The 20/40 GB DAT DDS-4 tape drive is a high performance, low-cost tape backup solution for the corporate server market. The DDS-4 tape drive is the next generation from a long line of DAT products. This drive offers 20 GB native capacity with a transfer rate of 2.4 MBps and will utilize hardware data compression which can double these characteristics to 40 GB and 4.8 MBps. The DAT 20/40 GB drive uses a helical-scan recording technique, which has been specifically designed to suit the special requirements of digital data storage devices. This drive also incorporates the ability and opportunity to rewrite the data repeatedly until the data has been read successfully just in case there is an error during the write process.
Dimensions
5.9 in x 1.6 in x 5.9 in
Weight
1.3 lbs
Capacity
20 GB (native), 40 GB (compressed)
Data Transfer Rate
2.4 MBps (native), 4.8 MBps (compressed)
Min Operating System
Compaq Tru64 UNIX, DEC OpenVMS, Linux, Microsoft Windows 2000/NT 4.0, Novell NetWare 4.12, Novell NetWare 5, SCO Unix 5.x, SunSoft Solaris 7, SunSoft Solaris 8