Sony SDT 11000 User Guide - Page 3

SDT-10000/SDT-11000 DDS-4 Tape Drive Congratulation on your purchase of the Sony DDS-4 drive SDT-10000/ SDT-11000. This drive is a high capacity data storage device using 4mm DAT (Digital Audio Tape) technology. The SDT-10000/SDT-11000 drive achieves high data reliability through Read-After-Write, an additional level of Error Correction Code, and other features. The Sony SDT-10000/SDT-11000 drive stores data on tape using a standard format called DDS (Digital Data Storage), DDS-4, DDS-3, DDS2, DDS-DC and DCLZ formats. These formats are used by many other DDS tape drive manufacturers, providing a broad range of compatible tape drives. The Sony SDT-10000/SDT-11000 is fully READ and WRITE compatible with the DDS-4, DDS-3, DDS-2, DDS and DDS-DC format tapes. 3