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Chapter 4 Operating Your Tape Drive

WORM Cartridges

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Table 6 Matching Drives with

the Media They Support

Quantum recommends using Quantum DAT 160 cartridges:

• DAT 160 media cartridge part number: MR-D6MQN-xx

• DAT 160 cleaning cartridge part number: MR-D6CQN-xx

WORM Cartridges 4

The Quantum DAT 160 tape drive includes support for both rewriteable

and Write-Once, Read-Many (WORM) data cartridges. WORM cartridges

provide for an enhanced level of data security against accidental or

malicious alteration of data on the tape cartridge. The WORM data

cartridge can be appended to maximize the full capacity of the tape

cartridge, but the user will be unable to erase or overwrite data on the

cartridge. Any attempt to modify a WORM cartridge to enable writing

over existing data will result in the media becoming permanently write-

protected. It should still be readable in a WORM drive, depending upon

the severity of the tampering, but no further appended backups will be

possible.

DAT 160 WORM data cartridges are clearly identified by their distinctive,

two-tone cartridge color. They do not have a write-protect slider. In order

to use these cartridges, your backup software application needs to

support DAT 160 WORM cartridges. Please check with your software

vendor to be sure.

Media Tape Length

DAT 160 155 meters

DAT 72 170 meters

DDS-4 150 meters

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