tape drive LastModified: Friday, June 21, 2002
A device, like a tape recorder, that reads data from and writes it onto a tape. Tape drives have data capacities of anywhere from a few hundred kilobytes to several gigabytes. Their transfer speeds also vary considerably. Fast tape drives can transfer as much as 20MB (megabytes) per second. The disadvantage of tape drives is that they are sequential-access devices, which means that to read any particular block of data, you need to read all the preceding blocks. This makes them much too slow for general-purpose storage operations. However, they are the least expensive media for making backups.
Exabyte's home page  Home page for Exabyte Corporation, a manufacturer of tape drive products. This page offers links to products and technology, support and service, and company information. Comparing helical-scan and digital linear tape (DLT) technology From Quantum, this technical information paper compares DLT tape drives to helical-scan tape technology. Transitional Technology, Inc. Home page of Transitional Technology Inc., designer and manufacturer of 8mm, AIT, DLT, and DTF tape subsystems and libraries. Yahoo!'s tape drives page Yahoo!'s directory of tape drives.	related categories: Tape Drives related terms: backup DLT magnetic drum tape Travan Tape Drives tape drive Products Compare Prices & Save on Tape Drives at DealTime! Search by brand or type to find the best price across 100s of stores! Shop by Top Models: Hewlett Packard HP StorageWorks Ultrium 448 - Tape drive - LTO Ultrium ( 200 GB / 400 GB ) - Ultrium 2 - SCSI LVD - ... (DW016A) Ultrium Tape Drive 20 store offers from $590 - $2288 Hewlett Packard StorageWorks DAT 72 (0882780005525) (DW027ABUN) DAT Tape Drive 15 store offers from $350 - $1004 Hewlett Packard HP StorageWorks DAT 72 Internal Tape Drive - Tape drive - DAT ( 36 GB / 72 GB ) - DAT-72 - SCSI - in... (Q1522B#ABA) DAT Tape Drive 19 store offers from $240 - $853 Hewlett Packard StorageWorks DAT 72i (AE307AT) DAT Tape Drive 15 store offers from $240 - $840 Hewlett Packard SmartBuy (AG428A) DAT Tape Drive 17 store offers from $375 - $894