STK Library LTO Tape Drives

Reconditioned StorageTek LTO4 Tape Drives are available to ship from Sunstar Company, Inc. Contact us online or call us at (800) 663-5523 or (310) 330-2900 for more information and a quote. STK Libraries supported: SL8500, SL3000, L700, L700E, SL500, L180, L5500 Sample of some of the models that we ship. 7013970 STK StorageTek LTO4 IBM 4GB FC w/ tray for […]

StorageTek LTO Tape Drives

  Reconditioned IBM and HP LTO Tape Drives for your StorageTek Tape Library Sunstar Company offers reconditioned StorageTek (STK) LTO Tape Drives for your STK Library. STK LTO6 Tape Drives: IBM and HP STK LTO5 Tape Drives: IBM and HP STK LTO4 Tape Drives: IBM and HP STK LTO3Tape Drives: IBM and HP STK LTO2 […]

Linear File System – Non-proprietary format provides investment protection

LTFS (Linear Tape File System) is a file system specification that allows Linear Tape-Open (LTO) storage technology to be indexed. Easy and fast access to large files: 2.5 TB native capacity for a single LTO-6 tape Drag and drop functionality Appears as storage device to operating system Enables standard applications to write and read to LTFS formatted tapes […]

Oracle STK T10000C

Oracle’s StorageTek T10000C delivers up to 252 MB/sec and 5 TB, native, making it ideal for data center operations with growing data volumes. To get a formal quote: Contact us online or call 800.663.5523 or 310.330.2900 High 5 TB capacity (uncompressed) 25% more capacity than any other tape drive Up to 252 MB/sec native (uncompressed) […]

STORAGETEK TAPE DRIVES: 9840, 9940 AND 10000

Available from Sunstar Company. Refurbished Oracle StorageTek (STK)  enterprise tape drives StorageTek T10000D Tape Drive StorageTek T10000C Tape Drive StorageTek LTO Tape Drives Legacy StorageTek T10000B Tape Drive StorageTek T10000 Tape Drive StorageTek T9940B Tape Drive StorageTek T9940 Tape Drive StorageTek T9840D Tape Drive StorageTek T9840C Tape Drive StorageTek T9840B Tape Drive StorageTek T9840A Tape […]

Data Storage Equipment Upgrades

If your company’s IT needs have outgrown your current data storage systems, ISC can help you upgrade your equipment. We can also assist you in reconfiguring and re-deploying your old data storage equipment to be used in another company area or location if you’re not ready to decommission it just yet. We can also assist […]

Data Storage Equipment Reconditioning

Data storage equipment reconditioning is a cost-effective solution to extend the life of your out-of-warranty equipment. On-site field engineers can evaluate the health of your tape library or disk drive array systems and perform the reconditioning as needed. Contact us if you’d like more information about our data storage equipment reconditioning, call 800.663.5523D.

On-Site Data Storage Services

We understand that your data storage equipment maintenance needs sometimes go beyond depot repair, advance exchange and technical support over the phone. That’s why we also offer an extensive choice of on-site data storage services performed by professional Field Engineers, including:          Decommissioning Removal & Destruction When facing end-of-life decisions about your data storage equipment, you want […]

Protects high-value data in conformity with the toughest corporate governance & governmental regulatory requirements

THE ULTIMATE IN DATA SECURITY Reduces storage costs and boosts user efficiency Easy-to-manage and cloud-ready        Cloud Connectivity The Nexsan Assureon can be configured to allow multiple applications, departments or even companies to securely operate with complete separation. Multi-tenancy features enable service providers to offer archive-as-a-service. This also allows large organizations to achieve strict separation of […]

IBM 3592 Drives in Generic Dual RackMount Encloure

Need to read IBM Enterprise 3592 Media outside of your tape Library? Traditionally these drives have been installed in either IBM or Spectra Logic tape libraries. Most commonly these IBM drives are installed in the IBM TS3500 and TS4500 tape libraries. Working on a project – possibly reading or writing data offsite, small projects that require your data on […]

