Travan

An earlier backup tape technology from Imation Corporation, Oakdale, MN (www.imation.com). Travan drives evolved from QIC tapes and were mostly compatible with QIC cartridges. However, Travan used .315" wide tape rather than quarter inch (the QI in QIC), as well as different tape guides and enhanced magnetic media. For server backup, the Travan Network Series (NS) provided hardware compression and read-while-write features. See QIC and magnetic tape.

TRAVAN NATIVE CAPACITIES TR-1 400MB TR-2 800MB** TR-3 1.6GB HP 5GB (TR-4 with less tape) 2.5GB Travan 8GB (TR-4) 4GB Travan NS 8 4GB Travan 20GB (TR-5) 10GB Travan NS 20 10GB Travan 40GB 20GB ** Never popular

Travan Cartridge

Travan evolved from the QIC family of backup tapes. Travan drives were compatible with most QIC, QIC Wide and QIC-EX cartridges.

QIC-EX Extends Travan Capacities

QIC-EX cartridges from Verbatim extended the cartridge housing to include more tape. Many Travan drives supported QIC-EX cartridges.