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Chapter 5  Specifications
Physical Specifications
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Figure 15   LTO-5 Half-Height 
Drive Dimensions (side) 

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Physical Specifications
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Table 5  Physical Specifications 
(Full-Height LTO-5)
Figure 16  LTO-5 Full-Height 
Tape Drive Dimensions (front)
SpecificationInternal Drive
Without Bezel With Bezel
Height 3.24 inches  
(82.50 mm)3.36 inches  
(85.50 mm)
Width 5.79 inches  
(146.07)5.86 inches  
(149 mm)
Length 7.99 inches  
(203 mm)8.18 inches  
(208 mm)
Weight 5.00 lb. 
(2.27 kg.)5.15 lb. 
(2.34 kg.)
59.50±1
TO CARTRIDGE CENTER
FROM SIDE MOUNTING...

Chapter 5  Specifications
Physical Specifications
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Figure 17   LTO-5 Full-Height 
Drive Dimensions (side) 

Chapter 5  Specifications
Power Specifications
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Power Specifications
The tabletop LTO-5 Tape Drive has a built-in 90-260 VAC (47-63 Hz) 
automatic switching power supply. 
Maximum voltage and power specifications for the internal LTO-5 Half-
Height Tape Drive are listed in table 6
 and table . Specifications are the 
same as those for other SCSI drives unless otherwise noted.
Table 6  Voltage and Current 
Specifications
Drive Performance Specifications
Ta b l e  7 lists the...

Chapter 5  Specifications
Drive Performance Specifications
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Table 7  Drive Performance 
SpecificationsSpecification Value
Average data access time  
(846-m tape) from BOW 
(beginning of wrap)52 seconds
Average rewind time  
(846-m tape)47 seconds
Maximum rewind time  
(846-m tape)94 seconds
Capacity 
         LTO Ultrium 5 (846 m) 
1500 Gbytes (native)
Cartridge unload time 19 seconds
Error  recovery Read-after-write Reed Solomon ECC 
(2 levels)
Flux density 15142 cells per...

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Environmental Requirements
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Environmental Requirements
Ta b l e  8 lists the environmental specifications of the LTO-5 Half-Height 
Ta p e  D r i v e .
Ta b l e  8   Environmental 
Requirements
Track density 123.5 tracks per mm (3136 tracks 
per inch)
Transfer rate (sustained) 140 Mbytes/second (max, native) Specification Value
Specification Operational Nonoperational
Acoustic level idling  
(A-wt sum)52 dBA maximum 5.0 LwA Bels —
Acoustic level...

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Injected Noise Specifications
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Injected Noise Specifications
The internal drive operates without degradation of error rates with 100 
mV of noise injected between the chassis and 0 V at the power 
connector at any frequency between 45 Hz and 20 MHz.
Reliability Specifications
The LTO-5 Tape Drive is designed for maximum reliability and data 
integrity. Ta b l e  9
 lists the reliability specifications.
Table 9  Reliability 
Specifications
Thermal...

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Mean Time Between 
Failures
• The mean time between failures (MTBF) for the internal drive is 
specified at 250,000 hours minimum. This specification includes all 
power-on and operational time but excludes maintenance periods. 
Operational time is assumed to be 100% of the power-on time. 
Operational time is the time the tape is loaded.
The MTBF for the tabletop drive power supply is 50,000 hours with the 
unit operated...

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LTO Cartridge Specifications
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LTO Cartridge Specifications
Environmental 
Considerations
Ta b l e  1 0 lists the basic environmental tolerances for LTO Ultrium 
cartridges. 
Table 10  Environmental 
Tolerances
If during storage and/or transportation a cartridge has been exposed to 
conditions outside the specified values, it must be conditioned before 
use in the operating environment. The conditioning shall be exposure to 
the operating...

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LTO Cartridge Specifications
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• 128 bytes are used for error information. 
• Approximately 4K bytes are not used.
The cartridge memory is powered, read, and written to via a radio-
frequency link.
Cartridge ReliabilityAfter 5,000 load/eject cycles, replace the cartridge to insure data 
integrity.