Generic TableTop Enclosure for TS1130, TS1140, TS1150 (IBM 3592) Tape Drive

Need to read IBM Enterprise 3592 Media outside of your tape Library? Traditionally these drives have been installed in either IBM or Spectra Logic tape libraries. Most commonly these IBM drives are installed in the IBM TS3500 and TS4500 tape libraries. Working on a project – possibly reading or writing data offsite, small projects that […]

All-in-One Backup Appliance

Fast, reliable back up and restoration of files and folders. All Unitrends appliances use disk-to-disk technology to provide greater speed and reliability than tape-based systems. Purpose-built physical backup appliances for enterprise-class virtual, deep virtual, physical protection, and unified computer protection. Unitrends provides physical, virtual and cloud-based protection and recovery for every organization’s most valuable assets: its data and applications. Supported by […]

Managing rapid, unpredictable growth in digital content and data

Government, healthcare and financial organizations in particular are challenged daily with managing rapid, unpredictable growth in digital content and data, while ensuring compliance with industry and government regulations. The Nexsan Assureon solution brings advanced, secure automated archiving to mid-sized organizations and enterprises to optimize storage infrastructures and manage regulatory compliance. By deploying the Nexsan Assureon solution, organizations can automate storage policies […]

Why customers choose Nimble

The Nimble platform has been adopted by cloud service providers, and mid-sized and Fortune 500 companies across a wide range of industries. These customers rely on a mix of applications, and run a variety of workloads and then there is their superior customer experience. Nimble believes flash will upend traditional disk-based architectures, and that cloud-based […]

Refurbished IBM 3592 Tape Drives in Generic Table Top Enclosure

So you have a need for a stand alone IBM 3592 tape drive. Sunstar Company, a stocking Value Added Reseller of refurbished IBM 3592 tape drives (IBM models TS1120. TS1130 and TS1140) can support your requirement for a stand alone 3592 tape drive. We understand your needs and we can support your requirements. Now with […]

Reconditioned StorageTek LTO Tape Drives

Reconditioned StorageTek LTO Tape drives sold with warranty: Ready to ship. Specific the library that this drive will be installed in: LTO4 (IBM) Fibre Tape Drive:    LTO4 (HP) Fibre Tape Drive:  LTO3 (IBM) 4GB Fibre Tape Drive     LTO3 (HP) 4GB Fibre Tape Drive:   LTO3 (IBM) Fibre Tape Drive:    LTO3 (HP) […]

Digital Imaging

As archives grow, storage performance must keep pace so that valuable files are accessible at all times. The exponential growth of digital imaging is driving up demand for storage capacity: High definition (HD) cameras produce denser images Data retention polices require longer term storage of images and video Data replication multiplies images as business seek […]

Media & Entertainment Storage Solutions

Video production and distribution is evolving at a faster pace than ever before. Post-production activities require massive amounts of storage. Editors cut and coordinate raw content from multiple feeds. Staying on top is all about asset management and the ability to scale storage on the fly. To learn more about the storage offerings available to […]

Media migration

Migrate your business data into the right formats for secured retention and easy access in the future by using Sunstar Company, Inc. Keeping your company’s data in a secure, current format is a time-consuming and strenuous task, especially since data backup technologies and media formats are constantly evolving. Migrate your data from tape to disk. […]

Digital Imaging

Digital Images are electronic snapshots taken of a scene or scanned from documents, such as photographs, manuscripts, printed texts, and artwork. The digital image is sampled and mapped as a grid of dots or picture elements (pixels). Each pixel is assigned a tonal value (black, white, shades of gray or color), which is represented in […]

IBM TS1060 Tape Drive

The IBM® System Storage® TS1060 is an IBM LTO™ Ultrium™ 6 Tape Drive that combines IBM tape reliability and performance at open systems prices. The new Ultrium 6 Tape Drive: Increases maximum data transfer rate, providing to up to 160 MB/sec native as compared to LTO Ultrium 5 at 140 MB/sec native Supports LTO Generation […]

Nexsan Assureon 8.0

Imation (NYSE:IMN), a global data storage and information security company, today announced that it has introduced a way for IT administrators to better ensure data security in their archive storage. The new Nexsan Assureon™ 8.0 secure archive storage system, which is now generally available to the market, contains features and functionality that significantly boost system simplicity and take users’ […]

