Bureau: Tape & Data Conversion

Tape & Data Cartridge Conversion - an introduction

Data Conversion Quote If you need to use data from another source, it will probably be supplied on a backup tape. To read this tape you will need a compatible tape drive, and the backup/restore program that wrote the tape.

To handle backup tapes from many sources, it is necessary to have:

A whole range of tape drives, software packages and computers on a range of operating systems
or a general-purpose tape and format handler
or Access to a reliable conversion bureau.

Physical Tapes

There are about 7 families of tape backup drive from the early 1/2 inch open reel and DC2120 to today's high capacity DLT700 and IBM3590. Each of these families of drives has a range of tape capacities from the low capacity first generation drives to today's top of the range tapes. Each drive has limited backward compatibility.

The bureau has access to most available SCSI tape drives. New drives are added as manufacturers release them, so the library of supported drives grows on a regular basis.

Logical Tape Formats

The number of physical tape formats is very limited when compared with the number of logical tape formats. The most common tape formats are IBM or ANSI labelled tape, Unix and NT. Look at the tape format list for further information.

The bureau has routines to read hundreds of different types of tape backup and new ones are constantly being written added.

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eMag Solutions
(formerly InterMedia)

Waterside Centre
North Street
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 2PE
United Kingdom

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