Pinetree Peripherals: Your Tape Drive Repair Experts http://pine1nc.com/blogs Tape Drive, DLT and Tape Library Repair and Services Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:11:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Tape libraries http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2012/tape-libraries-6/ http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2012/tape-libraries-6/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:11:14 +0000 Chuck http://pine1nc.com/blogs/?p=527 Continue reading →]]> Al has been successful repairing tape libraries from Quantum and ADIC. His experience as senor support engineer for Quantum is be used to add more capability to the repair team. The Pinetree has been adding to their capability with the new challenges they have met and fixed.

]]> http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2012/tape-libraries-6/feed/ 0 Tape drive repair http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2012/tape-drive-repair-4/ http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2012/tape-drive-repair-4/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:49:52 +0000 Chuck http://pine1nc.com/blogs/?p=524 Continue reading →]]> The team has added the Sun StorEdge LTO to the repair capability. Also the tape drive repair has been meeting the standard set for quality. DLT tape drive repair is still a skill that the team has kept current. Each month the team is adding additional tape libraries for sale. The plan is to continue to add ADIC tape libraries to the capability of repairs.

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]]> http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2012/tape-libraries-5/feed/ 0 Pinetree tape drive repair services http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2012/tape-drive-repair-3/ http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2012/tape-drive-repair-3/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:45:55 +0000 Chuck http://pine1nc.com/blogs/?p=506 The team has successfully completed another year of repairs of tape drives. This tape drive repair failure rate was below 1 % which is our goal. Team Leader

]]> http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2012/tape-drive-repair-3/feed/ 0 Sun StorEdgeTape libraries http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2011/sun-storedgetape-libraries/ http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2011/sun-storedgetape-libraries/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:06:45 +0000 Chuck http://pine1nc.com/blogs/?p=502 Pinetree team has added skills to repair, refurbish and provide maintenance for the Sun StorEdge Tape Libraries. Additional training has been done to expand the repair expertise and support capability for on site maintenance.

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]]> http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2011/storagetek-tape-drive/feed/ 0 Tape drive repair http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2011/tape-drive-repair-2/ http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2011/tape-drive-repair-2/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:40:14 +0000 Chuck http://pine1nc.com/blogs/?p=497 The team has successfully repaired and stress tested more drives for the tape libraries. The newer drive are now repairable and tested in Sun StorEdge tape libraries. Call for quotes. Parts are also available for sale.

]]> http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2011/tape-drive-repair-2/feed/ 0 Tape Drive Repair http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2011/tape-drive-repair-services/ http://pine1nc.com/blogs/2011/tape-drive-repair-services/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:03:35 +0000 dtilleman http://pine1nc.com/blogs/?p=489 Continue reading →]]> These days there is not a whole lot of buzz about tape drive repair. Sure there is a lot of talk about cloud-based storage, and disk storage, solid state and conventional, but what about those reliable tape drives that are still chugging along after 20 or more  years of dependable service. I mean honestly, when something works why throw it out? Yes tape is bulky and has slow access times, but no one is expecting real-time access to that stored data. What about the time when disaster strikes and you cannot get an internet connection. Are you really covered? Tape drives, manufactured by Oracle(StorageTek) and Quantum are the heart of today’s tape libraries and still provide a reliable, economical and efficient manner to restore your data and get your business up and running once again.

Reuse, Recycle, Reduce

Pinetree can give those old units a new lease on life, and in most cases update them to the latest revision level. It is amazing how much more efficient a tape drive unit runs, when it has been thoroughly cleaned, upgraded and tested. Whether you are using a LTO-4 or a STK 9914, Pinetree has the expertise and experience to keep those units operating at peak performance.

Whether you need a quick repair or desire on-site maintenance, Pinetree can provide those services TODAY. So give us a call (303 776-5066) or drop us an e-mail and see what solution fits your business today. What do you have to lose?

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