Benchmark DLT 1 - Chi Corporation

THE POWER OF DLT AT THE PRICE OF DDS

Benchmark Tape Systems now delivers a backup and archive tape subsystem that has enterprise class performance and reliability at a price commonly expected of low-end server products. The Benchmark DLT1 capitalizes on the company’s dynamic and highly experienced founding team, plus a technology transfer from Quantum Corporation to deliver this DLT technology to the network server and workstation markets. Along with leading edge price/performance metrics, Benchmark’s DLT1 boasts backward read capability with the popular DLT 4000 format. In addition, virtually all of the popular backup software packages are supported by default because the command set is already established by existing DLT products.

ENTERPRISE RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE AT DESKTOP PRICING
Most IT professionals are grappling with the explosive growth of their corporate network data storage requirements with technology that is poorly matched to the job. There is an ever-increasing demand for IT professionals to efficiently manage and procure systems for the enterprise wide network, including workgroups, intranets, and extranets. Benchmark Tape Systems provides a reliable tape solution that safely manages and preserves valuable corporate data. The first of Benchmark’s drive family, the DLT1, offers a 40GB native capacity (80GB compressed) and a 3MB/second native transfer rate (6MB/second compressed), providing enterprise reliability and performance at low-end server pricing. The Benchmark DLT1 drive is available as an internally configured unit and as a self-standing enclosed unit. For those environments that require an automated solution, Benchmark offers the DLT7, a 7-cartridge autoloader. To increase your reliability even more, Benchmark’s DLTtape™IV media is for use in Benchmark (and all other) DLT drives and libraries.

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RELIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE
The reliability of Benchmark’s DLT1 is more than designed in; it has already been established by its accomplished lineage. As a natural extension of DLT, the standard of reliability in the industry, we built upon that solid foundation to provide a new benchark of reliability. The 80GB compressed single cartridge capacity is ideally suited for networked NT servers in small to medium size businesses and individual RISC-based high performance workstations. Designed with automation in mind, the Benchmark DLT1 drive provides soft unload capability and is perfectly matched with the Benchmark DLT7 autoloader as an ideal automation product. Its backup speed of over 20GB per hour fits within most IT professionals’ available backup windows. Add Benchmark DLTtape™IV media and you will own a steadfast DLT backup and restore solution — at a DDS price!

Benchmark DLT1 - Functional / Technical Specifications
Performance Specifications		Sustained Transfer Rate: 3 Mb/sec (native) 6 Mb/sec (compressed)
		Burst Transfer Rate: Synchronous 20 MB/sec
		Capacity: 40 Gb (native) 80 Gb (compressed) Actual capacity and transfer rate is highly dependent on data type
		Average File Access: 68 seconds
		Interface: Wide Ultra SCSI Low Voltage Differential (LVD)

Format Specifications		Recording Format: 168 tracks (84 logical track pairs)
		Recording Density: 123Kbpi
		Track Density: 336 tpi
		Encoding Method: RLL 1, 7
		Data Compression: DLZ

Reliability Specifications		MTBF: over 200,000 hours
		Head Life: over 30,000 hours
		Uncorrected Error Rate: 1 x 10¹⁷ bits read
		Undetected Error Rate: 1 x 10²⁷ bits read

Physical Specifications Internal Configuration		Internal Dimensions – inches (mm): Height: 3.40 (86.36) Width: 5.75 (144.8) Length: 7.99 (202.95) Weight – pounds (kg): 2.9 (1.32)
Physical Specifications External Configuration		Enclosure Dimensions – inches (mm): Height: 3.94 (100.08) Width: 8.38 (212.85) Length: 10.44 (277.88) Weight – pounds (kg): 8.7 (3.94)

Environmental Limits		Operating Limits: Temperature F (C): 50 to 104 (10 to 40) Non-condensing Humidity: 20% to 80% Altitude (maximum): 30,000 feet
		:Non-operating Limits: Temperature F (C): -40 to 151 (-40 to 66) Non-condensing Humidity: 10% to 95% Altitude (maximum): 30,000 feet
		Power Specifications: Voltage (DC): +5v, +12v Power Consumption (typical): 15 watts

Media Format and Compatibility		Benchmark DLTtape IV: 40 GB native capacity
		Benchmark DLT Cleaning Tape: 20 uses
		Read Compatible with the DLT 4000 format

Media Life / Durability		Archive Storage: 30 years with less than 5% loss in demagnetization (@20 o C and 40% non-condensing humidity)
		Durability: 1,000,000 head passes

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