4mm DAT (digital audio tape) drives have been around for a number of years now and range from 1.3GB (some of the first devices) - 160GB with the current drives available on the market. Here at Castle Computers we stock a wide range of drives from manufacturers including. Archive, Seagate, Certance, Conner, Quantum, HP, Sony, WangDat, Compaq, Dell, ADIC, Cristie and mountain.

As usual all our drives are supplied refurbished with a minimum of 30 days return to base warranty and are available as internal, external and some hotswap. If you still use an older DAT drive in your office and it fails we can ether repair it for you or you can purchase a replacement. Ether way it ensures that you can still use your old tapes and save yourself money by not having to upgrade to a DAT 160 which might be way above your needs.

Call our sales team for further information

Sample of some current and discontinued models.

35450A, 35470A, 3580A, C1521A, C1521G, C1521H, C1529F, C1529G, C1529H, C1529K, 4322RP, 4324RP, 4326RP, CTD8000, C1533A, C1525A, C1525G, C1525H, C1526A, C1526H, C1537A, C1555D, C1554A, C5683A, C5686A, C5687A, C1556A, C1555D, C1557A, C1561A, C1559A, SDT5000, SDT5200, SDT7000, SDT9000, SDT11000, SDT1000, 46JVW, 7212T, 3891D, 340593-001, 122873-001, 158856-001, 199464-001, Q1522A, Q1522B, C7438A, Q1523A, CD72LWH, STD224000N, STD2401LW, STD28000N,

We now have available from stock the PX502 LTO Ready Autoloader from Quantum.

Our PX502 has 2 x LTO3 LVD Drives and is available from stock for £2495.00 + Carriage + VAT. This is an excellent price and it is supplied with a 90 day return to base warranty but support options are available if required.

Due to increased demand we are now stocking a range of hard drives including the following

431658-B21 HP 146GB SAS Hard Drive

286716-B22 HP 146GB Hotswap HDD U320

286714-B22 HP 7.28GB U320 Hotswap Hard Drive

350964-B22 HP 300GB 10K U320 HDD

289042-001 HP 72GB 10K U320 Hotswap Hard Drive

286778-B22 HP 72GB 15K U320 Hotswap HDD

375861-B21 72GB SAS Hard Drive

All drives are tested and come with a minimum of 90 days warranty. Contact sales for further information

The Dell Powervault 122T Range of Desktop and Rackmount Autoloaders offer an excellent cost effective back up solution for the small to medium sized office.

They are available with VS80, LTO1, LTO2 and SDLT320 drives and are able to take a total of 8 cartridges. They are 2U in height and come with a 68pin Ultra Wide SCSI connection.

We have the full range available from stock so please contact sales for further information

Due to demand Castle Computers are now stocking refurbished hard drives from Hewlett Packard. We have an extensive range of all capacities but the 73GB, 146GB and 300GB U320 10K Drives are very popular and we can offer these at excellent prices.

Contact our sales team for price abd availability

Castle Computers are now pleased to have available from stock some refurbished Ultrium 920 Drives. from HP. They offer upto 800GB of data on 1 tape and because they are half height they take up minimum amount of room in the server.

We have both internal and external drives in stock with LVD and SAS interfaces (which offers upto 3GB /Sec). Please contact sales for further information and pricing or visit our online shop.

We have just received some more of the excellent internal Ultrium 960 from HP. They are full height drives offering upto 800GB of data on one tape.

They also offer the excellent one button disaster recovery facility which allows a complete restore at a touch of a button.

These drives have been refurbished by Castle Computers and are supplied with a 90 day return to base warranty. These drives are still being sold for over £1100 by resellers so grab yourself a bargain today from Castle Computers

The safe and secure storage of data is one of the most critical aspects of any business. When backup devices go wrong you really need the confidence that they will be fixed with effiency and urgency. Tape drives, autoloaders and tape libraries all need specialst attention if something goes wrong.

Castle Computers Onsite Tape Drive Repair  offer a service that will bring back your confidence in obtaining an urgent fix for the majority of tape drives, autoloaders and tape libraries. Exchange and loan units are usually brought to the site to make sure that a fix is always acheived and that a full backup of your company data is completed.

Castle Computers have an advanced exchange service too, a wide range of backup devices are available that can be sent to your company site next day delivery. Then any backup product part can simply be returned within a 2 week period. A service such as this makes economic sense and means replacements can be implemented very quickly.

Castle also offer a rental service providing the item is in stock.

Whatever data storage solution you are currently using chances are we stock the parts for it or indeed stock the unit itself. From Quantum tape drives to the very latest offerings from Seagate and Dell we are a leading authority on all tape drive technologies.

Currently, we are offering  a Seagate DDS4 Internal DAT drive for an amazing £85.00. Other best sellers from us are the Tandberg LTO2 1U 8 slot autoloader. Why not look at the HP internal SDLT Tape Drive as with all our products it offers great value for money and a reliant form of data backup.

Most of the tape drives that we supply have advanced feature sets and high performance offerings. Low power consuming units are ever more popular as is highly reliable data storage and flexible cartridge load design. Many of our auto loader units facilitate disaster recovery plans and offer off-site storage solutions to both small and large companies.

We have just received some Ultrium LTO2 Loader Drives for the Overland Storage  NEO2000 & NEO4000 range of Autoloaders.

 These drives are refurbished and come complete with a hotswap tray so they are ready to be used and easy to install. Whether you want to upgrade from LTO1 or add a second LTO2 drive they represent excellent value for money. The interface is LVD and they can offer upto 108GB/hr.

We can also provide the complete loaders, installation and maintenance for these devices, please contact sales for more information.