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HP STORE/XL Enhancements by Tim Canepa--Commercial Systems Division System managers now have increased flexibility managing their backups with the introduction of labeled tape support on HP STORE/XL. In addition, support for new high capacity DDS devices and DDS fast search provide alternative solutions for offline data storage management. The high capacity DDS media brings in an attractive and low cost alternative to 1/2 inch tape. Coupled with its fast search mode of operation, the DDS brings a new perspective to data backup and recovery. PRODUCT FEATURES The following enhancements have been added to the HP STORE/XL product: * IBM and ANSI compatible labeled tape support * DDS support * Fast search to minimize time to locate individual files on DDS IBM and ANSI Compatible Labeled Tape Support By providing IBM and ANSI compatible tape formats HP STORE/XL allows you to track and catalog your system backups. Standard tape file equations are used to support labeled tape on HP STORE/XL so that no external command changes are required to make use of this new feature. There is no performance penalty for using labeled tape with HP STORE/XL. It operates at approximately the same performance as unlabeled tape. Because of its inherent protection mechanisms, labeled tape guards against operational errors caused by tape miss mounts. Functions such as expiration control and media naming represent just two of the benefits derived from using labeled tape. DDS Support Digital Data Storage (DDS) is a new, high capacity storage technology based on Digital Audio Tape (DAT) cassettes. Each DAT cassette has a capacity of 1.3 Gigabytes of data storage. That is approximately nine times the capacity of a 2400 foot reel of 1/2 inch tape at GRC density. DDS represents a low cost alternative capacity alternative to 1/2 inch tape products. Fast Search to Minimize Time to Locate Individual Files on DDS Due to the tremendous capacity of the DDS media, single file recovery could result in long recovery times (the equivalent of nine 2400 reels of data). We are proud to announce the addition of fast search technology, which successfully reduces the time to find a single file to between 10 minutes and 20 seconds on DDS media. This will allow users to enjoy the large capacity of DDS without incurring any penalty for single file data recovery.