Performance specifications for LTO tape drives
Performance data for LTO tape drives.
| Generation | LTO 9 |
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| Inquiry |
ULT3580-TD9
ULTRIUM-TD9 |
| Interface (speed) |
FC (8 Gb)
SAS (12 Gb) |
| Native data rate |
400 Mb/s (L9)
360 Mb/s (L8) |
| Sustained data rate (L6, L7, L8 and L9 compressed at 2.5:1 compression; L5 and earlier compressed at 2:1 compression) |
FC
750 Mb/s (L9) 750 Mb/s (L8) SAS 1000 Mb/s (L9) 900 Mb/s (L8) |
| Burst data rate |
800 Mb/s FC 1200 Mb/s SAS |
| Nominal load-to-ready time | 17 seconds |
| -Initialized tape | 17 seconds |
| -Uninitialized tape1 | 40-120 minutes |
| Nominal unload time | 30 seconds |
| Average space record time from load point | 45 seconds |
| Average rewind time (REWIND command) | 55 seconds |
| Average rewind time (part of UNLOAD command, dependent on mount activity) | |
| Less than 5 Gb of contiguous data transferred | 55 seconds |
| 5 Gb to 50 Gb of contiguous data transferred | 110 seconds |
| All other types of mount activity | 165 seconds |
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1 Cartridge initialization time can vary. See Media optimization for more information. Remember:
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