[plug] [OT] Tape back-up

[Bernd Felsche]

On Wednesday 03 March 2004 21:16, Chris Caston wrote:
>
> Anyway the tape is a ~40gb DDS4 part no: HP - C57 18a ( think but
> if there is a discrepancy it would be ether miscommunication over
> GSM or my own handwriting)
>
> So what are the deal with tape drives are there many different
> standards or are they mostly the same?

DDS-4 are mostly the same; save for mis-alignments.

The actual archive format may be an issue. You have to find out what
they used to make the backup.

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