Sun StorageTek T9940B Tape Drive

Sun StorageTek T9940B Tape Drive

$39,500. (US)

Specifications

This product has reached end-of-life and is no longer orderable. It is superceded by the next generation Sun StorageTek T10000 Tape Drive.

Exceptional capacity combined with high performance makes the T9940B an ideal solution for IT environments with increasing data and shrinking backup windows.


Key Specifications

  • Store up to 200 gigabytes of uncompressed data on a single cartridge at performance rates as high as 30 megabytes per second
  • Single reel form factor with a leader block along with heavy-duty shell are designed for high reliability
  • Tape media investment is protected by re-using existing T9940A-written media
  • Supports Sun’s StorageTek VolSafe secure media technology providing a non-erasable, non-rewritable tape media for archiving critical data
Performance
Access Time*
Tape load and thread to ready
18 sec (formatted)

Average file access time (first file) 41 sec

Average access time 59 sec

Maximum/average rewind time 90/45 sec

Unload time 18 sec

Data transfer rate, native (uncompressed) 30 MB/sec

Data transfer rate, native (compressed) 70 MB/sec
Capacity
Capacity, native (uncompressed) 200 GB
Availability
Mean time between failures (MTBF) Power on
  • 290,000 hr @ 100% duty cycle
Tape load
  • 240,000 hr @ 10 loads/day (100,000 loads)
Tape path motion
  • 196,000 hr @ 70% TPM duty cycle
Head life
  • 8.5 yr @ 70% TPM duty cycle
Uncorrected bit error rate
  • 1x10-18
Undetected bit error rate
  • 1x10-33
Compatibility
Interface 2-Gb Fibre Channel, ESCON, ESCON for VSM, 2-Gb FICON for FICON and FICON express channels

Burst transfer rate Channel rate (Fibre Channel)
  • 200 MB/sec (maximum instantaneous)
Interface
  • (Fibre Channel) N & NL port, FC-PLDA (Hard and soft AL-PA capability), FC-AL-2 FCP-2, FC-TAPE

Read/write compatibility interface Proprietary format

Emulation modes Native, T9940A, 3490E, 3590
Mechanical
Height 3.25 (8.25 cm)

Depth 25.0 in (63.5 cm)
Environmental
Temperature Operating
  • +59° to +90° F (+15° to +32° C)
Non-operating
  • +59° to +90° F (+15° to +32° C)

Relative humidity Operating
  • 20%–80%
Non-operating
  • 10%–95%
Power
Voltage 100–240 VAC @ 50–60 Hz

Power consumption/dissipation (operating maximum continuous — not peak) 82 VA/280 BTU/hr
Notes
Notes * The actions of the tape drive can be divided into four distinct phases: Phase 1: Load time — the amount of time required to insert a cartridge in the drive, load the tape and prepare to read, write or search. Phase 2: Average file access time — the amount of time required to search from the beginning of the tape to the midpoint; does not include load time. Phase 3: Maximum rewind time — the amount of time required to rewind the tape from the end to the beginning of the tape. The average rewind time is the time to rewind a tape from the midpoint to the beginning, i.e. one-half of the maximum rewind time. Phase 4: Unload time — the amount of time required to eject the cartridge from the drive.