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Spectra® T950
The Spectra® T950 library is designed and built to meet the stringent requirements of the enterprise for data integrity, data security and high reliability. The T950 library reduces staff involvement significantly, affordably scales in throughput and capacity, and supports multiple generations of current and future tape formats.
For data archive, backup and recovery, this elite library leads the field in innovation—from the greatest storage density to proactive media management always protecting your data. This library has done it all first.
Physical Characteristics
- Dimensions (single frame): 78.77 " H x 30.63" W x 43.21" D; 200.1 cm H x 77.8 cm W x 109.8 cm D
- Weights:
- Base Frame (no drives or media) - 933 lbs/423 kg
- Drive Expansion Frame (no drives or media) - 750 lbs/340 kg
- Bulk Tap Frame (no media) - 546 lbs/248 kg
- Drive/Sled - 12 lbs/5 kg
- TeraPack Case (with media) - 6 lbs/3 kg
Power Requirements
- Base Frame and 24 LTO-6 Drives: 1,275 Watts AC (max operating) 200-240v AC (50/60Hz)/6.8-8.2 Amps (RMS)
- Heat Dissipation: 4,347 BTU/hr (max operating, same configuration)
Capacity
| Media | One Frame Capacity and Throughput | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Drives | Max Cartridges | Max Capacity | Max Throughput | |
| LTO-6 | 24 | 920 | 2.3 PB (uncompressed) 5.6 PB+ (compressed) |
13.8 TB/hr (uncompressed) 34.6 TB/hr+ (compressed) |
| LTO-5 | 24 | 920 | 1.4 PB (uncompressed) 2.8 PB* (compressed) |
12.1 TB/hr (uncompressed) 24.2 TB/hr* (compressed) |
| Media | Eight Frames Capacity and Throughput | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max Drives | Max Cartridges | Max Capacity | Max Throughput | |
| LTO-6 | 120 | 10,020 | 25.1 PB (uncompressed) 62.6 PB+ (compressed) |
69.1 TB/hr (uncompressed) 173 TB/hr+ (compressed) |
| LTO-5 | 120 | 10,020 | 15 PB (uncompressed) 30 PB* (compressed) |
60.5 TB/hr (uncompressed) 121 TB/hr* (compressed) |
*LTO-5 values calculated using 2:1 data compression.
+LTO-6 Values calculated using 2.5:1 Compression.
Interface Options
- Fibre Channel - 4 Gb/s and 8 Gb/s
Reliability Statistics
- Mean Cycle Between Failures (MCBF): 2,000,000
- Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF): 250,000 power-on hrs.
- Mean Time to Repair (MTTR): 3 minutes for hot-swap components, 30 minutes average for non-hot-swap components
