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Technical Specifications: Dell PowerVault 128T Tape Library User and Service Guide
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Technical Specifications: Dell™ PowerVault™ 128T Tape Library
User and Service Guide
 Library
Specifications
Technical
Specifications
Drive
and Media Specifications
Cable
Specifications
Bar
Code Specifications
Regulatory
Library Specifications
| Description |
PowerVault 128T |
| Average tape access time |
15 seconds |
| Average tape exchange time (mean time to eject
tape from drive, robotically exchange tape from magazine and reload drive) |
46 seconds |
| Storage capacity |
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| MTBF |
100,000 Hours (robotics only) 50,000 Hours
(including drives) |
| MSBF (robotics) |
1,000,000 swaps(a) (robotics) |
| Line voltage |
100-127/200-240 VAC Auto-selecting |
| Line frequency |
50-60 HZ |
| Power consumption |
Typical: 175W, Max: 200W |
(a) 1 swap = 2 moves (see Glossary for more information)
Technical Specifications
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Temperature/Humidity
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| Operating |
10° to 35° C |
| Non-operating |
-35° to 65° C |
| Operating wet-bulb temperature (media) |
25° C maximum |
| Non-operating wet-bulb temperature (drive) |
46° C maximum |
| Gradient |
10° C per hour |
| Transportation |
-30° to 60° C (<14 consecutive days) |
| Humidity |
| Operating |
20% to 80% RH non-condensing |
| Non-operating |
10% to 90% RH non-condensing |
| Shock |
| Operating |
4.0g (half-sine) |
| Non-operating |
10g/24 ips |
| Vibration (5-500 Hz) |
| Operating |
0.21g RMS (random) |
| Non-operating |
2.1g RMS (random) |
| Operating |
0.25g (0-peak, swept-sine) |
| Non-operating |
0.5g (0-peak, swept-sine) |
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| Height |
216 mm (8.5 inches) |
| Width |
442 mm (17.4 inches) |
| Depth |
696 mm (27.4 inches) |
| Weight (net) |
40.9 kg (90 lbs) with drives and without media |
| Weight (packaged) |
53.1 kg (117 lbs) |
| SCSI-Interface |
68-pin, high-density, low-voltage differential
connector |
| Fibre Channel Interface |
- Short-wave optical Gigabit serial interface utilizing a GBIC or
built-in optical connection
- Dual high density or VHDC1 low-or high-voltage differential SCSI
ports
- Industry-standard Tachyon™ controller or TL controller
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Drive and Media Specifications
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Ultrium Drive Specifications:
Performance
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| Read/write transfer rate: (maximum sustained) |
- Non-compressed mode: 15 MB/second
- Compressed (2:1 typical): 30 MB/second
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| Burst transfer rate |
80 MB/second |
| Average access time |
90 seconds |
| Loading time |
25 seconds (maximum) |
| Unloading time |
13 seconds (maximum) |
| MTBF |
250,000 hours |
| Interface type |
- Low-Voltage Differential (LVD) Ultra2 SCSI
- High-Voltage Differential (HVD) Ultra SCSI
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| Formatted capacity |
200 GB (2:1 typical compression) |
| Basic description |
0.5 inch (metal particle) |
| Tape length |
580 meters (1903 feet) |
| Cartridge dimensions |
10.2 x 10.5 x 2.2 cm (4.02 x 4.15
x 0.85 in) |
| Shelf life |
30 years |
| Cartridge life |
- 1,000,000 passes (any point on the tape passing the recording head
in either direction)
- 20,000 loads/unloads
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| Cleaning cartridge life |
15 uses |
Bar Code Specifications
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| For additional drive, media, and bar code specifications,
refer to the Dell PowerVault 128T Tape Library Drive Manual - HP Ultrium.
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SCSI Cable Specifications
| Interface |
Maximum supported length |
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Fast SCSI
10 MB/second Narrow
20 MB/second Wide
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Normal/Slow SCSI
5 MB/second Narrow
10 MB/second Wide
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| Low-voltage Differential |
12 meters |
12 meters |
Fibre Channel Cable
Specifications
| Cable |
Maximum supported length |
| 50/125 fibre-optic cable |
500 meters |
| 62.5/125 fibre-optic cable |
175 meters |
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- FCC Class B, ICES-003
- Class B, CE, VCCI, C-tick
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NOTE: For additional regulatory information,
see the Regulatory and Safety Statements insert that came with your
128T tape library. |
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