With 160 GB capacity & 12 MB/sec transfer rate, HP DAT 160 Data Cartridges offer the highest storage capacity & backup performance of DAT technology, extending the roadmap of the most successful tape backup product in history. New wide format enables longer tape & greater capacity whilst still permitting backwards compatibility to DDS-4. DDS-4 & DAT 72 customers will still be able to read data written on older tapes, thereby protecting investment in older formats. New wide cleaning cartridge specifically designed for the DAT 160 tape drive. HP DAT 160 media is exhaustively qualified for use with HP & non-HP DAT products. A continuous testing program in HPs media laboratory guarantees maximum restore performance. HP has 20 custom-built test chambers in use around the clock. 70, 000 tests & 1.3 million test hours a year emulate real-world environmental conditions & usage. The goal of all this testing is to ensure that every tape works reliably the first & every time it is loaded into a drive.