The Dell PowerVault 110T DLT VS 80 Drive is a high-reliability, high-capacity linear streaming cartridge tape drive designed for use on entry to midrange computing platforms. With a combination of data compression and compaction, the tape drive offers a formatted cartridge capacity of up to 40 GB (80 GB assuming a 2:1 compression ratio) and a sustained user data transfer rate of up to 3 MBps (up to 6 MBps with 2:1 compression). The drive features a 5.25-inch, half-height form factor and uses half-inch tape. Its design includes a dual-channel read/write head, Lempel-Ziv (DLZ) high-efficiency hardware data compression, and tape-mark directory to achieve fast data throughput and data access times. The drive is read/write-compatible with the DLT1 format and read-compatible with the DLT4000 format using DLTtape IV cartridges.