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,

The storage market has gone through many changes of late with the introduction of faster tape storage devices that will store more and more data on one tape.

However, what happens if you don’t need to store 400GB on one tape? What if you just need to back up a small network or single PC?

Our commitment to stock a complete range of tape drives means that we have devices ranging from 1/4″ Streamers and Travan drives all the way through to the latest LTO, AIT and SDLT technology.

We had an email only last week from someone who needed to back up a small accounts package of only 2GB so we were able to offer a number of solutions to meet his budget. As speed was not critical he opted for a Seagate USB Travan.

Our knowledgeable sales team can offer you a range of refurbished and new tape drives to suit your requirements so please do not hesitate to contact them for further information.

 At Castle Computers  we recognise the need of the smaller business so we

A warm welcome from the tape drive blog team. We know just how complicated getting the right backup solution can be, the choice of backup hardware and software solutions is so vast and the range of storage manufacturers available is extensive - HP Storageworks, Quantum, Dell to name a few.

We aim to focus on storage solutions that are easy to implement and will suit your enterprise. The Tape Drive Blog will cover all backup devices from DLT’s, DAT internal tape drives and external drives. Perhaps you need to know more about automated backup devices such as autoloaders and tape libraries. It’s all here!