We repair STK tape drives

Sunstar Company repairs all tape drives. Standalone of library drives are repaired, tested and shipped with warranty: A $150.00 fee applies to product shipped to our facility for evaluation. The approval of any repair waives the $150.00 evaluation fee. Standard turn around time is usually 3 to 5 business days on most repairs. Expedited service available […]

Nexsan NST at VMworld Europe

Nexsan™ NST™ hybrid storage appliances combine high performance, high capacity and innovative caching technology to meet mid-sized enterprise application and storage needs OAKDALE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 10, 2014– Imation (NYSE:IMN), a global data storage and information security company, today announced that it will feature its innovative Nexsan™ storage appliances – including the new NST4000 – at next week’s […]

Imation unveils fortified data security for archive storage

OAKDALE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 9, 2014– Imation (NYSE:IMN), a global data storage and information security company, today announced that it has introduced a way for IT administrators to better ensure data security in their archive storage. The new Nexsan Assureon™ 8.0 secure archive storage system, which is now generally available to the market, contains features and functionality that significantly boost system […]

IBM TS1130 (3592EO6 tape drives)

  Provides information security with support for encryption and key management Optimizes information retention with support for existing IBM tape automation Supports Write Once Read Many (WORM) cartridges to help satisfy compliance requirements Offers high performance and high capacity for storage consolidation The IBM System Storage TS1130 Tape Drive (TS1130 tape drive) features storage capability […]

Refurbished IBM 3590-B1A 128-Track Tape Drive

The drive’s 9 MB/sec data rate is three times faster than previous 3480, 3490, or 3490E tape drives allowing tape applications to read or write data more quickly. With built-in data compression, the IBM 3590-B1A can more effectively utilize the full capability of the 40 MB per second Ultra SCSI interface. Process More Tapes Process […]

IBM 3590 B11, E11 and H11

IBM 3590 Model B11 / E11 / H11   The IBM 3590 models B1A, E1A, and H1A (no loader) are designed for automated tape libraries, including the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Automated Tape Library 3494, IBM TotalStorage Virtual Tape Server, and StorageTek Silos. A 3494 with the 3590 E1A drive capacity is up to 1,122TB* High performance tape drives for […]

IBM 3590 Tape Drives

The IBM Magstar 3590 models B11 and E11 are rack-mounted tape drives with an Automatic Cartridge Facility (ACF). The 10 cartridge ACF allows the drives  to be used as a mini-library with access to up to 1.2TB* of data. The Magstar 3590 B11/ E11 can be converted to a B1A / E1A for use in a fully […]

Fujitsu 3590

The M8100, Fujitsu’s 128-track half inch cartridge tape drive, is a new generation tape drive to meet the critical mission data environment needs for high speed, large capacity and full format compatibility with IBM® 3590™ Magstar™. The M8100, Fujitsu’s 128-track half inch cartridge tape drive, is a new generation tape drive to meet the critical mission data […]

Overland Data – older model tape libraries

Sunstar Company have the following Overland Data libraries in inventory. All reconditioned with many drive options.  Let us know if we can be of assistance? To learn more please contact sales at Sunstarco.com or call (800) 663-5523 Library Pro LP2119  LibraryPro LP2219  AIT2 LibraryPro LP2 AIT3 LibraryPro LP3 LoaderXpress LXL810  AIT LoaderXpress – LP1L119 AIT LoaderXpress – LP1L119 LibraryXpress […]

Drowning in Backup?

Active Archive Is the Lifeboat We all need to protect our data. Businesses typically have to back it up, and there are hundreds of backup solutions out there. Why then, do so many storage administrators say that managing backup data is their biggest challenge? As data continues to grow, content is lodged in backup cycles, […]

Compliance-capable, easily managed, cost-efficient archive solutions do exist.

