External Tape Drive

Particularly in the early evolution of tape drives for backing up and restoring data, the external tape drive was the standard. It was a separate box that sat beside your computer into which you inserted a tape and loaded data.

As the technology has evolved, many other options have been made available. So, increasingly, the separate box, or external tape drive, has disappeared and backups are accomplished by feeding data directly to the backup device from an individual system or servers within your company or provided by a storage vendor on the web.

Whether you choose an external tape drive or another approach, Tandberg Data should be your vendor of choice.

Now entering its 20th year, Tandberg Data is a recognized pioneer and leading innovator in tape storage.

There are many firsts in Tandberg Data's 20-year history. Tandberg Data was the first to introduce 8mm tape drives and libraries, the first to offer native Fibre Channel drives and libraries, the first to offer FireWire tape drives and libraries and the first and only manufacturer to offer groundbreaking VXA Packet Technology.

The most impressive advancements in external tape drives and tape back up products have been with Tandberg Data's VXA Packet Technology - the new standard in tape back up and restore. Learn more about VXA Packet Technology today, or watch this short online tour of how VXA Packet Technology is far superior to old track-based technology used by DDS and DLT.

Watch an online tour of the single VXA-172 Packet Tape Drive.

Due to innovative engineering, Tandberg Data offers very mature, feature-rich products that raise the bar on industry standards. Tandberg Data also offers a full line of LTO products designed for rack mount server setups. Each of these products comes with patented ExaBotics™ — making its LTO Automation products superior in engineering, quality and reliability.

The Tandberg Data Magnum 1x7 Tape Autoloader's offers affordable LTO-2 tape automation for about the same cost as a single tape drive. Now also avaliable with IBM LTO-3 technology. Take a multimedia tour today.