The IBM 7206 Model VX2 External Tape Drive is a stand-alone, SCSI, VXA-2 streaming tape drive that attaches externally to the IBM eServer iSeries, pSeries, and RS/6000 families of workstations and servers. The 7206 Model VX2 External Tape Drive writes data to tape using a Discrete Packet Format. The tape drive provides a media capacity of up to 80 GB (160 GB with 2:1 compression) data storage per cartridge. It has a sustained data transfer rate of up to 6.0 MB per second.

Model Highlights 7206-VX2

The IBM 7206 Model VX2 External Tape Drive is a large-capacity tape drive that writes data to tape using a Discrete Packet Format and features:

• Increased tape capacity of up to four times that of the 7206 Model 220 -- up to 80 GB native per cartridge (160 GB with 2:1 compression)
• A higher data transfer rate -- up to 6.0 MB per second (12.0 MB per second with compression)
• Data formatted in packets with variable speed scan
• Multiple data packet scan in one single tape pass

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