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The Standard in

High Performance

Tape Technology

9840 Tape Technology

StorageTek

T9840 Tape Drive Family

T9840B Technology

Performance to Match the Demands of Data

In today’s online environment, every second
counts and every bit of data matters. Issues
of speed, reliability, versatility, and cost
are extremely important when managing
access-critical applications. StorageTek 9840
Tape Drives are the proven drives to keep
critical information in your control and at
your fingertips.

Fast Access Design is Ideal for
HSM Applications

Optical connectivity and dual-port design
allow for all switch and hub topologies.
Not only does this design make device
sharing and high availability applications
easy to implement, there’s no need for
extra hardware to do it.

Extreme Reliability

StorageTek 9840 tape drives can easily support
numerous applications and platforms, while
simplifying storage management. Duty cycle
performance and optimum data integrity mean
less downtime, fewer mechanical constraints,
and reduced tape handling.

Controlling Data — Leveraging Investments

With today’s tightening IT budgets, it’s
never been more important to protect your
equipment. StorageTek is all about protecting
the investments needed to be successful.
Our broad compatibility and advanced Adaptive
Media Technology (AMT) allow for convenient
mixing of media and drives within libraries
to improve control, balance performance,
save space, reduce costs and manage the
ever-growing amounts of information.

• Achieves 19 MB/s, the fastest transfer rates

of any enterprise tape technology for
optimum performance and time savings.

• 20 GB native (40– 80 GB compressed)

9840 tape cartridge is designed for both
the 9840 and T9840B drives.

• Unprecedented power allows it to do

the work of multiple mid-range systems.

• World’s first native 2 Gbit fibre channel

interface. Directly attaches to SANs and
hosts without the cost of additional
adapters.

• Unprecedented durability and enterprise-

strength reliability to perform more than
16 hours a day.

• Choice of Fibre, SCSI or ESCON interfaces

provides attachment across all environments
from mainframe to Unix and NT.

Timeline

9840 technology
introduced

10 MB/s native transfer rate

20 GB native capacity,

20011998

T9840B drive
introduced

Increased native transfer rate
to 19 MB/s while using the
existing 9840 cartridge