HP Interface Manager and Command View for Tape Libraries 3.7 User Guide
The TapeAssure drive performance tab lists:
• Serial Number—The serial number of the drive. This is a static value and will change if a drive
has been replaced. Use the serial number when contacting HP support.
• Drive Type—The drive type including generation and interface type.
• Library SN (or Hostname)—The HP serial number that uniquely identifies the library. Defined
at manufacture, this is the number to quote when contacting HP support.
• Media Transfer Rate—The transfer rate of the data, after compression, transferred to/from the
tape since the last load.
• Estimated Host Transfer Rate—The estimated transfer rate of the host averaged over the data
transferred to/from the tape since the last load.
• Write Compression Ratio —The average write compression ratio of the data written to tape
since the last load.
• Read Compression Ratio—The average read compression ratio of the data read from tape
since the last load.
• Last Sample Time—The local time when the key data was written to the database.
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