Advanced Digital Recording

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Advanced Digital Recording (ADR) is a magnetic tape data storage format developed by OnStream from 1998 to 2003. Since the demise of OnStream, the format has been orphaned. ADR is an 8-track, linear tape format.

[edit] Generations

Generation	ADR 30	ADR 50	ADR 2.60	ADR 2.120
Release Date	1999	1999	2001	2001
Data Capacity	15 GB	25 GB	30 GB	60 GB
Transfer Rate (MB/s)	2	2	4	4
Tape Length (m)

[edit] External links

• Table of ADR formats.
• The tribology of advanced digital recording (ADR) systems (Subscription required)
• Future directions in advanced digital recording technology (Subscription required)

v • d • e Magnetic tape data storage formats Three Quarter Inch (19 mm) Linear LINCtape (1962) • DECtape (1963) Helical Sony DIR (19xx) • Ampex DST (1992) Half Inch (12.65 mm) Linear UNISERVO (1951) • IBM 7 track (1952) • 9 track (1964) • IBM 3480 (1984) • DLT (1984) • IBM 3590 (1995) • T9840 (1998) • IBM 3592 (?) • T9940 (2000) • LTO Ultrium (2000) • T10000 (2006) Helical Redwood SD-3 (1995) • DTF (19xx) • SAIT (2003) Eight Millimeter (8 mm) Linear Travan (1995) • IBM 3570 MP (1997) • ADR (1999) Helical Data8 (1987) • Mammoth (1994) • AIT (1996) • VXA (1999) Quarter Inch (6.35 mm) Linear QIC (1972) • SLR (1986) • Ditto (1992) Eighth Inch (3.81 mm) Linear KC Standard, Compact Cassette (1975) • HP DC100 (1976) • Commodore Datassette (1977) • DECtapeII (1979) Helical DDS/DAT (1989) Stringy (1.58 - 1.9 mm) Linear Exatron Stringy Floppy (1979) • ZX Microdrive (1983) • Rotronics Wafadrive (1984)