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StorageTek® T9940 Tape Drive
The StorageTek T9940 "capacity-centric" tape drive offers exceptional storage
capacity for business applications such as growing archive, backup,
record-retention and disaster recovery needs. The ultra-reliable T9940 offers a
superior combination of capacity, speed and robustness, in a compact and
economical package.
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- A massive 60 gigabyte (native) capacity per cartridge. With compression
this typically means 120 to 240 or more gigabytes on a
- single piece of media.
Store a petabyte (1000 terabytes) in a single StorageTek automated tape
library.
- 10 megabytes per second native (up to 37 megabytes compressed)
- Heterogeneous attachment via ESCON, SCSI and native Fibre Channel
connectivity - provides SAN readiness.
- Advanced engineering componentry and packaging provide the best in data
reliability and availability, together with robustness for exceptionally high
duty-cycles.
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Tape Matrix
A
T9940 capacity-centric tape drive solution works seamlessly with current
StorageTek libraries and with Virtual Storage Manager (VSM), so you can enhance
the value of your infrastructure investment. The T9940 can help you provide your
customers what they need most: fast, economical, robust and accessible storage
of ever-increasing amounts of data.
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Performance Data |
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Tape Speed |
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Read/Write |
79
IPS (2 m/s) |
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Search/Rewind |
315
IPS (greater than 8 m/s) |
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Tape
Load and Initialize to Ready |
18 s |
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Search Time |
41 s
(average 1st search) |
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Maximum Rewind Time |
90 s |
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Interfaces (per Drive) |
1
ESCON, 1 Ultra-SCSI or2 Fibre Channel (SC optical) |
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Compression |
Enhanced LZ-1, 4:1 Ratio
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Individual compression achieved is a function of many variables,
including the data characteristics. For example, scientific data usually
compresses less than general business data. As a practical guide,
mainframe (MVS/ESCON) compression rates are typically 4:1, while client
server operating systems (UNIX/NT on SCSI or Fibre) usually achieve in
the 2:1 to 2.5:1 range. In all instances, slightly lower or
significantly higher numbers may be achieved. |
Data Buffer Size |
8 MB |
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Data
Transfer Rates |
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Head-to-Tape |
10
MB/s (uncompressed) |
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Interface (burst rate) |
100
MB/s Fibre (256 KB) |
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Maximum Block Size |
256
kb |
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Supported Features |
Tape
Alert
Emulation Modes - Native, 3490E, 3590
FCP-2 (FC Tape) |
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Operating Environment |
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Temperature |
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Operating |
59°
to 90°F (15° to 32°C) Dry Bulb |
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Storage |
50°
to 104°F (10° to 40°C) |
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Shipping |
-40°
to 140°F (-40° to 60°C) |
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Relative Humidity (Non-condensing) |
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Operating |
20%
to 80% |
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Storage |
10%
to 95% |
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Shipping |
10%
to 95% |
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Wet
Bulb Maximum |
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Operating |
84°F
(29°C) |
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Storage |
84°F
(29°C) |
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Shipping |
84°F
(29°C) |
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Altitude |
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Operating |
0 to
10,000 ft (0 to 3.05 km) |
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Storage |
0 to
10,000 ft (0 to 3.05 km) |
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Shipping |
0 to
50,000 ft (0 to 15.24 km) |
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Power Source |
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Input
Voltage |
88 to 264 VAC |
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Input
Frequencies |
48 to
63 Hz |
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Power
Consumption |
85 W |
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Power
Factor |
0.96
minimum |
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T9940
Half-Inch Tape Cartridge And Media Specifications
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Cartridge Shell Data |
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Form
Factor |
Half-inch cartridge, 3480/3490E |
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Dimensions |
4.92
in. x 4.29 in. x 1.00 in.
(125 mm x 109 mm x 25.88 mm) |
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Weight |
9.17
oz (0.26 kg) |
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Media Data |
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Media |
Advanced Metal Particle |
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Substrate |
Polyethylene Naphthalate (PEN) |
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Coercivity |
1625+/-75 Oersteds (130 +/16.0 KA/m) |
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Number of Tracks |
288 |
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Capacity |
60 GB
uncompressed |
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Archival Life |
15 to
30 yrs |
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Durability |
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Short-length
Durability |
80,000 write/read passes minimum |
Long-length
Durability |
6,500
write/read passes minimum |
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Uncorrected Bit Error Rate (BER) |
10-18 |
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Permanent Errors |
Zero |
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Load/Unloads |
10,000 minimum |
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Track-following Servo |
Factory pre-recorded
Caution: Do not bulk-erase cartridges. |
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Operating Environment |
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Temperature |
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Operating |
60°
to 90°F (16° to 32°C) |
Storage
(Up to four weeks) |
41°
to 90°F (5° to 32°C) |
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Storage (Archive) |
65°
to 79°F (18° to 26°C) |
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Shipping |
40°
to 104°F (4° to 40°C) |
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Relative Humidity (Non-condensing) |
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Operating |
20%
to 80% |
Storage
(Up to four weeks) |
5% to
80% |
Storage
(Archive) |
40%
to 60% |
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Shipping |
5% to
80% |
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Wet
Bulb Maximum |
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Operating |
79°F
(26°C) |
Storage
(Up to four weeks) |
79°F
(26°C) |
Storage
(Archive) |
79°F
(26°C) |
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Shipping |
79°F
(26°C) |
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