Dds Cartridge Compatibility; Write-Protecting A Cartridge - Seagate Scorpion 40 Installation Manual

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DDS cartridge compatibility

Seagate Scorpion 40 drives are designed to use data-grade
DDS cartridges, which comply with ANSI specifications listed
in the "3.81 mm Helical-Scan Digital Computer Tape
Cartridge for Information Interchange," ANSI X3B5/89-156
standard. The drive supports 90-meter DDS-1 media, but not
60-meter DDS-1 media.
To ensure optimal data integrity and reliability, Seagate
recommends using the following DDS cartridges:
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MRS cartridges have a series of alternate opaque and clear
stripes at the beginning of the tape. These stripes classify the
media as data-grade.

Write-protecting a cartridge

Figure 12 shows how to write-protect or write-enable a DDS tape
using the sliding write-protect tab. You can only write data to the
tape when the tab is in the write-enabled (closed) position.
Figure 12
Write-protect tab on a DDS cartridge
Model M34000
(DDS-2: 120 meters; 4-Gbyte native capacity)
Model STDM24G
(DDS-3: 125 meters; 12-Gbyte native capacity)
Model STDM40
(DDS-4: 150 meters; 20-Gbyte native capacity)
Write enabled
Scorpion 40 Installation Manual, Rev. A
Write protected