<s>
Storage	B-Application
Technology	I-Application
Corporation	I-Application
(	O
marketing	O
as	O
'	O
StorageTek	B-Application
 '	O
[	O
one	O
word ]	O
)	O
created	O
several	O
magnetic	B-Architecture
tape	I-Architecture
data	I-Architecture
storage	I-Architecture
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
commonly	O
used	O
with	O
large	O
computer	O
systems	O
,	O
typically	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
a	O
robotic	B-Device
tape	I-Device
library	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
StorageTek	B-Application
primarily	O
competed	O
with	O
IBM	O
in	O
this	O
market	O
,	O
and	O
continued	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
after	O
its	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
in	O
2005	O
and	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
form	O
factor	O
has	O
proven	O
to	O
work	O
well	O
with	O
stand	O
alone	O
drives	O
and	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
automated	O
tape	B-Device
libraries	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
StorageTek	B-Application
9840	O
,	O
9940	O
and	O
T10000	O
drives	O
are	O
all	O
serpentine	O
recording	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
StorageTek	B-Application
SD3	O
drive	O
was	O
different	O
,	O
being	O
based	O
upon	O
a	O
modified	O
video	O
recording	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
StorageTek	B-Application
9840	O
series	O
of	O
drives	O
used	O
a	O
relatively	O
unusual	O
dual	O
tape	O
hub	O
mechanism	O
within	O
the	O
3480	O
format	O
shell	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
familiar	O
audio	O
tape	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
made	O
the	O
loading	O
or	O
threading	O
of	O
the	O
tape	O
into	O
the	O
drive	O
very	O
fast	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
useful	O
in	O
business	O
applications	O
-	O
and	O
the	O
drive	O
price	O
was	O
very	O
high	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
the	O
contemporary	O
LTO	B-Operating_System
drive	I-Operating_System
,	O
despite	O
having	O
one	O
fifth	O
of	O
its	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Format	O
Release	O
date	O
Native/raw	O
data	O
capacity	O
(	O
GB	O
)	O
Data	O
rate	O
(	O
MB/s	O
)	O
Load	O
time	O
(	O
s	O
)	O
Reel	O
configuration	O
Announcement	O
4480	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Drives	O
used	O
ESCON	B-Device
,	O
FICON	B-Architecture
,	O
Fibre	B-Architecture
Channel	I-Architecture
,	O
or	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
interfaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
T10000	O
is	O
the	O
latest	O
Oracle/Sun	O
StorageTek	O
tape	O
drive	O
and	O
cartridge	O
product	O
line	O
for	O
mainframe	O
and	O
open	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
model	O
,	O
the	O
T10000	O
,	O
had	O
a	O
native	B-Device
capacity	I-Device
of	O
500	O
GB	O
and	O
a	O
native	B-Device
transfer	O
rate	O
of	O
120	O
MB/s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
T10000D	O
drive	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
September	O
2013	O
with	O
a	O
native	B-Device
,	O
non-compressed	O
8.5	O
TB	O
capacity	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
T10000	O
T2	O
cartridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
continue	O
to	O
feature	O
the	O
model	O
T10000D	O
on	O
their	O
website	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
select	O
models	O
of	O
StorageTek	B-Application
robotic	B-Device
tape	I-Device
libraries	I-Device
,	O
but	O
Oracle	B-Application
has	O
adopted	O
LTO-8	B-Operating_System
tape	O
drives	O
for	O
future	O
capacity	O
expansion	O
on	O
many	O
of	O
their	O
automated	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
