What happens instead is that customers using tape backup worry about their systems. Switching to a different backup mechanism can be costly, both in dollars and in time. Disk-based backup vendor ...

We used Symantec’s BackupExec 11d running on a Windows 2003 server to back up 2TB of data from a 2Gbps storage system to each device. We backed up the same data a second time, and ran a script that ...

Today, a great number of different storage mediums exist whose purpose is to retain information in some manner. One of the oldest data storage mediums, the tape, is a linear storage system that still ...

A peripheral unit that combines a disk cache and tape library to improve performance and eliminate cartridge waste. Also called a "virtual tape server," data intended for tape are written to the disk ...

The East Providence, R.I.-based Sovereign Bank purchased a DLT 8000-based tape library in October of 2002 to back up its growing data. Since then, the bank has expanded from 250 backup clients to 350, ...

Network Appliance Inc. announced today three new models of its virtual tape library (VTL) products that offer improved performance through hardware-based data compression. VTLs, which are disk-based ...

Network Appliance Inc. plans to introduce a virtual tape library (VTL) on Tuesday that will include an integrated data encryption appliance it acquired with the purchase of Decru Inc. last year.

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Despite its relatively slow speed and overall bulkiness, tape has its strengths. After all, it’s inexpensive compared with most disks, it’s portable and has been used in data centers for years. Still, ...