Sun StorageTek T9840C Tape Drive

The StorageTek T9840C drive is ideal for applications that demand high data throughput and fast recall and stores up to 40 gigabytes native on a single cartridge. Available with two-gigabit Fibre Channel, two gigabit FICON and ESCON connectivity, these drives give you access to data at an average of just 12 seconds

With native data transfer rates of 30 megabytes per second, the T9840C drive allows you to store more data in less time to meet your shrinking backup windows.

The T9840C drive is backward compatible, can store up to 75 GB on a single, reusable cartridge and provides an average file access time of 8 seconds.

When outfitted with fast-access StorageTek T9840 tape drives and StorageTek 9840 data cartridges, tape libraries can serve as a high-volume source for a large-capacity storage device for fixed-content data. Sun StorageTek VolSafe secure media technology utilizes Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) technology to secure high-value, fixed-content data. Together, StorageTek T9840 tape drives and StorageTek 9840 tape cartridges comprise an ideal, active archive for regulated data that has been used worldwide since 2000 to meet compliance requirements.

Here at Sunstar Company, Inc we offer new and reconditioned StorageTek T9840C tape drives. We have an inventory of drives and spares on hand. Please consider contacting us at 800.663.5523 or via email info@sunstarco.com and perhaps we can be of assistance.

Many Thanks

Gavin
www.sunstarco.com

We purchase used media and services

Sunstar Company will purchase your media.

We buy storage media such as LTO, ½" 3480, 3490, 3590, 9840 and 9940 cartridges

Please contact us @ purchasing@sunstarco.com
(800) 663.5523
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LTO2 Tape Drives

Linear Tape-Open (or LTO - Ultrium)) is a magnetic tape data storage technology developed as an open standards alternative to the proprietary magnetic tape formats.

LTO2 Tape drives were released in 2003 with a native capacity of 200GB and a Max Speed 40MB/s. Primary manufacturers of these LTO tape drives are: IBM, Quantum, Tandberg Data, Seagate and Certance.

Below is a list of the drives that we at Sunstar Company have sold and continue to offer as new or refurbished. Note that the half height drives have the same capacity but perform at a slower rate.
HP Ultrium 460 200GB at 30MB/s
IBM LTO-2 200GB at 35MB/s
Quantum LTO2 200GB at 123GB/hr
Quantum LTO2HH 200GB at 94GB/hr
Tandberg Data LTO2 HH 200GB at 24MB/s

• The HP, IBM and Quantum full height drives are available with a choice of a SCSI or a Fibre interface. Internal, external or for a specific tape library.
• Quantum LTO2 Half Height Drives deliver compressed capacities of 400GB and backup speeds of up to 187 GB/hr. They are read/write compatible to LTO-1. Available with Wide Ultra 160 SCSI connectivity.
• Tandberg Data internal and external LTO-2 Half Height SCSI tape drive with a compressed transferred rate of 48MBs.
• Tape Libraries that support LTO2 are shown on our web site at www.sunstarco.com

If you have an LTO tape drive that is not working at this time, contact us and perhaps we can repair the said unit.

For additional information please contact us: 800.663.5523 or info@sunstarco.com

RAID Levels

RAID = Redundant Array of Independent Discs.
A RAID system is a collection of hard drives joined together using a RAID level definition.

• RAID can be used to stripe drives together to give more overall access speed (level 0).
• RAID can be used to mirror drives (level 1).
• RAID can be used to increase uptime of your overall storage by striping drives together and then keeping parity data, if a drive should fail the system keeps operating (level 5 or 6).

RAID levels 5 and 6 are most commonly used, primarily for uptime purposes and its ability to join together (say) 14 drives, giving a large storage block.

Read about RAID levels below and for more detailed information visit the specific RAID Education page on our site at Sunstar Company, Inc.

