| The introduction of the DAT-72 tape format has | | | | way DDS-1 had available tape of less than fifty |
| boosted the DDS 4mm format and has provided an | | | | square feet for data recording. |
| affordable and reliable backup media solution that | | | | At that time the tape cartridges (quarter inch) |
| offers user friendly, backward compatible and | | | | offered only 1/4th of the recording space as DDS1 |
| convenient path to the DDS users for upgrading to | | | | cartridge. But inside the tape cartridge, it could pack |
| high capacity and high speed backup solution. DAT72 | | | | more than 5 times the physical area for data |
| is the fifth version of the DDS tape technology. The | | | | recording. Metal particle media’s physical |
| DAT-72 tape cartridge has space to hold compressed | | | | properties were attractive and ideal to fulfill the |
| information of 72 GB which is 18 times more than the | | | | needs of helical recording mechanism of DDS. MP |
| DDS-1 tape technology. | | | | media had double the remnant flux and coercivity as |
| 4mm cartridge is the heart of the DDS tape format. | | | | that of the substitute media pigments. Therefore, |
| Maxell has been the first for the last few decades to | | | | metal particle media has more potential and ability to |
| market the data tape products of next generation. | | | | achieve high density recordings when compared to |
| Improvements and advancements have been made | | | | cartridge format of half inch or the quarter inch. The |
| over the five versions of the DDS format. | | | | magnetic output of the MP media in DDS was also |
| Advancement of Digital Data Storage Media and the | | | | higher. Particles of pure metal are used in the |
| development in the coating technology (metal | | | | formulations of metal particle, which make it more |
| particle) are closely associated. | | | | sensitive and vulnerable to oxidation. The tape’s |
| Today the media of metal particle dominates the | | | | recording layer and the data on it is destroyed if the |
| DDS media. The metal particle media was developed | | | | media of MP is oxidized. Passivation material is used |
| by the DDS media as sustainable tool for high density | | | | to coat the metal particles utilized in the DDS tape |
| DDS tape format. Therefore, the leading media of | | | | media to avoid the problems of oxidation. |
| DDS market is the MP media. The other tape media | | | | Metal particle of Maxell DDS tape have coating of |
| formats SDLT, DLT, IBM Magstar and LTO depend | | | | “ceramic armor” that protects the tape |
| on the formulations of Metal Particle for durability and | | | | against corrosion & oxidation and maintains high |
| high density recording. Before the introduction of the | | | | output signals. The stability of the metal particles is |
| MP media, the tape formulations of chrome & | | | | maintained for longer period of time with the |
| ferric oxide were used mostly. MP media was | | | | technology of ceramic armor. The protective layer of |
| introduced to meet the need of high density tape | | | | ceramic armor localizes the energy of the metal |
| media that was the demand of the 4mm tape | | | | particles effectively. The other benefits of the |
| technology for compensation of backup tape | | | | protective layer are that it increases the robustness |
| cartridge’s small form factor. The DDS 4mm | | | | and gives superb resistance against heat. Therefore |
| tape cartridge was break through technology that | | | | the Maxell DDS is reliable, tough and efficient tape |
| enabled 3.5 inch factor to have recording capacities | | | | technology. |
| of multi Gigabytes. The length of the tape used by | | | | For more details and online orders, please visit |
| the DDS-1 tape technology was 90 meters. So in this | | | | ‘tape4backup. |