Re: dds3 or dds4?

[Christoph Sold]

Tom Strickland schrieb:
> 
> We're on the verge of ordering a DDS drive (this week). It'll probably
> be an HP Surestore - but the question is DDS3 or DDS4? There's the
> obvious difference in capacity, but beyond that are there any other
> differences? Speed is an obvious one - any others?

After some near disasters with DDS tapes, I suggest also considering
DLT1 tapes. Those never failed, even after long storage periods. They
come even pretty cheap.

Just my EUR.02
-Christoph Sold