Is DLT tape technology a standard format?
DLTtape is the unquestioned industry standard format for mid-range computing backup and archive applications. DLT tapes earned it position by being the only only format capable of matching Moores law ?#38;quot;meeting the doubling of capacity needs every 18 months”. In addition, DLT tape increases consistency and sustained capacity and performance. Another compelling attribute of DLT tape technology is its ability to maintain total media and data compatibility between all generations of drives. This does not only mean that data written on previous generations of DLT tape drives can be accessed by current ones, but that data written to a tape on a specific drive can be accessed by any other DLT tape drive. By providing an industry standard common format, data availability and transferability are virtually unlimited, DLT tape technology is simply unmatched by any other tape format or technology.
