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DLT® Technology

DLT Technology is one of the most successful technology platforms ever built. With over 2 million drives and over 100 million media cartridges shipped to date, DLT drives are recognized worldwide as the industry standard, deployed by 98% of FORTUNE 500® businesses, assuring reliable, high-performance tape storage solutions and long-term investment protection.

With two powerful product lines to choose from, DLT Technology can deliver the performance you require. Whether you choose the Performance Series for exceptional capacity, performance and reliability. Or opt for the Value Series when you’re looking for that special grade of capacity and cost-effectiveness. DLT Technology has a solution that’s right for you!

	Performance Series			Value Series
	SDLT 600	SDLT 320	SDLT 220	DLT VS160	DLT VS80
FUNCTIONALITY
Capacity (GB Native)	300	160	110	80	40
Transfer rate (MB/s)	36	16	11	8	3
Interface	LVD ULTRA, 160 SCSI, 2 GB Fibre Channel	SCSI (LVD/HVD)		SCSI (LVD)
Form factor	5 1/4" Full height			5 1/4" Half-height
Backread	SDLT 320, DLT VS160	SDLT 220, DLT 8000, DLT 7000, DLT 4000, DLT1, DLT VS80	DLT 8000, DLT 7000, DLT 4000, DLT1, DLT VS80	DLT1, DLT VS80	DLT 4000
Power Consumption	32W	27W	28W	<14W	<16W
RELIABILITY
MTBF @ 100% Duty Cycle (KHrs)	250			250	200
Warranty	3 year			3 year
TECHNOLOGY
Tape Guidance	Pivoting Optical Servo			Roller
Head	Magneto Resistive Cluster heads			Magneto Resistive
Media	eMP60	AMP++	AMP++	AMP++	MP++
	Super DLTtape II	Super DLTtape I	Super DLTtape I	DLTtape VS1	DLTtape IV
Encoding	PRML			PRML	RLL 1,7
Media durability	1 million passes			1 million passes