Performance
| Access time |
50 ms |
| Interface |
SAS |
| Compression ratio |
2:1 |
| Type |
LTO |
Storage
| Native capacity |
1500 GB |
| Drive device, buffer size |
256 MB |
| Compressed capacity |
3000 GB |
Data transmission
| Sustained data transfer rate (compressed) |
140 MB/s |
| Sustained data transfer rate (native) |
280 MB/s |
Operational conditions
| Operating altitude |
0 - 4000 m |
Scalar i40/i80 Tape Drive Module, LTO-5, SAS
Quantum's LTO-5 Half Height (HH) tape drives deliver tremendous capacity and performance at an affordable price. In addition, they use less power on average than LTO-4 drives, making a "greener" and more energy efficient solution.
The drive uses the latest industry-standard interface—6 Gb/sec Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)—to allow for easy installation and integration into your data center. Quantum's LTO-5 HH tape drives also protect your investment by providing backward read and write compatibility with LTO-4 media and backward read compatibility with LTO-3 media.
And with Quantum's LTO-5 drives, you can be assured of security with hardware-based AES 256-bit data encryption, allowing for the highest level of security without any loss of performance during the encryption process. In addition, LTO-5 is WORM capable when used with LTO WORM data cartridges. And the new partitioning functionality enables the tape to be formatted so it can be treated like a hard disk – perfect for video, imaging, CAD/CAM and other large file applications.