The Nexsan Assureon line of products is specifically designed for long-term retention and adherence to compliance requirements. Archive File Shares Offload File shares and reduce storage overhead. Take advantage of de-duplication and advanced federated search across File and Exchange servers. Full support for hybrid and dedicated cloud infrastructures to improve cost-efficiency and accessibility. Offload File Servers […]

Nexsan E60VT SAN Storage

The Nexsan E60VT is an ultra-reliable, high-density, high performance, efficient storage array that enables lower storage costs, maximum storage uptime, and data storage ROI boosts for your organization. E-Series V systems consume less than one-third of the power in one-third of the rack space of typical arrays, with up to 360TB of capacity in just 4U and […]

Nexsan E48VT in 4U

The Nexsan E48VT is an ultra-reliable, high-density, high performance, efficient storage array that enables lower storage costs, maximum storage uptime, and data storage ROI boosts for your organization. E-Series V systems consume less than one-third of the power in one-third of the rack space of typical arrays, with up to 288TB of capacity in just […]

Oracle STK T10000C tape drive

Oracle’s StorageTek T10000C enterprise tape drive blends the highest capacity, performance, reliability, and data security to support demanding, 24/7 data center operations. The eco-efficient StorageTek T10000C tape drive also ensures the lowest total cost of ownership, and proven reliability with ongoing compatibility with StorageTek enterprise libraries as well as third-party hardware and software. Support the Most […]

IBM 3592 J1A E05

Sunstar Company repairs and sells refurbished IBM Jaguar TS3592 E05 Tape Drives. Units are available for your library, desktop or rackmount. TS1120, TS1130 and TS1140 To learn more contact us online or call 800.663.5523   or   

Tape drive repairs

We have heard it before, tape is dead and that the next generation of disk drives will eliminate the need for tape. The explosion of data re-assures all of us that we must rely on tape. The good news, tape technology has improved significantly, the tape drive of yester year is not at all like […]

Backup, replication and recovery

Sunstar Company  has a long history in Backup & Recovery.  Our Backup, Replication & Archive solutions give customers control over their evolving business by delivering total protection, recovery and availability for data centers, remote offices, applications and data.  We continue to help organisations protect their most valuable asset. From basic backup and recovery solutions to […]

Nexsan NST4000

Imation (NYSE:IMN), a global data storage and information security company, today at VMworld® 2014 introduced the NST4000 – a new ultra-efficient hybrid storage appliance purpose-built for media and entertainment and data protection workloads that will deliver Fibre Channel connectivity and new levels of capacity and performance to the mid-range enterprise. The NST4000, the latest addition to Imation’s […]

STK Media facts

StorageTek T10000 tape cartridge: 500 GB (StorageTekT10000) / 1 TB (StorageTek T10000B) StorageTek T10000 tape cartridge, sport: 120 GB (StorageTekT10000) / 240 GB (StorageTek T10000B) StorageTek T10000 T2 tape cartridge: 5 TB (StorageTekT10000C) / 8.5 TB (StorageTek T10000D) StorageTek T10000 T2 tape cartridge, sport: 1 TB (StorageTekT10000C) / 1.6 TB (StorageTek T10000D) What makes StorageTek T10000 and StorageTek T10000 […]

STK Tape Drives

StorageTek Enterprise available to ship from Sunstar Company, Inc. Also: Sunstar Company repairs most tape drives, however our speciality is LTO, StorageTek and IBM Enterprise Tape drives. StorageTek Tape Drives StorageTek speed- and capacity-optimized tape storage drives enable robust data protection, energy efficiency, and fast data transfer. StorageTek T10000D Tape Drive StorageTek T10000C Tape Drive StorageTek […]

StorageTek Tape Drives

Oracle’s proven StorageTek tape and library solutions help you manage complexity, control costs, and deliver on service-level agreements. With the world’s highest capacity and highest performance drives, including the world’s first exabyte storage system, enterprise tape libraries that provide 24×7 availability, and the most scalable, integrated tiered storage environment, StorageTek tape storage systems enable you […]

Legacy DEC 3490e Tape Drives

Available from Sunstar Company For additional information call 800.663.523 or contact us online DEC TKZ60, TKZ61, TKZ62, TKZ64  TKZ60 3480/3490 Tape Drive  – TA90/91 compatible TKZ61 3480/3490 Tape Drive – 10 Cartridge loader – TKZ62 3480/3490/3490E Tape Drive – 10 Cartridge loader – TA90/91/92 compatibleTKZ62-AB – Pedestal, Single-ended SCSITKZ62-AC – Tabletop, Single-ended SCSITKZ62-AF -Tabletop, Fast Wide Differential SCSI Migration from: […]

