 128-Track 256-Track 384-Track
Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write Read Write
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3590 H1A             X   X   X X
3590-E11             X   X X    
3590-B11             X X        
3490-F11 X X X X X X            
3490-F01 X X X X X X            
3490-F00 X X X X X X            
3490-E11 X   X   X X            
3490-E01 X   X   X X            
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M8100             X X        
M2485K/N X   X   X X            
M2483K/N X   X   X X            
M2488C X   X   X X            
M2488E X X X X X X            
M2485H X X X X                
M2483H X X X X                
M2485B X X                    
M2483B X X                    
M2481B X X                    
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T480 X X                    
T490 X                      

 

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Tape Drives comparison
Product Capacity, native (uncompressed) Average file access time (first file) Data transfer rate, native (uncompressed)
T-Series
T9840A 20 GB
 		 8 sec
 		 10 MB/sec
 
T9840B 20 GB
 		 8 sec
 		 19 MB/sec
 
T9840C 40 GB
 		 8 sec
 		 30 MB/sec
 
T9940A 60 GB
 		 41 sec
 		 10 MB/sec
 
T9940B 200 GB
 		 41 sec
 		 30 MB/sec
 
LTO Ultrium
LTO Gen 1 100 GB
 		 86-96 sec
 		 15–16 MB/sec
 
LTO Gen 2 200 GB
 		 64 –75 sec
 		 32–35 MB/sec
 
LTO Gen 3 400 GB
 		 72 sec
 		 80 MB/sec
 
LTO Gen 4 800 GB   120 MB/sec
 
SDLT
SDLT 320 160 GB
 		 82 sec
 		 16 MB/sec
 
SDLT 600 300 GB
 		 79 sec
 		 36 MB/sec

 

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