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100% Certified Tape

With our 100% Certified Tape, an innovative used tape product, you can reduce your tape expense up to 50% annually.

Reinvest your savings into your Datacenter's future. Benefit substantially from a premium product that offers superior performance and cost savings.

In 1974, Media Recovery developed 100% Certified Tape — a first in the industry — as a customized solution for our customers. During our proprietary certification process, we handle each tape with extreme sensitivity. The full length of every tape is cleaned, retensioned, and data eradicated to ensure security and quality. Our processes are fully SAS 70 and Sarbanes-Oxley compliant, and our final product meets or exceeds ANSI standards.

Unlike new tape manufacturing processes that only batch test a small percentage of production units, Media Recovery tests every tape — one of the most thorough testing protocols in the industry. Media Recovery's 100% Certified Tape helps you increase drive productivity by significantly decreasing downtime due to tape errors. Achieve optimization in your Datacenter with this exceptionally performing product — at a fraction of the cost.

Download the Media Recovery 100% Certified Tape Brochure (PDF).

Our Eight-Point Process for 100% Certified Tape

Our process ensures that every tape is 100% drive-tested end-to-end for top performance when redeployed. During our process, we are proud to say we factor in yield losses ranging from ten to thirty percent as we will not process used tapes that do not meet our strict guidelines. Here's how our guaranteed eight-point proprietary certification process works:

  • 1) Source Verification

    • Each individual tape must go through a strict screening process to determine its eligibility for entering the process. Tapes are accepted based on brand name, an age of five years or less, and a documented history of solid maintenance.

  • 2) Cleaning

    • Tapes are tissue cleaned.

  • 3) Retensioning

    • Tapes are retensioned to OEM standards.

  • 4) Optical Scanning

    • Tapes are optically scanned for physical defects, including edge damage. All damaged tapes are immediately removed from the process, data eradicated, and disposed of.

  • 5) Data Eradication

    • Standard tape cartridges are degaussed; high-density servo track tapes are overwritten with Media Recovery's proprietary code end-to-end, rendering any previous data completely unreadable.

  • 6) Final Inspection and Validation

    • All tapes go through a Final Quality Control Inspection and Validation to ensure any previously written data is eradicated. Tapes with any permanent or errors are removed from processing and immediately disposed of.

  • 7) Initialization and Labeling

    • Upon request, tapes are then initialized and labeled with volser numbers.

  • 8) Redeployment

    • The process for creating Media Recovery's 100% Certified Tape is complete. Every tape is backed by our Performance Guarantee and we will replace any tape if you are not completely satisfied.

SAS 70 Compliance for 100% Certified Tape

SAS 70 stands for "Statement on Auditing Standards" by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and determines the professional standards a service auditor uses in a formal report to measure the internal controls of a service organization. Media Recovery is one of the only Datacenter products and services companies to have SAS 70 compliance, verifying the security and thoroughness of every step of our servo track media certification and data eradication processes.

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Please contact us for more information about our 100% Certified Tape, used tape, and many other products and services. We look forward to helping you achieve maximum Datacenter optimization.

Media Recovery: Your Partner in Datacenter Optimization

Media Recovery has been designing effective Datacenter solutions for the unique needs of customers for over 30 years. With extensive knowledge, resources, and staff, we’re here to help you maintain your data security and conserve your operational resources. As your ongoing “special projects partner”, Media Recovery stands ready to provide you with effective solutions for all your Datacenter requirements.

Media Recovery provides an extensive array of Raised-Floor Environment Services to optimize your Datacenter, including: Datacenter Cleaning, Relocations and Consolidations, Tape Library Audits, Tape Removal and Re-slotting, Tape Library Reconfiguration, RFID Asset Tracking, and Asset Recovery.

Media Recovery also offers a wide array of Storage Media Services, including: Tape Buyback Program, Data Duplication and Format Conversion, Labeling and Initialization, Data Eradication and Tape Disposal, Tape Cleaning and Certification, and Disaster Recovery Services.