The Microsoft OS had previously had an inherent limitation of only being able to transfer up to 1 megabyte of data at a time via a SCSI bus, which meant many tape data formats for the oil and gas industry as well as UNIX platforms could not be read under Windows, said SpectrumData CTO Chris Holloway.
“Not only does this new technology mean we do not have to rely on old unsupported long block tools, but it has also has some interesting benefits when it comes to getting better performance from our tape drives,” Holloway said.
We did not expect to see the sort of performance increases we have achieved on a range of tape drives including 3590 where we have doubled the drives speed using this new device driver.”
According to SpectrumData, the new application lets the company easily expand operations overseas without the need to procure additional expensive high-end work stations. While the driver was designed for internal use, both SpectrumData and Nexitech believe the system has commercial appeal and welcome inquiries.
