Quantum DAT 160 User Guide

Chapter 1  Introduction

Tape Drive Components

Quantum DAT 160 User’s Guide

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The DAT 160 is ideal for workstation, server, and network/enterprise 

applications. These applications include, but are not limited to:

• Backup of high-capacity fixed discs
• Data interchange between systems
• Network servers
• Online data collection
• Near-line secondary storage for all types of text, graphics, or 

multimedia information

• Archival storage

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The DAT 160 tape capacity is as follows:

• Tape  length:

155  meters

• Native capacity:

80 Gbytes

• Compressed capacity: 160 Gbytes, assumes 2.1 compression
• Native transfer rate:

6.9 Mbytes/sec

Table 1   Power Requirements

Tape Drive Components

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 illustrates the major components of the tape drives.

5V

1.54 A

1.61 A

12V

0.26 A

1.3 A