3400DX Wangdat 4-8GB DDS2 50pin Internal SCSI Tape Drive

Description

The Wangdat 3400DX is the DDS-2 internal tape drive with a storage capacity of 2/4GB utilising the 50pin SCSI interface.

The DDS / DAT (Digital Data Storage / Digital Audio Tape) format was initially developed by a collaboration between Sony, HP and Digital in 1991 and uses helical scanning for recording, the same process used by a video cassette recorder (VCR). If errors are present, the write heads rewrite the data.

DDS DAT tapes used between Sony DDS1 and the DDS4 have a width of 3.81mm, known as 4mm, to give a compressed capacity of up to 40GB.

The Sony SDT-5000 half height tape drive is the second generation in the DDS family and the first version of the DDS2 drive that Sony produced. It was manufactured by Sony for vendors including Compaq and Dell, for use as standalone internal and external drives targetting the small business market.

The DDS2 offers 4GB native capacity or 8GB compressed capacity on a single tape at transfer speeds of up to 732KBps or 2.5GB per hour. Native, the drive provides 4GB of storage capacity with a transfer speed of 366KBps.

The SDT-5000 drive employs the same technology as previous DAT products, and uses DDS2
media in order to achieve higher capacities. However, it maintains backward compatibility and can still read and write data to DDS2 and DDS1 4mm tapes.

The SDT-5000 was only available in 50pin SE SCSI-2, interface versions.

Media Compatibility

This refurbished product comes complete with a full 6 month return to base warranty.

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