Editing Digital Audio Tape (section)

=== Computer data storage medium ===
{{Main article|Digital Data Storage}}
The format was designed for audio use, but through the ISO Digital Data Storage standard was adopted for general data storage, storing from 1.3 to 80&nbsp;GB on a 60 to 180 meter tape depending on the standard and compression. It is a sequential-access medium and is commonly used for [[backup]]s. Due to the higher requirements for capacity and integrity in data backups, a computer-grade DAT was introduced, called DDS (Digital Data Storage). Although functionally similar to audio DATs, only a few DDS and DAT drives (in particular, those manufactured by [[Archive Corporation|Archive]] for [[Silicon Graphics|SGI workstations]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=99/09/29/0451243|title=Can you Rip DAT audio? (Ask Slashdot forum thread)|publisher=Slashdot|access-date=25 October 2007|date=1 October 1999}}</ref> are capable of reading the audio data from a DAT cassette. SGI DDS4 drives no longer have audio support; SGI removed the feature due to "lack of demand".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adrian.rixon/personal/ade/dat-dds/drives.html |title=DAT/DDS hardware |date=26 March 2003 |access-date=25 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016202400/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adrian.rixon/personal/ade/dat-dds/drives.html |archive-date=16 October 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>