CY-8960: Cybernetics 60-180GB, 8mm, External tape drive, LVD (CY8960) ______________________________________________________________ The revolutionary new CY-8960 tape drives were specifically designed as IT quality, high duty cycle data recording devices that will deliver top performance, day in and day out, for today's most demanding storage applications. The CY-8960 can store 60GB on a single 8mm AME tape at 12 MB/s, uncompressed. With the drive's built-in data compression feature, capacity can increase to 180GB at up to 36MB/s. Innovative drive features include a larger scanner with more recording heads, faster head-to-tape speed, a Dynamic Head Cleaner, adaptive data buffering and support of tape partitions. Add unparalleled reliability with a MTBF of 300,000 hours, and the CY-8960 is the clear choice for protection of your most valuable data resources. AME 8mm technology offers an excellent upgrade path—a single drive is scalable to dual and library configurations, and many of our tape libraries are themselves expandable. The CY-8960 is backward read compatible with the previous generation CY-8900, which offers 20-40GB of capacity and 3-6MB/second transfer rates—with all the benefits of AME 8mm tape media. CY-8960 tapes feature SmartClean with a section of head cleaning tape built right into the data cartridge to ensure that both the tape and tape path are free of any debris that might jeopardize data integrity and drive performance.