• Level 0
  Striped Disk Array without Fault Tolerance: Provides data striping (spreading out blocks of each file across multiple disk drives) but no redundancy. This improves performance but does not deliver fault tolerance. If one drive fails then all data in the array is lost.
• Level 1
  Mirroring and Duplexing: Provides disk mirroring. Level 1 provides twice the read transaction rate of single disks and the same write transaction rate as single disks.
• Level 2
  Error-Correcting Coding: Rarely used, with data striped at the bit level rather than the block level.
• Level 3
  Bit-Interleaved Parity: Provides byte-level striping with a dedicated parity disk. Rarely used as it cannot service simultaneous multiple requests.
• Level 4
  Dedicated Parity Drive: A commonly used implementation of RAID, Level 4 provides block-level striping (like Level 0) with a parity disk. If a data disk fails, the parity data is used to create a replacement disk. A disadvantage to Level 4 is that the parity disk can create write bottlenecks.
• Level 5
  Block Interleaved Distributed Parity: Provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Possibly the most popular implementations of RAID.
• Level 6
  Independent Data Disks with Double Parity: Provides block-level striping with parity data distributed across all disks. Very popular at this time.
• Level 0+1
  A Mirror of Stripes: Not one of the original RAID levels, two RAID 0 stripes are created, and a RAID 1 mirror is created over them. Used for both replicating and sharing data among disks.
• Level 10
  A Stripe of Mirrors: Not one of the original RAID levels, multiple RAID 1 mirrors are created, and a RAID 0 stripe is created over these.

Please feel free to contact us at Sunstar Company at: info@sunstarco.com or 800.663.5523

Many Thanks

Gavin

www.sunstarco.com

DLT Tape Drives is there still a market?

Look at the list below and it is rather easy to tell that Quantum sold millions of these drives over the last decade or so. The sad truth is that today Quantum is not so fortunate. In fact they are now a leading manufacturer of their one time ardent competitor - the Ultrium LTO.

Sunstar Company offers the DLT-S4 and SDLT 600 and 320 but the inquires are few. Other than Quantum, I am not aware of any tape library manufacturer including the DLT or SDLT as an option.

Quantum's tape division seems to be focusing on the LTO technology. There are so many SDLT and DLT drives out there and Sunmstar Co. is one of the few organizations that can repair or replace these drives. We carry an iventory of refurbished SDLT and DLT drives and yes we do have spare parts.

DLT-S4 800GB at 60MB/s 1600GB at 320MB/s
SDLT 600 300GB at 36MB/s 600GB at 72MB/s
SDLT 320 160GB at 16MB/s 320GB at 32MB/s
SDLT 220 110GB at 11MB/s 220GB at 22MB/s
DLT 8000 40GB at 6MB/s 80GB at 12MB/s
DLT V4 160GB at 10MB/s 320GB at 20MB/s
DLT1 40GB at 3MB/s 80GB at 12MB/s
DLT-VS160 80GB at 8MB/s 160GB at 16MB/s
DLT-VS80 40GB at 3MB/s 80GB at 6MB/s
DLT 7000 35GB at 5MB/s 70GB at 10MB/s
DLT 4000 20GB at 1.5MB/s 40GB at 3MB/s
DLT 2000XT 15GB at 1.25MB/s 30GB at 2.5MB/s

If you have any of the drives above and you need assistance, please contact and hopefully we will be able to help you.
info@sunstarco.com (800) 663.5523

Many Thanks
Gavin
www.sunstarco.com

Refurbish your IBM Tape Drives

We at Sunstar Company can refurbish your IBM Tape Drives.

Models that we work on daily.
3480 Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
3490 Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
3490e Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
3590 Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
3592 Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
TS1120 Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
TS1130 Internal, External and for specific tape libraries

LTO (Ultrium) Internal External (FH & HH) and for specific tape libraries

• LTO 4
• LTO 3
• LTO 2
• LTO 1

We offer:

• Repairs
• Recertification
• Advance Exchange
• Replacement

All drives are tested and retested before the drive is shipped.

Please call us in advance to receive a cost estimate and RMA no.

(800) 663-5523

Thank You

Sunstar Company, Inc.

www.sunstarco.com

We will repair your old tape drive

Sunstar Company repair specific tape drives. Sure we have the ability to repair many more models, however often spare are not readily available and due to the fact "sometimes" it might be cost prohibitive to repair a drive.

We repair primary the follow drives:

LTO (Ultrium)
LTO 4, 3, 2 and 1 - Internal External (FH & HH) and for specific tape libraries
9840 & 9940
9840A, B & C and 9940A & B - Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
3480
All Manufacturers - Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
3490
All Manufacturers - Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
3490e
All Manufacturers - Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
3590
All Manufacturers - Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
3592 TS1120 TS1130
IBM, Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
DLT
DLT & SDLT drives - Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
SLR 9 Track 4mm 8mm
Internal, External and for specific tape libraries
DIR & DTF Drives
Internal, External and for specific tape libraries

Please do call us at 800.663.5523

Many Thanks

Gavin
www.sunstarco.com