Seagate / Conner CTD8000 DDS2 DAT

Conner / Seagate CTD8000

The Conner CTD8000R-S Digital Audio Tape (DAT) drives are fully integrated systems that support the Digital Data Storage Data Compression (DDS-DC) and Digital Data Storage-2 (DDS-2) tape formats.

The DDS-2 format provides for writing data in helical tracks that are narrower than standard DDS track width, allowing 50 percent more tracks on a tape. These drives also contain an embedded, single-ended SCSI controller. These drives provide a native transfer rate of 400 kilobytes/second (KB/sec) before the additional enhancement of data compression or high density recording (DDS-2 format).

 

General

Manufacturer Seagate/Conner Peripherals, Inc.

Model CTD 8000R-S DDS-2 DAT Drive

FCC class B

Performance

Interface type:

  • Format SCSI-2
  • Transmission Single-ended, asynchronous or synchronous
  • Buffer 1 MB

Data Transfer Rate:

  • Native 400 KB/sec (22 MB/min)
  • Compressed 800 KB/sec (44 MB/min)
  • Burst rate 5 Mb/sec

Tape Speed 0.47 inch (11.9 mm) /sec

Head to Tape Speed 270 inches (6,858 mm) /sec

Search/Rewind Speed 200x normal speed

Average Access Time:

  • 60 Meter Tape 20 seconds
  • 90 Meter Tape 30 seconds
  • 120 Meter Tape 40 seconds

Capacity

60 Meter DAT cartridge:

  • Native 1.3 GB
  • Compressed 2.6 GB

90 Meter DAT cartridge:

  • Native 2.0 GB
  • Compressed 4.0 GB

120 Meter DAT cartridge:

  • Native 4 GB
  • Compressed 8 GB

Tape Formats 

  • Tape cartridge type 4-mm DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
  • 4-mm MP+ tape (High output metal particle tape)
  • Cartridge dimensions 73.66 x 53.34 x 10.16 mm  (2.9 x 2.1 x 0.4 inches)

Tape length:

  • 60 m (197 ft) DDS
  • 90 m (295 ft) DDS
  • 120 m (395 ft)

Recording Methods Helical Scan (R-DAT)

  • DDS-2 ANSI/ECMA
  • DDS-DC

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