59H3481 IBM DDS2 CTD8000 DAT Drive

Description

The 59H3481is the IBM branded Conner (latterly Seagate) CTD8000 DDS2 internal SCSI DAT drive.

The DDS / DAT (Digital Data Storage / Digital Audio Tape) format was initially developed by a collaboration between HP, Sony 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 DDS1 and the DAT72 have a width of 3.81mm, known as 4mm, to give a compressed capacity of up to 72GB.

The Seagate DDS2 half height tape drive is the second generation in the DDS family and was manufactured by Quantum / Certance / Seagate for vendors including Dell and IBM, for use as standalone internal and external drives targetting the small business market.

The Seagate DDS2 offers 4GB native capacity or 8GB compressed capacity on a single tape at transfer speeds of up to 1.56MBps or 5.61GB per hour. Native, the drive provides 4GB of storage capacity with a transfer speed of 0.78MBps or 2.8GB per hour.

The Seagate DDS2 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 both DDS2 and DDS1 4mm tapes.

The Seagate DDS2 was only available in 50pin SCSI-2, interface version.

Media Compatibility

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

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