Legacy IBM 3590 Tape Drives

Available from Sunstar Company Model Description FUJITSU M8100 128 TRACK, .5″ IBM MAGSTAR 3590 Model B11A / E11 RACK MOUNTED –  CAN BE CONVERTED TO B1 AND E1 IBM MAGSTAR 3590 Model B11A RACK MOUNTED –  CAN BE CONVERTED TO B1 AND E1 IBM MAGSTAR 3590 Model E11 RACK MOUNTED –  CAN BE CONVERTED TO […]

Tape drive and tape library repair

Sunstar Company repairs most tape drives, however our speciality is LTO, StorageTek and IBM Enterprise Tape drives. A $150.00 fee applies to product shipped to our facility for evaluation. The approval of any repair waives the $150.00 evaluation fee. Standard turn around time is usually 3 to 5 business days on most repairs. Expedited repairs […]

Backup offerings

Backup is usually a routine part of the operation of large businesses, the retrieval of files backed up is called restore. Backup to disk, tape, other media or cloud. The process of copying files or databases so that they will be preserved in case of equipment failure or other catastrophe.  Unitrends : Fast, reliable back up and restoration of […]

Spectra Logic Tape Library

Spectra Logic develops deep storage solutions that solve the problem of long term storage for business and technology professionals dealing with exponential data growth. Dedicated solely to storage innovation for more than 35 years, Spectra Logic’s uncompromising product and customer focus is proven by the largest information users in multiple vertical markets globally. Spectra enables […]

Unitrends RC833

Good news, Sunstar client …… has ordered yet another Unitrends RC833.  What I can assure you is that the Unitrends Recovery Appliance does what the document states, the client is happy as are we. Backup to the Unitrends RC Appliance. To learn more about Unitrends: Contact sales at Sunstarco.com or call 310.330.2900  

Oracle STK tape drives in stock, sold with warranty

StorageTek tape drives available for your existing STK tape library StorageTek T10000D StorageTek T10000B StorageTek T10000C StorageTek T10000 StorageTek T9940B StorageTek T9940 StorageTek T9840A StorageTek T9840B StorageTek T9840C StorageTek LTO Contact sales at Sunstarco.com or call 310.330.2900 to get additional information about Oracle STK drives and libraries

Nimble CS300 and CS500

Nimble Storage has released two new hybrid storage arrays, the CS300 and CS500. The new units refresh Nimble’s lower and mid-range offerings, boasting a 50% increase in performance over the CS200 and CS400 models they’re replacing. Like the high-end CS700, the new systems leverage Nimble’s Adaptive Flash technology which allows for independent scaling of capacity and performance. […]

Nimble CS700 Series Arrays and All-Flash Shelf

Nimble Storage (NYSE: NMBL), the flash storage solutions company, is redefining the storage market by enabling enterprises to meet performance and capacity requirements for any workload in virtualized datacenters and cloud environments. Nimble Storage’s Adaptive Flash platform provides the performance of flash-only arrays and the capacity of hybrid arrays with the introduction of the CS700 Series arrays […]

StrongBox Archive

StrongBox is a network attached storage (NAS) appliance that is purpose-built to lower the costs of long-term storage and protection for unstructured, fixed content. By pairing a flexible, policy-driven disk cache with Linear Tape File System (LTFS) technology, StrongBox empowers you to control storage costs without sacrificing data availability. The StrongBox® DataManager is a complementary software […]

Unitrend backup and recovery

Unitrends Backup & Disaster Recovery solution for virtual, physical and cloud is a leader in enterprise-level data protection. It is used by IT professionals for backup of their virtual and physical servers and for performing disaster recovery to remote locations, private and public clouds. Unitrends Backup & Recovery solution provides US-based support that boasts a […]

Spectra Logic T’Finity Tape Libraries

Spectra® T-Finity’s modern design provides a tape archive and backup solution to fully meet the needs of the Enterprise IT, federal government, high performance computing, and media and entertainment markets, offering industry-leading scalability with the speed necessary to meet the requirements of the most data-intensive environments in the world. T-Finity’s advantages reach far beyond the […]

