Hewlett-Packard SureStore 125ex Optical Jukebox User's Guide - C1118-90000

USING OPTICAL DISKS

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CHOOSING AN OPTICAL DISK TYPE

Two disk types are available for use in the jukebox: rewritable disks and write-once disks.

To choose which type of disks to use, consider these points:

• Rewritable optical disks--data can be repeatedly written and erased.

• Write-Once optical disks--data can be written only once, and the data cannot be altered or erased. If you have a need

for data security and audit trails, write-once disks may be a good disk choice.

• Both rewritable and write-once disks come in three sector sizes: 2,048 bytes/sector, 1,024 bytes/sector, and 512

bytes/sector. The sector size you choose depends upon what type of operating system you have in your host com-

puter and which software package you use to manage files stored on the jukebox.

NOTE:

Do not use write-once disks in a computer system that does not support write-once disks. Check that your jukebox

application software supports write-once disks.