Exabyte EXB-8505 8mm - Manual (Page 22)

Storage Capacity
Table 1-4 lists the approximate storage capacities of 8mm data
cartridges written in the four logical formats. For more information
on EXATAPE 8mm data cartridges, see page 1-20.
Length of
EXATAPE Approximate Capacity to LEOT
a
in MBytes
8500c
compressed
format
b
(EXB-8505 and
EXB-8505XL)
8500 format
(EXB-8505 and
EXB-8505XL)
8200c
compressed
format
b
8200 format
15m 1,176 588 588 294
54m 4,697 2,348 2,348 1,174
112m 9,888 4,944 4,698 2,349
160m XL
c
14,000 7,000 7,000 3,500
a
Logical end of tape.
b
These columns assume an average compression ratio of 2:1 (on average, each compressed 1,024-byte
physical block represents 2,048 bytes of user data).
c
EXATAPE 160m XL extended length media is compatible with the EXB-8205XL and EXB-8505XL only.
Table 1-4 Approximate capacities of EXATAPE data cartridges
1-8 EXB-8205 and EXB-8505 510504
(Standard and XL)
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