Modes Of Operation - ADIC DAT 160 Installation And Operating Manual

and replace it with the same or equivalent type cassette. See Cleaning the Drive
Head, later in this manual.
After 24 hours of head-tape motion since the last cleaning the
LEDs will flash amber in unison. This flashing in unison is the
Media Caution signal.

Modes of Operation

The DAT Autochanger has two modes of operation. When used in random access
mode the DAT Autochanger allows your backup software to access any cassette in
the magazine randomly. This permits you to logically divide cassette usage to satisfy
particular storage needs. For example, you may assign one or more cassettes to
specific data functions such as certain directories or network servers, or you may
assign cassettes to individual users. Sequential access mode operates the DAT
Autochanger as a stacker. Your backup software will write the data to each of the
cassettes sequentially starting with the first one.
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