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DDS

Abbreviation of Digital Data Storage, the industry standard for digital audio tape (DAT) formats.

There are currently four kinds of DDS.

Type
of DDS
Tape Length
in Meters
Compression
Off On
DDS-1 90 2 GB 4 GB
DDS-2 120 4 GB 8 GB
DDS-3 125 12 GB 24 GB
DDS-4 150 20 GB 40 GB



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