Sony SDT-9000 Series User Manual page 4

SDT-9000/BM DDS-3 Tape Drive
Conglatulation on your purchase of the Sony DDS-3 drive SDT-9000/BM.
This drive is a high capacity data storage device using 4mm DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
technology. The SDT-9000/BM drive achieves high data reliability through Read-After-Write,
an additional level of Error Correction Code, and other features.
The Sony SDT-9000/BM drive stores data on tape using a standard format called DDS
(Digital! Data Storage), DDS-3, DDS-2, DDS-DC and DCLZ formats. These formats are used by
many other DDS tape drive manufacturers, providing a broad range of compatible tape drives.
The Sony SDT-9000/BM is fully READ and WRITE compatible with the DDS-3, DDS-2, DDS
and DDS-DC format tapes.
The SDT-9000/BM has the 5.25" Sony standard color bezel (default set) and can have the
5.25" AT-Gray or 3.5" Sony standard color bezel by replacing with the enclosed bezel.