Data Product Services Ltd. is pleased to announce the official release of our latest project Tools'4'Tape. Tools'4'Tape has been on/off work in progress over the last 2 years as a baby brother product to Tapewise. Tools'4'Tape is available only from this website and we will start partner programs in the near future. T4T is a modular product, allowing you to purchase only the functionality that you require, the initial plugins include :-
Library plugin : Extend T4T ability from standalone drives to also supporting libraries and automation
Health check : Perform physical read/write tests on your media to check the quality of them
Security erase : Correctly erase tapes with multi-pass features
Tools plugin (free) : Basic drive diagnostics, information and tools.
We are already working on additional plugins for T4T which will be available shortly. We are also very capable of writing specific custom plugins for any unusual requests you may have as well, please enquire.
Tapewise has been designed from the start to form part of your tape media maintenance programme. It helps to identify and eliminate under performing media, by enabling the administrator or operator to incorporate pre-media qualification (on new media) and post-media qualification (media within the current media pool). This allows you to identify media that exceeds the data centres pre-defined error threshold levels, and remove it before it causes a catastrophic error at a later date. After identification of the failed media Tapewise offers you the ability to make an identical copy for replacement. Tapewise also offers a full spectrum of tape utilities such as Copying, Initialisation/Labelling, Erasing, Duplication, Validation, Retention...these are all accompanied by full media logs so that the operator knows the quality and status of the tape used.
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One of the key parts of Tapewise is the ability for it to map the quality of your tape (Tape Error Map). The graphs are created as part of almost all the tasks within Tapewise but Tapewise can do far more than just do quality assurance.
Tapewise website
For more information please visit the dedicated Tapewise website. Click here