Dds Tape Drive And Data Cassette Descriptions; Dds Drive; Storage Capacities - HP C160 Owner's Manual

DDS Tape Drive and Data Cassette Descriptions

This section describes basic information needed for using your DDS tape
drive and data cassettes.

DDS Drive

Your DDS tape drive is either a DDS-DC (early or later model) or a DDS-2
tape drive with a 3.5-inch form factor, data compression, and a narrow sin-
gle-ended SCSI interface. Both drives incorporate data compression capabil-
ity and are high-capacity, high transfer-rate devices for data storage on tape.
With compression, the DDS-DC drives can store up to 4 GB of data on a 90
meter tape and the DDS-2 drive can store up to 8 GB of data on a 120 meter
tape.

Storage Capacities

The maximum storage capacities of different DDS drives with and without
data compression are shown in the following tables;
Table 7 DDS Tape Drive Capacities Without Data Compression
Table 8 DDS Tape Drive Capacities With Data Compression
Full Height 5 1/4
Tape Length
DDS Tape Drive
60 meter 1.3 GB
90 meter Not Supported
120 meter Not Supported
Full Height 5 1/4
Tape Length
DDS Tape Drive
60 meter 2.6 GB
90 meter Not Supported
120 meter Not Supported
Using Your Digital Data Storage (DDS) Tape Drive
DDS Tape Drive and Data Cassette Descriptions
DDS-DC
Tape Drives
1.3 GB
2.0 GB
Not Supported
DDS-DC
Tape Drives
2.6 GB
4.0 GB
Not Supported
DDS-2
Tape Drive
1.3 GB
2.0 GB
4.0 GB
DDS-2
Tape Drive
2.6 GB
4.0 GB
8.0 GB
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