12 GB DDS-3 Data Cartridge
The 12 GB DDS-3 Data Cartridge from Sony® deploys helical scan technology, a recording method, which winds the tape around a rotary head positioned at an oblique angle to the tape path (similar to a VCR), thereby allowing data to be recorded in diagonal stripes rather than along the horizontal length of tape. This approach allows for extremely high data densities when compared to conventional linear scan recording methods. For long-term archival storage and a low error rate, Sony DDS tapes employ...