Overview And Features; Overview; Front View Of Tape Drive - HP 5243 Installation And User Manual

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Overview and Features

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Overview

Features
Overview
The tape drive is designed for file backup and archive applications for NonStop
servers. It comes in a tabletop configuration and has built-in power-on-self-test (POST)
diagnostics.
The tape drive uses a DAT72 drive and is designed to use a 170-meter DAT72 tape
cartridge. The tape drive is also backward compatible with the DDS-3 tape format. It is
not backward compatible with DDS-2 or DDS-1 tape formats.
Figure 1-1. Front View of Tape Drive
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