Tape Drives Buyers Guide
Key Features
| Key Features | | | Native Capacity | | | Interface Type | | | Tape Type |
| | With over 600 tape drives on the market, key features such as Native Capacity, Interface Type & Tape Type are important factors when buying. These features not only effect the performane and quality of the tape drive you choose, but also the price. Shown below are price guides for a selection of tape drives focusing on the key features: Native Capacity, Interface Type & Tape Type. |
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| Native Capacity | | 10 GB | £148.00 | | 216 GB | £1,188.00 | | 1600 GB | £2,766.00 | | 3900 GB | £4,130.00 | | 4000 GB | £6,731.00 | | * | 200 GB | £3,993.00 |
| | | Interface Type | | USB | £275.00 | | Wide Ultra SCSI | £617.00 | | Wide SCSI | £3,028.00 | | SCSI | £5,128.00 | | * | SCSI | £5,128.00 |
| | | Tape Type | | Travan | £173.00 | | VXAtape | £879.00 | | AIT-3 | £1,710.00 | | LTO 2 | £3,186.00 | | DLT | £6,519.00 | | * | Ultrium | £5,701.00 |
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* Taking into account all current tape drives on the market the most desirable would be a tape drive with 200 GB Native Capacity, SCSI Interface Type and Ultrium Tape Type.
Price Guide
| Min | £13.61 | | Avg | £4,746.81 | | Max | £111,744.85 |
| | Tape Drives cost anywhere from £13.61 for a basic tape drive with few features to around £111,744.85 for a fully featured tape drive. |
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Brand Guide
| Popular Brands | | | Hewlett Packard | | | QUANTUM | | | Hewlett | | | Exabyte | | | Sony | | | Tandberg Data |
| | The most popular tape drives brand is Hewlett Packard. The most expensive tape drives brand is Spectra Logic. If you're looking for a bargain then look out for Fuji branded tape drives as generally they offer the cheapest tape drives. |
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