tape drive

A device that reads data stored on magnetic tape and writes data onto the tape for storage.

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tape drive

(Computer Science) computing a device for reading from or writing to magnetic tape

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Noun

tape drive - a mechanism that transports magnetic tape across the read/write heads of a tape playback/recorder

tape transport, transport

mechanism - device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

tape deck - electronic equipment for making or playing magnetic tapes (but without amplifiers or speakers); a component in an audio system

tape machine, tape recorder - a magnetic recorder using magnetic tape

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Another consideration for larger libraries is that with Fibre Channel following a point-to-point connection topology, each tape drive requires a dedicated connection to the SAN.

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Tandberg Data, a data storage company, has announced that IBM is to market the company's LTO 2 half-height drive as its 200/400GB half-high LTO Generation 2 Tape Drive.

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Exabyte Corporation, an innovator in tape backup, restore and archival systems, has announced the availability of the 221L Plus with native Fibre Channel, featuring IBM's third-generation LTO Ultrium tape drive technology (LTO-3).

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"By expanding our tape drive connectivity offerings to enable seamless integration in mainframe environments, our customers can now deploy the most advanced, reliable drives and libraries available today to protect and manage their data."

STORAGETEK CUSTOMERS NOW HAVE MORE CONNECTIVITY OPTIONS

"With the VXA-1 being the first tape drive to offer SCSI-class features and performance with an IDE interface, Compaq can now address both SCSI and IDE interface needs with one technology," said Bill Almon, vice president, sales and marketing for Ecrix.

COMPAQ INCLUDES ECRIX VXA TAPE DRIVES IN WORKSTATIONS

Continuing its commitment to the fast-growing Linux market, Ecrix Corporation, Boulder, Colo., has announced that the VXA-1 tape drive has been officially certified to operate under the Linux operating system.

ECRIX VXA-1 TAPE DRIVE OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED FOR LINUX OS

The first product is the 9840 tape drive, a product the company developed from scratch and which is not compatible with its clones of IBM's 3480 and 3490 mainframe tape drives.

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It may take a while longer to standardize, but a more likely way that widespread implementation of encryption for data at rest will emerge is in the tape drive itself, similar to compression, via an ASIC.

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The backup, recovery and archive solution is said to provide 250GB to 5TB native capacity in a 2U rackmount form-factor and support most popular tape drive formats.

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