| Feature |
Specification |
| DAT 72 Capacity and Transfer Rates |
Characteristics   |
| Tape Length (meters) |
| Native Capacity (Gbytes) |
| Compressed Capacity (Gbytes) |
| Native Transfer Rate (Mbytes/sec) |
|
| DDS-3 | DDS-4 | DDS 5th Generation |
125 | 150 | 170 |
12 | 20 | 36 |
24 | 40 | 72 |
2.75 | 2.75 | 3.5 |
|
| Environmental |
| Operating Temp (Min/Max) |
5° C / 40° C |
| Operating Humidity |
80% Max |
| Operating Shock |
10 Gs Max |
| Non-Operating Shock |
100 Gs Max |
| Operating Vibration |
0.5 G Max |
| Non-Operating Vibration |
1.5 G Max |
| Performance |
| Native Sustained Transfer Rate |
12.6 GB/hour |
| Compressed Sustained Transfer Rate |
up to 25.2 GB/hour |
| Native Burst Transfer Rate |
10 MB/sec |
| Compressed Burst Transfer Rate |
80 MB/sec |
| Average File Access Time |
< 40 sec |
| Search Speed |
200x normal |
| Drum Rotational Speed |
10000 RPM |
| Backup Speed |
12.6 GB/hour |
| Compressed Backup Speed |
up to 25.2 GB/hour |
| Buffer Memory Size |
16 MB |