Manufacturer: IBM Corporation
Manufacturer Part Number: 7206-VX2
Manufacturer Website Address: http://www.ibm.com
Brand Name: IBM
Product Name: 7206 VXA-2 External Tape Drive
Marketing Information:
The IBM 7206 Model VX2 External Tape Drive is a stand-alone, SCSI, VXA-2 streaming tape drive that attaches externally to the IBM eServer iSeries, pSeries, and RS/6000 families of workstations and servers. The 7206 Model VX2 External Tape Drive writes data to tape using a Discrete Packet Format. The tape drive provides a media capacity of up to 80 GB (160 GB with 2:1 compression) data storage per cartridge. It has a sustained data transfer rate of up to 6.0 MB per second.
Product Type: Tape Drive
Technical Information
Drive Type: VXA-2
Compressed Storage Capacity: 160 GB
Native Storage Capacity: 80 GB
Recording Method: Helical Scan
Drive Performance
Maximum Native Data Transfer Rate: 6 MB/s
Maximum Compressed Data Transfer Rate: 12 MB/s
Storage Media
Formats Supported: VXA-2 (Read/Write)
Interfaces/Ports
Host Interface: SCSI
Physical Characteristics
Form Factor: External
Height: 2.2″
Width: 9.8″
Depth: 10.8″
Weight (Approximate): 7.50 lb