C1537A ( tape drive ) is this DDS3 ?

[Jerry_109]

Hello All,

C1537A is this a DDS3 dat drive ? can I use
DDS2 & DDS4 on this drive ?

tape 0 0/1/1/1.3.0 stape CLAIMED DEVICE HP C1537A
/dev/rmt/0m /dev/rmt/c3t3d0BESTn
/dev/rmt/0mb /dev/rmt/c3t3d0BESTnb
/dev/rmt/0mn /dev/rmt/c3t3d0DDS
/dev/rmt/0mnb /dev/rmt/c3t3d0DDSb
/dev/rmt/c3t3d0BEST /dev/rmt/c3t3d0DDSn
/dev/rmt/c3t3d0BESTb /dev/rmt/c3t3d0DDSn

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

This is a DDS3 drive. The rule is that a higher DDS can read tape written by a lower DDS drive but the converse is not true.

For example, your DDS3 can write tapes that can be read by DDS3 and DDS4 drives BUT a DDS2 drive cannot read your tape.

I keep an old DDS (2GB) drive around so that I can send data to any DDS drive.

[Steven E. Protter]

DDS4 no
DDS2 yes

I have that drive on a few D boxes.

SEP

[Pedro Cosmen]

Hello Jerry,

It is a DDS-3 drive.

Compatibility:
DDS, DDS-DC, DDS2, DDS3.

You cannot use DDS4 tapes anyway.

Regards.

[Marino Meloni_1]

and here is the doc that explain all about compatibility:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=lpg50457