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Tape
Drive TechnologiesWhether you are looking for a standalone tape drive, or something to take the handling of media out of the Backup cycle, you can find below a selection of tape drives, autoloaders and libraries. A brief synopsis of some of the most common acronyms, and what they mean with respect to the technologies associated with the various tape drives, is also here. This may help in your decision to find the correct device.
LTO (Linear Tape Open) is the latest technology normally used as a high capacity, high performance backup tape drive which has the added advantage of adhering to a common standard along with other manufacturers. Made by IBM, HP, Seagate, NEC
SLR (Serial Linear Recording) is a robust drive and media combination, which provides excellent data reliability and a great value for money product with loads of backward compatibility and a clear roadmap into the future. From one of the longest established tape drive manufacturers, Tandberg, and used by such companies as IBM, Sun, ICL/Fujitsu as one of the standard drives installed with their systems.
SDLT (Super Digital Linear Tape) a high capacity tape drive with some backward read compatibility with the previous DLT model tape drives. Now manufactured by Tandberg and Quantum.
If you need further help, please do not hesitate to call us on 01494
432221.
Legacy
and Second-User Tape DrivesIBM 3590 (pictured right) is still a popular tape drive used very
much in the Seismic and Data interchange business. We can supply Second-user,
Factory refurbished units in the following configuration B1A, B11, E1A & E11.
3490E and 3480 tape drives; these drives are still available as refurbished units and all come with a warranty to plug and play.
We can no longer supply new 3490E All products in this range have been designated 'End of Life'
Though we can still supply Ex-demo and second user machines.
We produce final test results for each machine we supply with a warranty, which shows the Read & Write performance of each individual unit.
*See End-of-Life announcement in News
We service and repair all 3590, 3490E and 3480 tape drives; M4 M490E, STK 9440, VDS/JVC MS-8436, StorageTek STK 4280, 4220, Overland Data T490E & L490E, Fujitsu 2488, 2485 etc.
It should be understood that some of the units may not be economic to repair particularly if a new replacement head is required. We can source most of the parts for your tape drives as required and will quote on an individual basis.
DLT
8000 Drives
We provide a comprehensive service for all DLT 8000 (inc 7000,4000,2000) tape drives, These services include Sales of Fully refurbished and Second-user tape drives either as a bare drive or in a desktop enclosure. All styles of SCSI Interface Single Ended, LVD, And HVD (Diff), Complete with Warranty and warranty extension programs.
We also supply all the bits and peices to make it work and keep it working.
EG:- SCSI Controllers (HBA's), Cables and Terminators. Backup Software, Data Download Software and Media.
Ongoing Maintenance and Repair Facilities, On-siteService and Service Exchanges.
Advice on Compatibility between drives and media.
See also DLT 8000 Tape Libraries
Open
Reel Tape DrivesYes still going and the requirement for good drives with good tape handling is growing as the tapes deteriorate. Open Reel ½" 9track GCR tape drives are still available as refurbished units and all come with a warranty to plug and play. We will support all drives supplied by us on a maintenance agreement if required, provided it is continuous from the warranty.
We service and repair all Open Reel tape drives. It should be understood that some of the units may not be economic to repair particularly if a new replacement head is required. We can source most of the parts for your tape drives as required and will quote on an individual basis.
Special note should be taken of the tape media verification, cleaning services and media cleaning machines for users in this area.
We can supply second-user, ex-demo & surplus stock
We only service and supply M4 Data, StorageTek and Qualstar Open Reel tape drive units in all configurations all are tested & quoted with P&P warranty.
DLT 4000, 7000, 8000
SDLT 220, 320, 600
LTO/LTO2/LTO3
SLR/QIC & Travan
8mm (Exabyte/Ecrix)
4mm (HP DAT, Archive, Tecmar)
Whether you are looking for a New tape drive or an ex-demo or second-user tape drive, or if you aresearching for for Legacy type devices to purchase or get repaired we can help look below for an example of the devices we handle
Also here you can find a brief synopsis of some of the most common acronyms, and what they mean with respect to the technologies associated with the various tape drives, is also here. This may help in your decision to find the correct device for your application.
LTO (Linear Tape Open) is the latest technology normally used as a high capacity, high performance backup tape drive which has the added advantage of adhering to a common standard along with other manufacturers. Made by IBM, HP, Seagate, NEC
SLR (Serial Linear Recording) is a robust drive and media combination, which provides excellent data reliability and a great value for money product with loads of backward compatibility and a clear roadmap into the future. From one of the longest established tape drive manufacturers, Tandberg, and used by such companies as IBM, Sun, ICL/Fujitsu as one of the standard drives installed with their systems.
SDLT (Super Digital Linear Tape) a high capacity tape drive with some backward read compatibility with the previous DLT model tape drives. Now manufactured by Tandberg and Quantum.
If you need further help, please do not hesitate to call us on 01494 432221.
TapeMasters offer a complete service to repair and maintain legacy tape drives. Our unique experience involving all aspects of computer tape drives, robotics and media, allows us to investigate and remedy problems. Thus ensuring the machines continue to give good service for many years to come.
IBM
3590IBM 3590 (pictured right) is still a popular tape drive used very much in the Seismic and Data interchange business.
We supply Second-user, Factory refurbished units in the following
configuration B1A, B11, E1A & E11.
We can provide upgraded machines from B units to E units and PX B's for E's
All are ready to put on IBM maintenance or we can provide you with a cost effective alternative
Leagacy
tape drives include:-
3490E and 3480 tape drives; these drives are still available as refurbished units and all come with a warranty to plug and play.
We can no longer supply new 3490E All products in this range as they have been designated 'End of Life'
We produce final test results for each machine we supply with a warranty, which shows the Read & Write performance of each individual unit.
We service and repair all 3590, 3490E and 3480 tape drives; IBM 3590, M4 M490E, STK 9440, VDS/JVC MS-8436, StorageTek STK 4280, 4220, Overland Data T490E & L490E, Fujitsu 2483, 2485, 2488 etc.
It should be understood that some of the units may not be economic to repair particularly if a new replacement head is required. We can supply all of the parts for your tape drives as required and will quote repair on an individual basis.
Open
Reel Tape DrivesYes still going and the requirement for good drives with good tape handling is growing as the tapes deteriorate. Open Reel ½" 9track GCR tape drives are still available as refurbished units and all come with a warranty to plug and play. We will support all drives supplied by us on a maintenance agreement if required, provided it is continuous from the warranty.
We service and repair all Open Reel tape drives. It should be understood that some of the units may not be economic to repair particularly if a new replacement head is required. We can source most of the parts for your tape drives as required and will quote on an individual basis.
**Special note should be taken of the tape media verification, cleaning services and media cleaning machines for users of this fomat which can be found under Media Management on this site**.
We can supply second-user, ex-demo & surplus stock
We only service and supply M4 Data, StorageTek and Qualstar Open Reel tape drive units in all configurations all are tested & quoted with P&P warranty.
The model names: M4 9914, M4 9906, Qualstar 3412 and Qualstar 3418 Stk 2920,
DLT 2000, DLT 4000, DLT 7000, DLT
8000
SDLT 220, SDLT 320, SDLT 600
IBM LTO, IBM LTO2, NEC LTO2, Tandberg LTO Tandberg LTO2, HP LTO, Segate LTO
Tandberg SLR, Tandberg QIC
Exabyte EXA 8505, EXA Eliant, EXA
Mammoth, EXA Mammoth 2, Ecrix VXA1 Ecrix VXA2
HP DDS3, HP DDS4, Sony AIT, Sony AIT2
