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Tape drives

Tape is always likely to play a role in any storage management policy, because it's cheap and robust. Dave Mitchell takes a look at eight of the latest drives and sorts the wheat from the chaff

Group Test Winner

Product: HP StorageWorks Ultrium 960
Company: Hewlett-Packard
Price: £2505
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Verdict: This is without doubt the fastest mid-range tape drive in the world with excellent capacity but you will need a highly specified system to get the best out of it

Sony StorStation AITi200STS

Company: Sony
Price: £678
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Tandberg Data 420LTO

Company: Tandberg Data
Price: £867
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Exabyte VXA-320 Packet Tape Drive

Company: Exabyte
Price: £749
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Quantum DLT-V4

Company: Quantum Technology
Price: £695
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Sony StorStation AIT390s

Company: Sony
Price: £999
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Tandberg Data SDLT600

Company: Tandberg Data
Price: £1,799
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HP StorageWorks DAT72 SCSI

Company: Hewlett-Packard
Price: £415
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