IBM LTO Gen2 - Drive Specifications

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Update Date:	2017-09-06
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Solution 1015695.1 : IBM LTO Gen2 - Drive Specifications

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IBM LTO2 Tape Drive - Version Not Applicable and later
All Platforms

Goal

What is the throughput specifications?
What is the data buffer specifications?
Data buffer
Throughput
IBM LTO Gen-2
Specification
What is the block size specifications?
Block size

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Max recommended block size = 256 MB, but factory default and recommended setting is 0, which sets the drive to variable block size.

Buffer = 64MB

Throughput = 35MB/s sustained with up to 200MB/s burst transfer rate. Some documentation says 70MB/s, this refers to data that has been compressed (2:1 compression).

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