The Dat 72 1U Rackmount Dual Drives comprises of two internal Dat 72 drives enclosed in a 1U rack-mount enclosure and provides up to 144 GB of data protection for rack-mount entry-servers. Featuring technology, the drive reduces airborne and media contamination and increases reliability. The drive also features technology which improves its ability to read bad or damaged tapes ensuring system restores. Using its Ultra2 LVD SCSI interface, it offers a sustained data transfer rate of 12.6 GB/hr (native) and 25.2 GB/hr (compressed). Supporting media with 72 GB native capacity and 144 GB compressed capacity, the DAT 72 tape drive is compatible with DDS-3, DDS-4 and DAT-72 formats.