<P>Quantum DLT 7000 half-inch cartridge tape drives provide leadership in data storage and retrieval for the most demanding data back-up, archive, and near on-line storage applications. The tape drive features a native transfer rate of more than 5 megabytes (MB) per second, with a native capacity of 35 gigabytes (GB). Building on the traditional strengths of DLTtape technology, the DLT 7000 tape drives provide significant advantages in performance and capacity over any others in their class. To ensure complete data integrity, the drive features Reed Solomon Error Correction Code, a 64-bit Cyclical redundancy Check (CRC), and parity checking on the SCSI bus and internal data path.</P>