LTO Chip Scanning

LTO Chip Scanning identifies deteriorating cartridges before they fail.  Most systems & specialist tape software identifies defective cartridges after they fail.  These cartridge failures can be disruptive and expensive.  However with a pro-active media policy you can monitor all your cartridges and retire aging or damaged tapes before they fail saving you time and money.

When saving mission critical data you must have complete confidence that your data can be recovered without problems. LTO chip scanning enables you to identify and eliminate any cartridge that does not meet your standards. Many problems that appear to be cartridge problems are caused by tape drives that require service. 

LTO chip scanning uses a simple colour coded scoring system to analyse quickly and efficiently the quality of individual cartridge, it also allows you to produce simple reports that breaks down the analysis to show trends occurring in your libraries