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Fujitsu M2488E 3480/3490/3490e Tape Drive Specifications

Model

M2488E
Data
Transfer
Rate

 Host
Drive/controller

20 Mb/s max. (asynchronous mode)
10 Mb/s max. (synchronous mode)
3.0 MB/s (sustained - uncompressed)
9.0 MB/s (sustained - 3:1 compression)
Host Interface

ANSI Standard SCSI-2 (ANSI X3.133.131-1994)
Data buffer capacity

2 MB (Protected by CRC)
Tape speed

Nominal: 2.0 m/s (78.6 IPS)
Search Mode: 4 m/s (157.2 IPS)

Recording density

75,742 bpi
Recording capacity *1

1.2 GB with 545 feet (single) length tape ane EDRC
2.4 GB with 1100 feet (double) length tape and EDRC
Recording method

36-Track DD-NRZI (18-track Serpentine)
Number of tracks

18 (IBM read compatibility)
18 (industry accepted write feature)
36 (read/write)
Load/unload time

13 sec. (typical)
Rewind time (typical)

55 sec. (typical) single length tape
100 sec. (typical) double length tape

Physical Specifications

Model

Drive

ACL

10 Cartridge Mag

Dimensions

Height
Width
Depth

 127 mm
(5.0 In.)
 217 mm
(8.5 in)
 400mm
(15.74 in)

 127 mm
(5.0 in)
 217 mm
(8.5 in)
 226 mm
(8.9 in)

 388 mm
(15.3 in)
 128 mm
(5.0 in)
 139 mm
(5.5 In)
Weight

12 kg
(26.5 lb.) Max

5.1 kg
(11.2 lb.) Max

  
Mean time to repair (MTTR)

Less than 30 min
Mean time between failures (MTBF)

50,000 hours
Available variations of the M2488 model "E": M2488E, M2488E1, M2488E2, M2488E3, M2488E4, M2488EA, M2488EA1, M2488EA2, M2488EA3, M2488EA4, M2488EF, M2488EF1, M2488EF2, M2488EF3, M2488EF4.

 
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