Virtual Tape Library: Key to Business Continuity (Pt. 1)
Virtualization continues to grow in popularity as it offers different ways of backing up our data, in addition to being able to ensure that business-critical systems remain online in the event of an...
Backup Tapes - Are you sitting on a ticking time bomb?
When delving into the tricky field of tapes, it’s first important to understand the purpose they serve. In the simplest terms, backup tapes are created for business continuity purposes, a means of...
The Role of Tape in Modern IT
In the last years there has been a strong debate over the role of the oldest storage medium still used: The digital data tape. Is tape dead or does it have a role in modern IT? Tape has been evolving...
Why Tape Storage is Still Important
In times of huge hard disk drives (HDDs) and super -fast solid state drives (SSDs), it’s impressive that majority of companies still use the tape medium for data storage and archiving. According to...
Tape Archive - Here's What You Need To Know
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...
Tape Archiving for Cold Storage is more than just hitting “Save”
Choosing to tape archiving for long term, rarely accessed company data (aka “Cold Storage”), means more than simply hitting save and storing it in a secure facility. We see companies on a daily basis...