Tape Libraries / Jukeboxes

Unylogix offers a variety of tape libraries / tape jukeboxes from different vendors including ("dumb") sequential access tape libraries, also known as autochangers or autoloaders, and ("intelligent") random access tape libraries, also known as tape jukeboxes or tape silos.   Advanced features of our units include hot-swap drives, redundant components (fans, power supplies...), mixed media capabilities, fibre channel connectivity, etc...   Capacities range from 5 tapes to multi thousands tapes.

We offer tape libraries in the following formats:   4mm, 8mm, Sony AIT (Advanced Intelligent Tape), Super AIT (SAIT), Ecrix VXA, DLT (Digital Linear Tape), SuperDLT (SDLT), LTO Ultrium (Linear Tape Open), Tandem non-stop, IBM 3480/3490/3490E, IBM Magstar 3590, STK 9840, DTF, etc...   Data Interchange formats also available.

DLT & SuperDLT libraries

  • ADIC
    ADIC offers the largest line of DLT tape storage products in the industry, from scalable, data center libraries to standalone drives and media.
  • ATL Products
    ATL Products and Quantum offer a wide variety of DLT products, from single tape drives to libraries / jukeboxes with some of the industry’s largest capacities.
  • Qualstar
    Qualstar, known worldwide for quality and reliability, has a new series of tape libraries certified for the DLT and SuperDLT formats.
  • Spectralogic
    Spectra Logic tape libraries offer one of the highest storage density of any product in the market. Along with their high availability, redundancy features, their scalability and performance, Spectra Logic libraries provide the ultimate in tape backup solutions.
  • StorageTek
    StorageTek is the preeminent provider of network computing storage. Their products and services are used to store, transport and secure more than 100 petabytes of the world's information.
    The L-Series, Nearline® and TimberWolf libraries offer performance levels far above those previously associated with tape. It's the automated, cost-effective, efficient way to store nearly infinite amounts of information.


LTO Ultrium libraries

  • ADIC
    ADIC manufactures the most complete line of LTO Ultrium tape libraries with ranges in size that lets you pick an LTO Ultrium tape library that is best suited to your network environment.
  • ATL
    ATL Products offers one of the broadest line of automated LTO libraries / jukeboxes that cater to a variety of needs.
  • Qualstar
    Qualstar, known worldwide for quality and reliability, has a new series of tape libraries certified for the Linear Tape Open Ultrium format.
  • Spectralogic
    Spectra Logic tape libraries offer one of the highest storage density of any product in the market. Along with their high availability, redundancy features, their scalability and performance, Spectra Logic libraries provide the ultimate in tape backup solutions.
  • StorageTek
    The tape-storage leader has various new models of tape libraries certified for LTO Ultrium with more to be added in a near future.


AIT libraries

  • QualStar
    Qualstar manufactures a variety of AIT based libraries, starting at 10 slots all the way to 600-slots. Qualstar tape libraries are available in a variety of enclosures including dektop or rackmount, from their very compact 2U rackmount unit to floor-standing models.

    Qualstar Simply ReliableSM automation technology provides users with a very reliable yet easy library design which has proven itself in over 35,000 installations worldwide.
  • Spectralogic
    Spectra Logic manufactures a complete line of AIT based automated tape library solutions, with three library architectures corresponding to match every customer backup requirements - from small entry level to enterprise solution with over 166TB of storage space.

    Spectra Logic tape libraries offer one of the highest storage density of any product in the market - with their 166TB storage taking up only 19" rackmount floor space. Along with their high availability, redundancy features, their scalability and performance, Spectra Logic libraries provide the ultimate in tape backup solutions.


Super-AIT libraries

  • QualStar
    Qualstar manufactures a variety of Super-AIT based libraries, starting at 33 slots all the way to 264 slots. These libraries are designed to serve the data storage needs of mid-sized to large corporations. In Qualstar’s advanced robotic design, SAIT yields industry-leading capacity, storage density, performance and reliability.
  • Spectralogic
    Spectra Logic tape libraries offer one of the highest storage density of any product in the market. Along with their high availability, redundancy features, their scalability and performance, Spectra Logic libraries provide the ultimate in tape backup solutions.


8mm (Exabyte) libraries

  • Exabyte
    • Exabyte family of libraries
      • Exabyte offers a complete family of 8mm libraries from the EZ17 (one drive, 7 cartridges) to the X200 (2 to 10 drives and 40 to 200 cartridges, stores up to 30 TB). More...


VXA libraries

    Unylogix provides VXA-based tape libraries / jukeboxes ranging in size up to 15-slots, with 1 or 2 drives


4mm (DDS) libraries

Unylogix provides DDS-based tape libraries / jukeboxes in 2 main formats as follows:
  • Small DDS libraries
    • These include various models ranging in size up to 8 slots. Available with 1 drive.
  • Large DDS libraries
    • These include various models ranging in size up to 60 slots. Available with 1 to 4 drives.


Data Interchange drives & libraries

We also offer data interchange hardware to allow the transfer of data from one platform to another via tape - for example, a Windows based PC or a Unix system could be used to read tapes which were produced on a mainframe or to write tapes to be read on almost any platform.


Other libraries

Unylogix Technologies also has tape libraries for a variety of other drive formats.  You will find below some of the most popular models and format types.  If the format you are searching is not in our list, feel free to contact us via telephone or .
  • STK 9840: Developped by StorageTek, the 9840 format provides high throughput and good capacity.
  • IBM Magstar 3590: Offers a high performance, high capacity (40 GB native per tape, 80 GB compressed) tape solution with some of the highest data rates in the industry.
  • DTF: Very high-capacity (200 GB native per tape, 400 GB compressed!) and throughput.
  • Mixed-Media: Supports a very wide range of tape media formats, including popular ones (DLT, SuperDLT, AIT, LTO Ultrium, 8mm, 4mm), less popular (9840, 3590, DTF, etc...) as well as lesser-known formats (NCTP, D-2, BetaCam, etc...).