| Feature |
HP
SureStore Model
|
Tape 5000
drive |
DAT8
drive |
DAT24
drive |
DAT40
drive |
DAT24x6
autoloader |
DAT40x6
autoloader |
| DAT
Technology |
DDS |
DDS-2 |
DDS-3 |
DDS-4 |
DDS-3 |
DDS-4 |
| Capacity
(native) using highest DDS format |
2 GB |
4 GB |
12 GB |
20 GB |
6x12 GB |
6x20 GB |
| Capacity
(with hardware data compression, assuming
2:1 compression ratio) |
4 GB |
8GB |
24 GB |
40 GB |
6x24 GB |
6x40 GB |
| Read/Write
Formats Supported |
DDS
DDS-DC |
DDS
DDS-DC
DDS-2
|
DDS
DDS-DC
DDS-2
DDS-3 |
DDS
DDS-DC
DDS-2
DDS-3
DDS-4 |
DDS
DDS-DC
DDS-2
DDS-3
|
DDS
DDS-DC
DDS-2
DDS-3
DDS-4 |
| Transfer Rate,
Sustained: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
510 KB/s |
510 KB/s |
1 MB/s |
3 MB/s |
1 MB/s |
3 MB/s |
|
|
1 MB/s |
1 MB/s |
2 MB/s |
6 MB/s |
2 MB/s |
6 MB/s |
| Burst
Transfer Rate, Maximum: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 MB/s |
3 MB/s |
3 MB/s |
6 MB/s |
3 MB/s |
6 MB/s |
|
|
0 MB/s |
10 MB/s |
10 MB/s |
40 MB/s |
10 MB/s |
40 MB/s |
| TapeAlert
Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| HP
One-Button Disaster Recovery Support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Internal
Head Cleaner |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Feed Forward
Equalizer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Random
access to multiple cartridges |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Automated
multi-cartridge backup |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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