Attributes for 4.0 GB 4 mm tape drives (type 4mm4gb)
The following are the attributes for 4.0 GB 4 mm tape drives (type 4mm4gb).
- Block size
- The default value is 1024.
- Device buffers
- The general information for this attribute applies to this tape drive type.
- Density setting #1 and Density setting #2
- The user cannot change the density setting of this drive; the device reconfigures
itself automatically depending on the Digital Data Storage (DDS) media type
installed, as follows:
Media Type Device Configuration DDS Read-only. DDS |||| Read/write in 2.0 GB mode only. DDS2 Read in either density; write in 4.0 GB mode only. non-DDS Not supported; cartridge will eject.
- Data compression
- The general information for this attribute applies to this tape drive type.
- Attributes with fixed values
- If a tape drive is configured as a 4.0 GB 4 mm tape drive, the Retension, Reserve Support, Variable Length Block Size, Density Setting #1, and Density Setting #2 attributes have predefined values that cannot be changed.