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Tape Drive Comparison:AIT VS LTO VS
DLT
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Drive
FAQs:
AIT Drives |
LTO Drives |
SDLT Drives |
DLT Drives | LTO
2 VS SDLT 320 | Drive
Technology Comparison
click here
for details
on AIT-5
LTO-4
Technology,
click here!
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| Hewlett
Packard
SureStore
DAT
40i
(C5687A)
DAT
Tape
Drive |
Hewlett
Packard
Trade-Ready
Mechanism
DDS-3
(C1554A)
DAT
Tape
Drive
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IBM
400/800GB
LTO-3
Ultrium
SCSI
Tape
Drive
(39M5657)
LTO-3
Tape
Drive |
Sony
AIT
E260/S
(AITE260/S)
AIT
Tape
Drive
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| from
$349
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from
$125 |
from
$1,945
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from
$1,297 |
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Hewlett
Packard
ESL9326D
(154841-001)
DLT
Tape
Drive
|
Quantum
DLT
8000
(TH8BG-YF)
DLT
Tape
Drive |
Hewlett
Packard
StorageWorks
DAT
72 (DW026A)
DAT
Tape
Drive |
ADIC
99-5480-01
DS9700
(Refurbished)
DLT
Tape
Drive
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| from
$225 |
from
$450
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from
$435 |
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now
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| LTO
Tape Drives |
Native Capacity & Transfer Rate |
Compressed Capacity & Transfer
Rate |
| Tandberg
LTO2HH |
200GB
at 24MB/s |
200GB
at 1920MB/min |
| Seagate
LTO-1 |
100GB
at 16MB/s |
200GB
at 32MB/s |
| Quantum
LTO-3 |
400GB at
245GB/hr |
800GB at
490GB/hr |
| Quantum
LTO-2 |
200GB at
123GB/hr |
400GB at
245GB/hr |
| Quantum
LTO-2HH |
200GB at
94GB/hr |
400GB at
144GB/hr |
| HP
Ultrium 960 |
400GB at
80MB/s |
800GB at
160MB/s |
| HP Ultrium 460 |
200GB
at 30MB/s |
400GB
at 60MB/s |
| HP Ultrium 230 |
100GB
at 15MB/s |
200GB
at 30MB/s |
| LTO-4 |
800GB at
120MB/s |
1.6TB at
240MB/s |
| IBM
LTO-3 |
400GB at
80MB/s |
800GB at
160MB/s |
| IBM LTO-2 |
200GB
at 35MB/s |
400GB
at 70MB/s |
| IBM LTO-1 |
100GB
at 15MB/s |
200GB
at 30MB/s |
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| AIT
Tape Drives |
Native Capacity & Transfer Rate |
Compressed Capacity & Transfer
Rate |
| AIT-6 |
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| AIT-5 |
400GB
at 24MB/s |
(click
here
for details on AIT-5 TECHNOLOGY) |
| AIT-4 |
200GB at
24MB/s |
520GB at
62.4MB/s |
| AIT-3 |
100GB
at 12MB/s |
260GB
at 31.2MB/s |
| AIT-2 |
50GB
at 6MB/s |
130GB
at 12MB/s |
| AIT-1 |
35GB
at 4.0MB/s |
90GB
at 10.4MB/s |
| SAIT |
500GB
at 30MB/s |
1.2TB
at 78MB/s |
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| T9840
and T9940 Tape Drives
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T9840
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HVD/
FC |
20GB
@ 10MB/s |
| T9840B
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E/
FC/ FICON |
20GB
@ 19MB/s |
| T9840C
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E/
FC/ FICON |
40GB
@ 30MB/s |
| T9940A
|
HVD/
E/ FC |
60GB
@ 10MB/s |
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T9940B |
FC/
VSM |
200GB
@ 30MB/s |
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| SLR
Tape Drives |
Native Capacity & Transfer Rate |
Compressed Capacity & Transfer
Rate |
| SLR100 |
50GB
at 18GB/hr |
100GB
at 36GB/hr |
| SLR60 |
30GB
at 14GB/hr |
60GB
at 28.8GB/hr |
| SLR50 |
25GB
at 7.2GB/hr |
50GB
at 14.4GB/hr |
| SLR7 |
20GB
at 10.8GB/hr |
40GB
at 21.6GB/hr |
| SLR5 |
4GB
at 380KB/s |
8GB
at 560KB/s |
| SLR4 |
2.5GB
at 300KB/s |
2.5GB
at 600KB/s |
| SLR3 |
1.2GB
