HP StorageWorks DDS/DAT tape drives have traditionally been based on the parallel SCSI (pSCSI) interface. This interface has always been widely used and popular for its high reliability and performance. However, dramatic changes in the interface market, including numerous new interface introductions, have caused a number of server manufacturers to phase out native pSCSI support. As pSCSI becomes less common as a native interface, customers of HP DDS/DAT SCSI drives will be required to pay more for their solution, either by paying for a pSCSI interface option as part of their new server, or if they do not have a SCSI connector available, by buying a host bus adapter (HBA) and SCSI cable.
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