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Exabyte's 8700SW provides reliable, affordable 8mm storage and retrieval for your PC or LAN. This powerful backup solution includes a CD-ROM with Cheyenne Software's ARCserve for Windows NT or Netware, or Cheyenne Backup for Windows 95. Features 14-gigabyte capacity*, 60-megabyte-per-minute* transfer rates. Includes media, cabling, and documentation. Two-year, extendible warranty, worldwide support.
 
Typical application: Entry-level NetWare and NT networks.

The best backup value for Windows NT, NetWare and Windows 95 systems, Exabyte 8700SW includes everything needed for quick, easy network installation.

Consistently reliable, compatible and economical, Exabyte tape drives integrate easily into virtually any system architecture. Exabyte has shipped more 8mm tape drives than any other company and today the installed base of Exabyte tape drives and libraries exceeds one million units. The world's leading computer manufacturers and resellers acknowledge Exabyte as the premiere provider of tape storage technologies.
 

          Exabyte 8700SW 8mm Tape Drive
          Features

 
FEATURE                                                                                                         BENEFIT
Cheyenne Software on CD-ROM Award-winning software to custom fit your environment 
Complete ready-to-use system  Fast, easy integration 
Multi-media demonstration package  Quick and comprehensive training 
Part of the Exabyte 8mm product family  Compatible with an installed base of more than one million drives and libraries 
Two-year, extendible warranty  Dependability and low cost of ownership
 
 
Product Specifications
         Capacity 
         14 GB, compressed 
         7 GB, uncompressed 
       Read and Write Formats 
       Read and write: 8500 series and 8500c series 
       Read: 8200 series 
         Performance 
         Transfer rate, sustained: 
            1 MB per second, compressed 
            .5 MB per second, uncompressed 
         Transfer rate, burst: 
            2.5 MB per second, asynchronous 
            5 MB per second, synchronous 
         Search rate: 
            39 MB per second, compressed 
            19 MB per second, uncompressed 
       Environmental 
       Operating temperature: 
           10 ° C to 40 ° C (50° F to 104° F) 
       Nonoperating temperature: 
           - 40° C to 60° C (-40° F to 140° F) 
       Relative humidity, noncondensing, operating: 
           20% to 80% 
         Interface 
         SCSI-2, embedded 
         Single-ended 
       Power 
       Universal auto-switching 
       (90/240 VAC) 
         Buffer size 
         1 MB 
       Dimensions (HxWxD) 
          2.5 in. x 6.3 in. x 9.8 in. 
          6.3 cm x 15.9 cm x 24.8 cm 
       Shipping package: 
           8.1 in. x 10.5 in. x 13.4 in. 
           20.6 cm x 26.7 cm x 34.0 cm 
         Data Integrity 
         BER < 1 in 1017 
         Reed-Solomon ECC 
         Onboard error recovery 
       Weight 
           1.9 lbs./.85 kg. 
       Shipping weight: 
           6.5 lbs./2.9 kg. 
         Reliability 
         MTBF: 160,000 hours 
         Read-after-write verification 
       Agency Certifications 
       UL, CSA, VDE, IEC, FCC, TUV, CISPR 
         Recording Method 
         8mm helical scan 
* "Compressed" specifications assume a 2:1 compression ratio.
Compression capacity and throughput will vary dependent upon type of data.
All specifications are subject to change without notice.
 

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