Chapter 5 Specifications
Reliability
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Injected Noise 5 The internal drive operates without degradation of error rates with 100
mV of noise injected between the chassis and 0 V at the power connector
at any frequency between 45 Hz and 20 MHz.
Reliability 5
The LTO-3 Tape Drive is designed for maximum reliability and data
integrity. Table 10
summarizes the reliability specifications.
Humidity gradient 10% per hour 10% per hour
Altitude max 10,000 feet MSL
(at 25°C)
40,000 feet (power off)
Shock (1/2 sine wave) 10 Gs peak, 11 msec 40 Gs peak, 11 msec
Vibration (sweep test) 0.005 inches DA (5-43 Hz)
0.50 G peak (43–1000 Hz)
sweep rate 5-1000Hz;
1.0 octave per minute
0.1 inches (5-–15Hz)
1.0 G (15–500 Hz)
1.0 octave per minute
Acoustic level idling
(A-wt sum)
52 dBA maximum 5.0 LwA Bels —
Acoustic level operational
(A-wt sum)
57 dBA maximum 5.5 LwA Bels —
Specification Operational Non-operational