at 300KB/s |
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Backward
Compatibility
| LTO-4 |
Reads
and writes LTO 3 media, reads LTO 2 media |
| LTO-3 |
Reads
and writes LTO 2 and LTO 3 media, reads
LTO 1 media |
| LTO-2
|
Reads
and writes Ultrium 1 |
| SDLT
600 |
Reads
SDLT 320, SDLT 220 and DLT VS160
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| SDLT
320 |
Reads
& writes SDLT 220. Reads DLT 8000, DLT
7000, DLT 4000, DLT1 & DLT VS80
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| SDLT
220 |
Reads
DLT 8000, DLT 7000, DLT 4000, DLT1 &
DLT VS 80 |
| DLT
8000 |
Reads
& writes DLT 7000, DLT 4000, DLT
2000XT & DLT 2000 |
| DLT
7000 |
Reads
& writes DLT 4000, DLT 2000XT &
DLT 2000 |
| DLT
4000 |
Reads
& writes DLT 2000XT & DLT
2000 |
| SAIT |
Proprietary
Sony, no other compatibility |
| AIT-6 |
Read and write
to AIT-4 and AIT-5 |
| AIT-5 |
read and write
backward compatible with AIT-4, AIT-3Ex
and AIT-3 media, and WORM |
| AIT-4 |
**Sony
still working out bugs for backward compatibility |
| AIT-3
|
Reads
and writes AIT-2 and AIT-1 |
| AIT-2
|
Reads
and writes AIT-1 |
Media
| LTO-4 |
LTO
Ultrium 800GB data cartridge (metal particle) |
| LTO-3 |
LTO
Ultrium 400GB data cartridge (metal particle) |
| LTO-2
|
LTO
Ultrium 200GB data cartridge (metal particle)
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| LTO-1
|
LTO
Ultrium 100GB data cartridge (metal particle)
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| SDLT
600 |
SDLT 300GB-600GB |
| SDLT
320 |
SDLTtape
1 220GB-320GB |
| SDLT
220 |
SDLTtape
1 110GB-220GB |
| DLT
8000 |
DLTtape
IV 40GB-80GB |
| SAIT |
SAIT
500GB-1200GB |
| AIT-6 |
800GB/1600GB |
| AIT-5 |
400GB
at 24MB/s (click here
for details on AIT-5 TECHNOLOGY) SDX5-400C |
| AIT-4 |
SDX4-200C
200GB-400GB |
| AIT-3
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SDX3-100C
100GB-230GB |
| AIT-2
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SDX2-50C
50GB-120GB |
| AIT-1 |
35GB
at 4.0MB/s |
Tape
Format
| LTO
|
Linear
serpentine |
| SDLT/DLT
|
Linear
serpentine |
| AIT
|
Helical
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| Drive Type
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Cartridge
Capacity
Native /
Compressed1
(GB) |
Drive Throughput
Native /
Compressed1
(MB/sec) |
Data
Buffer
(MB) |
File
access
time
(seconds) |
| LTO-4 |
800/1600 |
120/240 |
128 |
100 |
| LTO-3* |
400/800 |
80/160 |
128 |
68 |
| LTO-2*
|
200
/ 400 |
35
/ 70 |
64
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49
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| LTO-1*
|
100
/ 200 |
15
/ 30 |
32
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54
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| SDLT 600 |
300/600 |
36/72 |
80 |
80 |
| SDLT 320 |
160
/ 320 |
16
/ 32 |
64
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70
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| SDLT 220 |
110
/ 220 |
11
/ 22 |
32
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70
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| DLT 8000 |
40
/ 80 |
6
/ 12 |
8
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60
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| AIT-3 |
100
/ 260 |
12
/ 31 |
18
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27
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| AIT-2 |
50
/ 130 |
6
/ 15.6 |
10
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27
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| 3590 H1A |
60
/ 180 |
14
/ 42 |
16
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LTO Drives are manufactured by IBM,
Seagate and HP.
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