5.4 Cartridge Fill Times Performance Results
Figures 5.1-5.2 summarize fill time and sustained transfer rate statistics of the IBM Ultrium 2
and IBM Ultrium 1 tape drives. The charts show the following statistics for the comparison:
y IBM Ultrium 2 with Ultrium 2 media
y IBM Ultrium 2 with Ultrium 1 media
y IBM Ultrium 1 with Ultrium 1 media
Figure 5.1 shows that the IBM Ultrium 2 is faster at filling both the double capacity Ultrium 2
media as well as the Ultrium 1 media.
Figure 5.1: Cartridge Fill Times (non-compressible data)
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