[Gllug] DAT Drives

[Leigh Mason]

hi

i found this from an assignment i did earlier this year, i did some research
on DAT  and Digital Data Storage (DDS) storage devices (the later format).
thought it might be handy.

DDS drives use a 4 mm magnetic tape and a helical scan recording process
similar to that of videocassette recorders.

LaCie DDS3
Using up to eight 125 m DDS3 tape cartridges loaded in removable magazine,
the LaCie DDS3 autoloader offers a maximum storage capacity of 96 GB without
compression. Depending on application software, an 8 cartridge magazine can
be set so that one cartridge is designated as a cleaning cartridge while the
other seven are used as recording media. This way of application will allow
the LaCie DDS3 autoloader to have a total capacity of typically 168 GB with
data compression.
It achieves high data reliability through read-after-write, an additional
level of Error Correction Code and other features.

hth

leigh mason


> From: "Warwick Harvey" <warwick.harvey at btinternet.com>
> Reply-To: gllug at linux.co.uk
> Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 08:56:44 +0100
> To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
> Cc: "Warwick Harvey" <wh at icparc.ic.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] DAT Drives
> 
> "t.clarke" <tim at seacon.co.uk> wrote:
>> A bit off topic, but does anyone have any reccomendations on SCSI DAT
> drives:
>> a) manufacturer
> 
> We've had endless trouble with one particular brand of drives at work.  I
> can't remember the brand off the top of my head (not my responsibility), but
> I'll try to find out for you today.
> 
> Cheers,
> Warwick
> 
> 
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