00V7590 | IBM LTO-6 Tape 2.5/6.25TB (00V7590 /35P190) LTO6 |
Performance Overview
IBM Storage Media is pleased to announce the availability of the IBM LTO Ultrium 6 Tape Cartridge, 2.5 TB (native); 6.25 TB (2.5:1 compression). Highest capacity tape media designed for high reliability and long life! The key features of the IBM LTO-6 tape drive are designed to improve performance and capabilities when compared to the IBM LTO-5, IBM LTO-4 and other vendors tape drives, some of the improvements are:
• Native data rate of up to 160 MB/s
• Native data physical capacity of 2.5TB
• The data compression engine improvements- data that compresses with LTO-5 drives at 2:1 should now compress at 2.5:1
• Faster tape drive mechanism (9 m/s for half height drives) which results in quicker locate and rewind times
• Support for 8Gb FC and 6Gb SAS connectivity
• SkipSync Function to provide small file backhitchless flush capability
• Cache buffer: 1024MB (full height models) and 512MB (half height models)