High capacity plus investment protection. That’s the Sun StorageTek 9940 data cartridge, designed for StorageTek T9940A/B tape drives to store up to 200 GB of uncompressed data. With 2:1 data compression, it can store 400 GB on a single cartridge. This immense capacity makes it ideal for high-volume archiving, backup, and disaster recovery.
| General Specification: | |
| Product Description | Sun Tape 1/2 in 9840, 20GB |
| Type | Storage media – Tape cartridge |
| Media Included Qty | 1 |
| Media: | |
| Capacity, native | 60 GB (T9940 A), 200 GB (T9940B) |
| Tape Speed | Read and write: 2.0 m/sec (79 ips) – T9940A, 2.8 m/sec (95 ips) – T9940B Search and rewind: 11.0 m/sec (440 ips) Formulation: Advanced metal particle (AMP) Coercivity: 1625+/-75 Oersteds (130+/16.0 KA/m) Substrate: Polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) Track-following servo: Factory pre-recorded |
| Archival life | 15–30 years |
| Short-length durability | 80,000 write/read passes minimum |
| Long-length durability | 6,500 write/read passes minimum (361 full file write/read passes minimum) |
| Uncorrected bit error rate | 1×10-18 |
| Loads/unloads | 10,000 minimum |
| Physical Characteristics: | |
| Form Factor | Half inch, 3480/3490E |
| Dimensions (HeightxWidthxDepth) | Half inch, 3480/3490E |
| Drop strength | 1.0 m |
| Operating Conditions | 15°C to 32°C°C,20% RH to 80% RH; 26°C wet bulb maximum |
| Storage up to 4 weeks (°C,%RH) | 5°C to 32°C , 5-80% |
| Storage – archive (°C,%RH) | 15°C to 25°C , 30-40% |
| Shipping (°C,%RH) | -23°C to 49°C , 5-80% |
| Wet bulb max (operating) | 26° C |
