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Introduction: Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive User's Guide
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Introduction: Dell™ PowerVault™ 110T DLT VS160 Tape Drive
User's Guide
Overview
Features
Tape Backup Software
Obtaining Drivers and Firmware Upgrades
Front Panel Controls and Indicators
Overview
The Dell™ PowerVault™ 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive is a value-priced, high-reliability, high-capacity linear streaming cartridge
tape drive designed for use on entry to midrange computing platforms. With a combination of data compression and compaction,
the PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive offers a formatted cartridge capacity of 80GB (160GB assuming a 2:1 compression
ratio) and a sustained user data transfer rate of 8 MB/s (up to 16 MB/s with 2:1 compression). The capacity you realize in practice
depends on the data set, which affects the actual compression ratio.
The PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive is a 5.25-inch, half-height form-factor, using a 1/2-inch tape. Its design includes a
four-channel read/write head, Lempel-Ziv (DLZ) high-efficiency hardware data compression, and tape-mark directory to achieve
fast data throughput and data access times.
The PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive is read/write-compatible the DLT VS160 format using DLTtape VS1 cartridges and
read compatible with the DLT1 format using DLTtape™ IV cartridges. The PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive is an Ultra 160
SCSI device that works with any wide-ultra, Ultra2, Ultra160, or Ultra3 Low-Voltage Differential (LVD) or Single-Ended (SE), narrow
or wide, SCSI bus.
Features
The PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive has the following features:
Supported formats: DLT VS160 (read/write using DLTtape VS1 cartridges), DLT1 (read only using DLTtape™ IV cartridges)
Uses DLTtape VS1 cartridges
5.25-inch half-height form-factor
Formatted cartridge capacity of 80GB native, 160GB compressed*
Sustained user data transfer rate of 8 MB/s native, up to 16 MB/s with compression*
The PowerVault 110T DLT VS160 Tape drive requires a wide-ultra, Ultra2, Ultra160, or Ultra3, Low-Voltage Differential
(LVD) or Single-Ended (SE) SCSI bus
* Assumes 2:1 compression ratio. The capacity and data transfer rates realized in practice depend on the data set, which
determines the actual compression ratio.
Obtaining Drivers and Firmware Upgrades
If the tape backup software does not detect the tape drive or to obtain the latest operating system drivers and/or firmware
upgrades, see the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com .
Tape Backup Software
Drivers