Tape archives: What you don’t know can hurt you

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

If your only exposure to the world of data storage has been in the context of a small to medium-sized business or a startup, you might think of magnetic tape as a relic from another era of enterprise...

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

Tape: the ultimate storage solution?

Tape has been the storage media of choice for long-term archiving since the 1950’s. Why? Because it’s a reliable, long-term option that can store valuable company data for 40+ years. The need to...

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

Company Dark Data on Corporate Tapes

Dark data is the everyday operational data generated by companies as they go about their business. Defined by Gartner as the “information assets organisations collect, process and store during...

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

Legacy Tape Backup Solutions by Ontrack® DataAdvisor™

Ontrack just released its findings from the second edition of its global survey around the processes and challenges associated with effective tape management and archiving. Nearly 820 IT specialists...

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

Tape Storage Regains Its Cool Factor

We have seen the tape market decline for several years now and it is trending toward withering to a niche solution. In the last decade tape lost much favour for backup applications, being replaced by...

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

“It’s End of Life Jim, but not as we know it” - The Demise of Tape

While in the blogosphere the debate over tape’s demise is still raging, I believe the ‘Alive and kicking’ fraction is winning, everyday storage users are working out strategies to deal with the...

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

Backup for eternity (1)

Which storage media is best for long-term archiving? Since the early days of computers there is always the question which media is the best to store data for a very long time. Back in the sixties and...

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