Cloud data backup

Investing in a cloud data backup service is one of the best decisions any business owner can make. A natural disaster could hit your town and destroy your systems, an employee could spill a drink on her computer and destroy it or someone could steal your equipment, but backing up data in the cloud makes […]

Spectra Logic

Sunstar Company, Inc. effective 2013, will be promoting Spectra Logic’s large-scale, long-term storage and archive solutions. Spectra Logic’s large-scale, long-term storage and archive solutions utilizing automated tape libraries and disk systems will protect your data efficiently and securely. Their products include innovative features, such as our tape libraries with LTO-6 tape drives, integrated data encryption, […]

Unitrends Software Solution

Virtualization creates enormous opportunity by enabling an agile IT infrastructure while reducing capital costs. Unfortunately, most data protection vendors have offered only advanced features available as point products, or data protection solutions with only mediocre functionality but expensive licensing fees. What’s needed is heterogeneous, enterprise-class, scalable data protection with next-generation functionality that is just as […]

Unitrends Recovery Appliance

Unitrends Backup & Disaster Recovery solution for virtual, physical and cloud is a leader in enterprise-level data protection. It is used by IT professionals for backup of their virtual and physical servers and for performing disaster recovery to remote locations, private and public clouds. Unitrends Backup & Recovery solution provides US-based support that boasts a […]

Duracell Cloud Storage starting at $199 per month

Ideal for business, the Duracell Cloud is perfect for small to mid-sized businesses. That needs to back up, share files and folders across their network using a variety of PCs and mobile devices.       Back up of critical data that is secure, seamless, durable and flexible. Extremely low cost for unlimited Cloud storage. The Duracell Cloud […]

Crossroads Introduces Seamless Archiving for NetApp, Windows and Linux File Systems

Unmatched price point as well as impressive data management and automation capabilities can change how organizations approach long-term storage Crossroads Systems, Inc. global provider of data protection solutions, today announced the availability of StrongBox® DataManager, the newest component of the award-winning StrongBox shared storage solution for data protection and preservation. StrongBox DataManager is specifically designed to […]

Unitrends Software only solution

Virtualization creates enormous opportunity by enabling an agile IT infrastructure while reducing capital costs. Unfortunately, most data protection vendors have offered only advanced features available as point products, or data protection solutions with only mediocre functionality but expensive licensing fees. What’s needed is heterogeneous, enterprise-class, scalable data protection with next-generation functionality that is just as […]

Qualstar 9 Track Tape Drives

Qualstar brings the power and reliability of 9-track tape technology to personal computers, work-stations, and midrange systems providing easy interchange of ANSI or IBM format mainframe data. Available from Sunstar Company, Inc.   The Qualstar 3400 Series provides streaming tape performance in a low profile, 5.25″ high package. It will read and write mainframe information […]

Data Conversion – Media Migration

Do you have data on old media and you do not have the appropriate tape drive? 3480 Media? 3490e Media? 3490 Media? 3590 Media? 4mm or 9mm Media? Sunstar Company has the tape drives and for a fair price we can migrate your data to the media of your choice. (tape of hard drive) Please […]

StorageTek SL8500 – Spare parts

Oracle’s StorageTek SL8500 modular library system, the world’s first exabyte storage system, enables heterogeneous data consolidation and multi-generation media support in an ultra-dense footprint Looking to add or replace a drive or any additional hardware for you STK SL8500? Sunstar Company, Inc has the following tape drives in stock: T10000A, T10000B, T10000C  T9940B, T9940C and […]

Overland NEO Series

Overland Storage has taken the complexity out of data management and protection with their trusted NEO Series of tape drives.

Nexsan E-Series V

Nexsan is please to announce the new Nexsan E Series V, 400% more memory and 50% increased CPU speed is now available for purchase

Nexsan Storage Offerings

Imation’s Nexsan SAN storage arrays deliver the smallest footprint with up to 60 disks in 4U of rack space while consuming 85% less power when idle. Enterprise-class reliability and leading cost-per-terabyte optimize the SAN storage infrastructure for backup and recovery, bulk storage and much more for traditional, virtual and cloud environments.  The Nexsan NST-Series delivers a hybrid of solid-state and spinning […]