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HP SureStore DAT
Installation Guide
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On Completion
Once you have completed the installation:
• Make sure you have the correct media.
• Power on and check that your new drive is operational.
• Insert the HP SureStore Tape CD-ROM. It contains everything you will
need to use your tape drive—drivers, backup software, utilities and user
information.
• Register your tape drive to ensure that you benefit from the full 3-year
warranty period.
Use Correct Media
For optimum performance and storage capacity, use tape cartridges that
match your drive's format, and normally use only one cartridge per day.
• HP SureStore DAT40 drives work best with DDS-4 cartridges.
• HP SureStore DAT24 drives work best with DDS-3 cartridges.
• HP SureStore DAT8 drives work best with DDS-2 cartridges.
• HP SureStore Tape 5000 drives use only DDS-1 cartridges (60-meter
or 90-meter).
However, most HP SureStore DAT drives are fully backward compatible
(apart from the HP SureStore DAT40). The compatibility between drive
models and cartridges is summarized in the following table. Shaded boxes
show the recommended media for each tape drive.
DDS-1
60 meter
DDS-1
90 meter
DDS-2
120 meter
DDS-3
125 meter
DDS-4
150 meter
HP SureStore Tape 5000
2.6 GB* 4 GB*
HP SureStore DAT8 read/write read/write 8 GB*
HP SureStore DAT24 read/write read/write read/write 24 GB*
HP SureStore DAT40 read only read/write read/write
40 GB*
* Capacity assumes 2:1 compression.
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