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Using Your Digital Data Storage (DDS) Tape Drive
DDS Tape Drive and Data Cassette Descriptions
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 single-ended
SCSI interface. Both drives incorporate data compression capability and are
high-capacity, high transfer-rate devices for data storage on tape. With com-
pression, 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 5
DDS Tape Drive Capacities Without Data Compression
Tape Length
Full Height 5 1/4
DDS Tape Drive
DDS-DC
Tape Drives
DDS-2
Tape Drive
60 meter
1.3 GB
1.3 GB
1.3 GB
90 meter
Not Supported
2.0 GB
2.0 GB
120 meter
Not Supported
Not Supported
4.0 GB
Table 6
DDS Tape Drive Capacities With Data Compression
Tape Length
Full Height 5 1/4
DDS Tape Drive
DDS-DC
Tape Drives
DDS-2
Tape Drive
60 meter
2.6 GB
2.6 GB
2.6 GB
90 meter
Not Supported
4.0 GB
4.0 GB
120 meter
Not Supported
Not Supported
8.0 GB
Summary of Contents for B132L+
Page 15: ...1 Preface ...
Page 20: ...6 ...
Page 21: ...7 1 System Overview ...
Page 40: ...26 System Overview Networking Overview ...
Page 41: ...27 2 Using Your CD ROM Drive ...
Page 60: ...46 Using Your CD ROM Drive Troubleshooting ...
Page 61: ...47 3 Using Your Digital Data Storage DDS Tape Drive ...
Page 77: ...63 4 Using Your 3 5 Inch Floppy Disk Drive ...
Page 89: ...75 5 Solving Problems ...
Page 105: ...91 A Safety and Regulatory Statements ...
Page 107: ...93 Safety and Regulatory Statements Declaration of Conformity 1 Declaration of Conformity 1 ...
Page 108: ...94 Safety and Regulatory Statements Declaration of Conformity 2 Declaration of Conformity 2 ...
Page 111: ...97 Safety and Regulatory Statements Emissions Regulations VCCI Class 2 ITE ...
Page 117: ...103 Safety and Regulatory Statements Warnings and Cautions Warnings and Cautions ...
Page 118: ...104 Safety and Regulatory Statements Warnings and Cautions ...
Page 119: ...105 B Changing Your Workstation s Hardware Configuration ...
Page 184: ...170 Changing Your Workstation s Hardware Configuration Changing Your Monitor Type ...
Page 185: ...171 C SCSI Connections ...
Page 206: ...192 SCSI Connections Connecting to the SCSI Ports ...
Page 207: ...193 D The Boot Console Interface ...
Page 240: ...226 The Boot Console Interface Displaying PIM Information ...
Page 252: ...238 Glossary ...