| DLT Technology is thriving as one of the most | | | | It is very important for the companies to select a |
| successful, widely-available technology platforms ever | | | | reliable and robust medium for the purpose of backup |
| built. Over 3.3 million drives and over 130 million media | | | | storage system, so that the valuable and precious |
| cartridges have been shipped to date. DLT drives are | | | | data is protected and safe. The reliability of the |
| recognized worldwide as the industry standard. In | | | | backup storage tape is mostly affected by the |
| fact, 98% of FORTUNE 500 businesses trust their | | | | handling, quality and integrity of the brand. The |
| mission-critical data to DLT Technology. DLT | | | | reliability of the tape is also dependent on the |
| Technology provides a variety of automation-ready | | | | working of tape drive. The dlt-tapes that were used |
| solutions suited to the business continuity needs. | | | | for experiment had been in use for 6-7 years, and |
| The DLT tape was introduced and developed by | | | | then these recycled tapes were relabeled and sold. |
| Digital Equipment Corporation DEC from 1984 | | | | The new look was given by reprinting the ucards and |
| onwards. Quantum purchased the DLT technology in | | | | by placing the tapes in the new boxes of album. The |
| 1994. Quantum Corporation currently manufactures | | | | upper surface of the backup tape cartridge had |
| the drives and licenses the trademark and | | | | some scratches though they were light. |
| technology. The new and higher capacity version of | | | | The scratches indicated that the same tape drive |
| DLT tape is called the SDLT Super DLT. | | | | was used more often to run the backup tapes. The |
| The DLT IV tape offers its users value and reliability | | | | maintenance of the tape drive can be detected by |
| in DLT backup tape storage. It is the fourth version | | | | the damaged edges of the tape. Within the |
| of DLT backup tape technology. The dlt-iv tape has | | | | specification, the tape with damaged edges had |
| native capacity of 40GB and compressed rate of | | | | higher rate of errors in comparison to the other |
| 80GB. The DLT-iv tapes have estimated archival life | | | | tapes. After checking the total tape length, the |
| of 30 years. The dlt tape drive and tape costs have | | | | damage on upper edge of the tape from start of |
| been low (generally and the tape cost has also been | | | | the tape was detected at about eighty, two hundred |
| low. The users of DLT IV tape have significant | | | | seven, two hundred fifty and two hundred seventy |
| flexibility in capacity, performance, and dependability. | | | | two meters. |
| The new and advanced form of the DLT tape | | | | The reliability of the backup tape medium is |
| technology is called the Super DLT tape. "Optical | | | | associated with the working conditions of the |
| servo system" has been introduced in the SDLT | | | | environment, equipment used and most important |
| tapes. The function of this optical servo system is to | | | | the brand's quality. Your top most priority should be |
| read the servo patterns from the back of the reel. | | | | that the precious data of the company be protected |
| To check the reliability of the Sony dlt tapes, the | | | | and made secured. This is important because the |
| Sony carried out experiments on some recycled | | | | future of the company is dependent on this data |
| Sony dlt-iv backup tapes that were purchased by the | | | | which is the valuable asset of the company. You may |
| company. The backup tapes that have completed | | | | not have an idea regarding the tape cartridge, |
| their useable life are removed by the companies and | | | | because it can be changed by the removal of the |
| are not further utilized. These tapes are known as | | | | screws of the tape cartridge. |
| the "recycled tapes". | | | | |