User`s guide

Chapter 1 Introduction and Quick Start Installation
Features
4 DDS-4/DAT 72 User’s Guide
• State-of-the-art sealed drive mechanism and tape handling
components for improved immunity to airborne contaminants and
extended media lifeAudience
Applications 1 The DAT 72 and DDS-4 drives are ideal for workstation, server, and
network/enterprise applications. These applications include, but are not
limited to:
• Backup of high-capacity fixed discs
• Data interchange between systems
• Network servers
• Online data collection
• Near-line secondary storage for all types of text, graphics, or
multimedia information
• Archival storage
Capacity and
Transfer Rates
Table 1 DDS-4 and
DAT 72 Capacity and
Transfer Rates
Characteristics DDS-2* DDS-3 DDS-4
DDS 5th
Generation**
Tape Length (meters) 120 125 150 170
Native Capacity
(Gbytes)
4122036
COmpressed Capacity
(Gbytes)
8244072
Native Transfer Rate
(Mbytes/sec)
1.375 2.75 2.75 3.5
*Applies to DDs-4 drives only
**Applies to DAT 72 drives only