Qualstar has been creating reliable, cost effective and simple to use automated tape libraries for decades. Our tape libraries can typically house multiple drives and from 10 to 100's of tapes. With the high availability of low cost, high density cartridge tape formats such as Sony AIT and Ultrium Linear Tape Open (LTO), tape backup and archival has stood the test of time as an efficient and cost effective method of backup, data protection and archival.

There are over twenty-five models providing combinations of capacity and throughput to match any storage management requirement. At the enterprise level, our libraries house up to 96 tape drives and 6000 cartridges, and store multiple PetaBytes of data.

An optional Fibre Channel interface option provides SAN correction for library command and control. Direct Fiber Attach (DFA) tape drives are also now available in some formats. An iSCSI Option connects Qualstar libraries to IP SANS.

Qualstar tape libraries are designed for continuous, unattended operation and allow simultaneous reading and writing to multiple drives. They also offer key features such as barcode readers to scan labels on cartridges, and an I/O Port for importing and exporting individual tapes under application control. Typically they come in either a free-standing tape library enclosure, or as a rack mount option.

Qualstar also offers the BQ Series Video Archive Systems (VAS), high performance video archiving at an economical price. With capacities from over 1,400 hours to over 98,000 hours of DV25 video content, BQ Series systems scale to match your archive requirements.