About This Guide; Related Documents; General Documents And Standardization - HP 157770-001 - DAT Drive 20/40 Tape Configuration Manual

About this guide

NOTE: DDS/DAT Evolution II drives, available with USB 2.0, U160 SCSI or SAS1.1 interfaces, are
identifiable by the round LEDs on the front panel, as opposed to rectangular or oval.
USB and SAS drives are only supported on Linux (and Windows).
This guide contains information on connecting to various operating systems. The information is given
in good faith, but since the operating systems and any upgrades that are made to them are outside
Hewlett-Packard's control, HP cannot guarantee that the details are correct. Please consult the
operating system documentation in conjunction with this guide.
This guide provides basic information on configuring the following drives with various operating
systems:
HP DDS-4 drive, USB and SCSI, capacity 40 GB
•
• HP DAT 72 drive, USB, SCSI and SAS, capacity 72 GB
• HP DAT 72 autoloader, SCSI, capacity 720 (10x72) GB
• HP DAT 160 drive, USB, SCSI and SAS, capacity 160 GB
• HP DAT 320 drive, USB, capacity 320 GB
The capacities use hardware data compression with a compression ratio of 2:1.

Related documents

The following documents provide additional information:

General documents and standardization

• Small Computer System Interface (SCSI- 1 ), ANSI X3.131- 1 986. This is the INCITS authorized
standard for SCSI implementation, available through INCITS
• Enhanced Small Computer System Interface (SCSI-2), ANSI X3T9.2- 1 993 Rev. 10L, available
through INCITS
• DDS-4
ECMA-288
• DAT 72
3.81 mm Wide Magnetic Tape Cartridge for Information Exchange - Helical Scan Recording
DAT 72 Format using 170m Length Tapes — controlled HP document
• DAT 160
DDS Generation 6 Format Standard — HP internal document A-5969-3055- 1
• DAT 320
DDS Generation 7 Format Standard — HP internal document A-5969-3070- 1
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