Sun Oracle Tape Cartridges

The drive uses a unique, single-reel cartridge. The file reel is located inside the cartridge while the machine reel resides inside the tape drive. The drive uses a technology called partial response, maximum likelihood (PRML) to provide a high-density data format. PRML enables recording and storing an uncompressed capacity of up to:

? StorageTek T10000 cartridge:

• ::  500 gigabytes (GB) with the T10000A tape drive
• ::  1 terabyte (TB) with the T10000B tape drive

? StorageTek T10000 T2 cartridge:

• ::  5.5 terabytes (TB) with the T10000C tape drive
• ::  8.5 terabytes (TB) with the T10000D tape drive
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The T10000A drive can read and reclaim a tape cartridge written by a T10000A drive.

The T10000B drive can:

• ::  Read and reclaim a tape cartridge written by a T10000A drive.
• ::  Write, read, and reclaim a tape cartridge written by a T10000B drive.

The T10000C drive can:

• ::  Read tape cartridges written by either a T10000A or T10000B drive.
• ::  Write, read, and reclaim a tape cartridge written by a T10000C drive.

The T10000D drive can:

• ::  Read tape cartridges written by a T10000A, T10000B, or T10000C drive.
• ::  Reclaim tape cartridges written by a T10000C drive.
• ::  Write, read, and reclaim a tape cartridge written by a T10000D drive.

The tape drive uses fiber optic host connections to provide a high data-transfer rate.