Quantum Audio A-Series Manuel D’Utilisation

Chapter 1  Introduction

Product Features

Quantum A-Series Tape Drives User’s Guide

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Product Features

The A-Series tape drives offer the following product features:

Table 1   Storage Capacity and 
Transfer Rates

• The SDLT 600A tape drive allows for over 6 hours of HD (high 

definition) and over 25 hours of SD (standard definition) storage on a 

single Super DLTtape II media cartridge.

• The LTO-3A tape drive allows for over 8 hours of HD and over 33 

hours of SD storage on a single Ultrium 3 media cartridge.

• Convergent technology — the benefits of file-based data tape storage 

and the accessibility of video tape.

• Built-in Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) interface.
• Access to metadata and clip content by timecode-indexed in and out 

points through a web-based interface.

• A standard 5.25-inch full-height form factor to simplify integration 

into system and tape library solutions.

• iTalk (and Pocket DLTSage iTalk)—Infrared (wireless) interface on 

the SDLT 600A that provides a remote testing base allowing 

customers and integrators to access system diagnostic information 

from the front of the tape drive.

SDLT 600A

300 GB

36 MB/sec

LTO-3A

400 GB

68 MB/sec

There is a limitation on the number of files that can be 

stored on a media cartridge based on the size of the files 

and the size of the filenames stored on the table of contents 

(TOC) region of the tape. For example, the A-Series 

SDLT 600A tape drive can hold approximately 8,000 files. 

This limit can be significantly smaller if the filenames are 

long and/or there are many MXF files.