Seagate Scorpion 240 DDS-4 Autoloader Manuel D'installation page 10

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Drive applications
The Scorpion 240 autoloader is ideal for server and
network/enterprise applications, including:
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Scorpion 240 capacity and data-transfer rates
The Scorpion 240 provides the following capacities and
sustained data-transfer rates, depending upon the type and
length of tape media used. These capacities and data-transfer
rates are based on a 2:1 data compression. Uncompressed
capacities are one half these values.
Tape format:
Tape length (m)
Single-cartridge
capacity (Gbytes)
Six-cartridge
magazine capacity
(Gbytes)
Sustained Data-
transfer Rate
(Mbyte/sec)
Note. 60-meter DDS tape cannot be used with this drive.
Scorpion 240 Autoloader Installation Manual
Backup of high-capacity disc drives or disc arrays
Automated storage management
On-line, unattended data collection
Near-line secondary storage for text, graphics or
multimedia data of all types
Archival storage.
DDS DDS-2
90 120
4.0 8.0
24.0 48.0
1.83 1.83
DDS-3 DDS-4
125 150
24.0 40.0
144.0 240.0
5.5 5.5