Digital linear tape
Digital Linear Tape (DLT) is a de facto standard for magnetic tape technology used for computer data storage.
A variant with higher capacity has the code-name Super DLT (SDLT).
Manufacturers of cartridges for the DLT market include:
| Standard
| Capacity (GB)
| Interface
| Speed (MB/s)
| Date
| Media
|
| DLT2000
| 15
| SCSI
| 1.25
| 1993
| DLTII
|
| DLT4000
| 20
| SCSI
| 1.5
| 1994
| DLTIII
|
| DLT7000
| 35
| SCSI
| 5
| 1996
| DLTIV
|
| SDLT 220
| 110
| Ultra-2
| 10
| 1998
| SDLT I
|
| DLT8000
| 40
| SCSI
| 6
| 1999
| DLTIV
|
| SDLT 320
| 160
| Ultra-2/Ultra-3
| 16
| 2003
| SDLT I
|
| SDLT 600
| 300
| Ultra-320/Fibre channel
| 40
| 2004
| SDLT II
|
| SDLT 1280
| 640
|
| 50
| 2005
| SDLT III
|
| SDLT 2400
| 1200
|
| 100
| 2006
| SDLT IV
|
