This is from the pdf product info file I downloaded from Sony last
year before we bought our drive
>DDS-4 drives provide full backward compatibility with the
>ability to read & write to DDS-3, DDS-2 and DDS-1 tapes.
>While enabling tape sizes (and costs) to be matched to the
>backup job, DDS-4 provides an easy upgrade path. Not only
>is it possible to move up from one format to another but
>also to operate in mixed environments.
Hope that helps.
Adrian Smith
>I'll check this out later today.
>
>matt barkdull wrote:
>>
>> I don't think the DDS-3 drives will read the DDS-1 tapes, but will
>> read the DDS-2.
>>
>> Basically this means they are one step backward compatible.
>>
>> DDS-3 will read/write DDS-2
>> DDS-2 will read/write DDS-1
>>
>> DDS-1 cannot read/write DDS-2
>> DDS-2 cannot read/write DDS-3
>
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