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Table 5: Ultrium Tape Drive Capacity and Data Transfer Rate
Ultrium Tape Cartridges
Note:
In addition to the information provided in this manual, refer to the
documentation provided with your media for more information.
Caution:
HP Ultrium tape drives require special cleaning cartridges and data
cartridges formatted specifically for HP Ultrium. To avoid damage to your tape
drive, it is critical to use appropriate cleaning cartridges and properly
formatted data cartridges.
Approved media will have the Ultrium format trademark, which indicates that the
media has passed Ultrium format compliance testing (see
).
Figure 10: HP Ultrium format trademark
Drive Model
Data Capacity
Sustained Data Transfer Rate
Ultrium 230
100 GB (native)
200 GB (compressed*)
15 MB/sec (54 GB/hour)
30 MB/sec (108 GB/hour)
Ultrium 460
200 GB (native)
400 GB (compressed*)
30 MB/sec (108 GB/hour)
60 MB/sec (216 GB/hour)
Note:
*Compressed capacity assumes a 2:1 compression ratio.