Dell PowerVault TL4000 - Manual (Page 31)

Power Management
The Ultrium 3, Ultrium 4, Ultrium 5, and Ultrium 6 Tape Drive's power
management function controls the drive's electronics so that part of the electronics
completely turn OFF when circuit functions are not needed for the drive's
operation.
Media
The library uses Ultrium Tape Cartridges that provide up to 2500 GB native
capacity (up to 6250 GB with 2.5:1 hardware data compression) for LTO 6 Tape
Drives, up to 1500 GB native capacity (up to 3000 GB with 2:1 hardware data
compression) for LTO 5 tape drives, up to 800 GB native capacity (up to 1600 GB
with 2:1 hardware data compression) for LTO 4 tape drives, and up to 400 GB
native capacity (up to 800 GB with 2:1 hardware data compression) for LTO 3 tape
drives.
Ultrium 6 Tape Drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 6 Data Cartridges. Ultrium
6 tape drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 5 Data Cartridges at original
Ultrium 5 capacities, and can also read LTO Ultrium 4 Data Cartridges with
improved data rates. Ultrium 5 tape drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 5 Data
Cartridges. Ultrium 5 tape drives can read and write LTO Ultrium 4 Data
Cartridges at original Ultrium 4 capacities, and can also read LTO Ultrium 3 Data
Cartridges with improved data rates. Ultrium 4 tape drives can read and write
LTO Ultrium 4 Data Cartridges. Ultrium 4 tape drives can read and write LTO
Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges at original Ultrium 3 capacities, and can also read LTO
Ultrium 2 Data Cartridges with improved data rates. Ultrium 3 Tape Drives can
read and write LTO Ultrium 3 Data Cartridges. Ultrium 3 Tape Drives can read
and write LTO Ultrium 2 Data Cartridges at original Ultrium 2 capacities, and can
also read LTO Ultrium 1 Data Cartridges with improved data rates of up to 20
MB/second native data transfer rate (40 MB/second with 2:1 compression).
Note: Ultrium 4 tape drives cannot read or write to Ultrium 1 tapes. Ultrium 5
tape drives cannot read or write to Ultrium 1 or Ultrium 2 tapes. Ultrium 6
tape drives cannot read or write to Ultrium 3, Ultrium 2 and Ultrium 1
tapes.
Supported cartridges include:
v LTO Ultrium 2500 GB Data Cartridge (Ultrium 6)
v LTO Ultrium 1500 GB Data Cartridge (Ultrium 5)
v LTO Ultrium 800 GB Data Cartridge (Ultrium 4)
v LTO Ultrium 400 GB Data Cartridge (Ultrium 3)
v Write-Once-Read-Many WORM Data Cartridge (Ultrium 3, Ultrium 4, Ultrium
5, Ultrium 6)
v LTO Ultrium 200 GB Data Cartridge (Ultrium 2)
v 100 GB Data Cartridge (Ultrium 1; read only)
v LTO Ultrium Cleaning Cartridge
Important: Cartridges placed in the library must be labeled with the correct bar
code labels. For additional information, see Chapter 6, “Using Ultrium
Media,” on page 6-1.
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