Tape Buyback Program
Turn old tape media into cash
Turn your old technology into tomorrow’s budget. Dispose of your scratch pools and outdated tape formats and earn back money at the same time. All while adhering to a strict DataSpan Certification Process and Sarbanes-Oxley regulations that ensure the safe and secure eradication of your data.
DataSpan began the Tape Buyback Program in 1974 as an innovative, cost-effective Nine-Point Process to help our customers reclaim the value of scratch tape and redeploy tapes for future use. When you participate in this program, we handle your data with extreme sensitivity at all times. All of our work is done in our secure Operations Center with proprietary processes that ensure complete data eradication.
- Tape Audit
- Secure Transport
- Final Destination Audit
- Cleaning
- Retensioning
- Optical Scanning
- Data Eradication
- Final Inspection and Eradication
- Redeployment
The DataSpan Certification Process follows professional standards to measure the internal controls of our service organization. DataSpan is one of the only data center products and services companies to have a rigorous 9 point certification process, verifying the security and thoroughness of every step of our servo-track media certification and data eradication processes.
Tapes available for DataSpan buyback include:
9940, 9840, 3592, SDLT, SDLT 2, LTO 2, LTO 3, and LTO 4
Request a free consultation today!
Talk to one of our certified tape buy-back experts today! 1-800-660-3586




















