Introduction; Before You Begin - Seagate STD224000N - DAT Scorpion 24 Tape Drive Installation Manual

Seagate DAT Drive Installation Manual

Introduction

This installation manual contains information on how to
install and operate Seagate digital audio tape (DAT)
drives. This manual covers DAT drives that support the
DDS (digital data storage), DDS-DC (digital data storage
data compression), DDS-2 and DDS-3 tape formats.
The following table identifies the Seagate DAT drive
models covered by this manual and the tape formats that
they support.
Format DDS
Capacity 2 Gbytes
4320NT
3.5-inch
CTD2004H-S
internal
models
STD12000N
4320RT
5.25-inch
CTD2004R-S
internal
STD22000N
models
4350XT
External
CTD2004E-S
models
STD62000N
* Typical capacity, assuming 2:1 data compression. Native capacity is
one half these values.

Before you begin

!
Caution. To avoid data loss, you must clean the
drive heads using a DDS head-cleaning cartridge
after every 25 hours of read/write operation and
whenever the green, cartridge-status LED flashes
during operation.
DDS-DC DDS-2
4* Gbytes 8* Gbytes
4324NP 4326NP
CTD4004H-S CTD8000H-S
STD14000N STD18000N
4324RP 4326RP
CTD4004R-S CTD8000R-S
STD24000N STD28000N
4324XP 4326XP
CTD4004E-S CTD8000E-S
STD64000N STD68000N
1
DDS-3
24* Gbytes
STD124000N
STD224000N
STD624000N