Tape Drive Comparison and Backward Compatibilty Rent IT provide rental hire and lease of a variety of stand alone tape drive units based on either Ultrium or DLT technologies. The information below tabulates storge size and performance of our stocked models. Tape Drive Comparison Drive Type Native Compressed Internal Buffer File access   Capacity & Transfer Capacity & Transfer MB Seconds Ultrium LTO-4 800GB at 120MB/s 1.6TB at 240MB/s 128 62 Ultrium LTO-3 400GB at 80MB/s 800GB at 160MB/s 128 68 Ultrium LTO-2 200GB at 24MB/s 400GB at 48MB/s 64 49 SDLT 600 300GB at 36MB/s 600GB at 72MB/s 64 79 SDLT 320 160GB at 16MB/s 320GB at 32MB/s 64 70 DLT 8000 (40/80) 40GB at 6MB/s 80GB at 12MB/s 8 60 Tape drives usually have a limited backward compatibilty to previous generations of tape formats. The Ultrium range can normall read and write 1 generation back and can read only 2 generations previous. This information is provided below as a guide to our clients. Tape Drive Backward Compatibility Drive Type Read & Write Compatibilty Read only Compatibility Native Tape Type Ultrium LTO-4 LTO-3 (unencryted) LTO-2 LTO 4 800/1600 GB data cartridge Ultrium LTO-3 LTO-2 LTO-1 LTO 3 400/800 GB data cartridge Ultrium LTO-2 LTO-1   LTO 2 200/400 GB data cartridge SDLT 600   SDLT 320, SDLT 220 and DLT VS160 SDLT tape II SDLT 320 SDLT 220. DLT 8000, DLT 7000, DLT 4000, DLT1 & DLT VS80 SDLT tape 1 SDLT 220   DLT 8000, DLT 7000, DLT 4000, DLT1 & DLT VS 80 SDLT tape 1 DLT 8000 (40/80) DLT 7000, DLT 4000, DLT 2000XT & DLT 2000   DLT tape IV DLT 7000 DLT 4000, DLT 2000XT & DLT 2000     DLT 4000 DLT 2000XT & DLT 2000     Quick Links Desktop Computer Rental UK Apple Rental TFT Monitor Rental Printer / Plotter Rental Shuttle SD32 core 2 duo E6600 PC desktop PC rental Apple Mac Pro dual quad 8 core 2.26GHz Apple Cinema HD display 30 inch HP Designjet 4000 A0 Shuttle SB75 P4 3.2GHz PC desktop PC rental Apple Mac Pro dual quad 8 core 3GHz Apple Cinema HD display 23 inch HP Designjet 1050c Plus A0 Shuttle SP35P2 Q9400 quad core desktop PC rental Apple Mac Pro dual dual 4 core 3GHz Apple Cinema display 20 inch HP Designjet 800 A1 Basic Office Shuttle PC hire Apple Mac Pro dual dual 2.66Ghz Mirai DTL-632E500 32" LCD HP Designjet 500 42 inch 4u rackmount E6600 core 2 duo PC Apple iMac 24 inch AG Neovo E-W22 22" widescreen TFT HP Designjet 500 A1 2u rack 2 cpu 5440 quad core server sas Apple iMac 20 inch NEC 2170 21 inch TFT HP Designjet 510 A1 2u rack 2 cpu 5140 dual core server Apple Macbook Pro 17 inch NEC 1970 19 inch TFT HP Photosmart Pro B9180 A3 Inkjet 2u rack 2 cpu 5440 quad core sata server Apple Macbook Pro 15 inch AG Neovo 17DA 17 inch TFT HP 4600dn A4 laserjet colour Workstation hire 2 cpu 5140 dual core Apple Mac Mini 2.0 Ghz AG Neovo X-17AV 17 inch TFT Xerox Phaser 6110N A4 colour laserjet Workstation hire 2 cpu 5540 quad core Apple Cinema HD display 30 inch NEC 15 inch TFT HP 2015dn A4 laserjet mono Apple Cinema HD display 23 inch Apple Cinema display 20 inch Laptop Rental Scanner Rental Video Projector Rental Tape Storage Rental Lenovo R61 Intel Core 2 duo Colortrac Gxt 42e A0+ large format Acer P5260 projector rental Avante Digital AV-Stor DT5S NEC Versa P570 core 2 duo Colortrac Gx 25c A1 large format Projector screen on tripod HP 1840 Ultrium LTO 4 tape drive Economy Laptop Fujitsu FI-5900c A3 duplex ADF HP 960 Ultrium LTO 3 tape drive 3G GPRS data card Fujitsu FI-5530c A3 duplex ADF HP 460 Ultrium LTO 2 tape drive Fujitsu FI-5120c A4 duplex ADF Quantum SDLT 600 tape drive Epson GT20000 A3 flatbed Tandberg SDLT 320 tape drive HP / Quantum DLT 80 tape drive UPS Rental Network Rental Peripheral Rental Liebert GXT1000 2u 1KVA Netgear JGS516UK 16 port Gigabit Digi Acceleport XP / Xp 920 8 port Liebert GXT2000 2u 2KVA 3com 3300 24 port 10/100 Digi Acceleport Xem 16 port Liebert GXT3000 2u 3KVA 3com 3300 12 port 10/100 Edgeport/4 4 way RS232 DB9 3com Officeconnect 8 port Edgeport/8 4 way RS232 DB9 Netgear RP614 router Edgeport/416 16 way RS232 DB9 Digi Etherlite 160 16 port RS232 Black Box CAT5 video splitter Tx Black Box CAT5 video remote Rx Back Box VGA video splitter 4 way Rates Pages General About Showcase and applications Computer rental London About Rent IT - History Animation Workstation & Rendering Node PC server and laptop Benchmarks Apple mac rental Birmingham Enquiry Form Apple mac rental from Rent IT Printer Comparison Table Laptop rental Liverpool Contact Us Film prop hire Document Scanner Comparison Table Monitor rental Leeds Delivery Apple computer rental from Rent IT Video Capture PC Printer rental Dundee Services Printer rental and plotter rental Newsletter extension on Storage media Projector rental Sheffield News Laptop rental and notebook rental Survey Data Acquisition and Processing Scanner rental Bristol Newsletters Alternatives to scanning services A0 A1 A2 A3 A4 paper sizes Storage rental Manchester Useful links Monitor rental from Rent IT Printer Ink and Toner usage UPS rental Leicester Terms Projector rental from Rent IT Apple Mac benchmarks Peripheral rental Coventry Website Map Uninterruptible power supply rental Computer leasing Home Computer rental from Rent IT Laptop leasing Video Prop Rental High End Graphics worksation rental Apple leasing Custom Rackmount PC Sale Cad Workstation rental IT leasing Frequently asked questions Computer rental for training courses Scanner leasing First Point Assessment ( FPAL ) Computer tv video prop rental Retired rental products CPV common procurement vocabulary codes IT useful information DLT SDLT LTO Ultrium Rental Film prop hire Hire laptop uk Regus Triton Isis Triton imaging rackmount rental