DLT, SDLT, LTO, AIT Tape Drive Repair Services

Pinetree can provide replacement parts or component level DLT tape drive repairs to keep your drives up and running for the mission-critical task of archiving your data. Need a DLT, SDLT, LTO or AIT unit replacement for your tape library? No Problem, Pinetree can provide these internal drives today with our advance exchange program. Our five day depot repair turn-around time is one of the fastest in the industry, and we stand behind all of our repairs with a 120 day warranty on all of our work.
IF a business week is too long, Pinetree offers same day, advance exchange, for most DLT, LTO &amp AIT drives . We can ship out a replacement unit by the end of business today! Our expedited repair services can ship your units back to you in TWO business days after receipt.
Pinetree sells new and refurbished units, as well as DLT Leaders, Leader Kits, and media.

Digital Linear Tape (DLT) is a magnetic tape data storage technology developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) from 1984 onwards.

In 1994 the technology was purchased by Quantum Corporation, who currently manufactures drives and licenses the technology and trademark.

DLT uses linear serpentine recording with multiple tracks on half-inch (12.7 mm) wide tape. The cartridges contain a single reel and the tape is pulled out of the cartridge by means of a leader tape attached to the take- up reel inside the drive. The drive leader tape is buckled to the cartridge leader during the load process. Tape speed and tension are controlled electronically via the reel motors; there is no capstan. The tape is guided by 4 to 6 rollers that touch only the back side of the tape. Tape material is metal particle tape (MP/AMP.)

SDLT adds an optical servo system that reads servo patterns on the back of the tape.

This added functionality keeps the data tracks on the front of the tape correctly aligned with the read/write heads. This is important for newer tape media, which have very thin dense data tracks; 256, 384 and 768 data tracks on a half inch wide tape are now common.
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Linear Tape Open (LTO) is a magnetic tape data storage technology originally developed in the late 1990s

At that time there was a need for an open standards alternative to the proprietary magnetic tape formats that were currently available. The standard form-factor of LTO technology goes by the name Ultrium, the original version of which was released in 2000 and could hold 100 GB of data in a single cartridge. The most recent version was released in 2010 and can hold 1.5 TB in the same size cartridge. Since 2002, LTO has been the best selling “super tape” format.
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Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) is a high-speed, high-capacity magnetic tape data storage format developed and controlled by Sony.

Advanced Intelligent Tape competes mainly against the DLT, LTO, DAT/DDS, and VXA formats. AIT uses a cassette similar to Video8. Super AIT (SAIT) is a higher capacity variant using wider tape in a larger, single-spool cartridge. Both AIT and SAIT use the helical scan method of reading and writing the tape.
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