As digital data becomes ever more critical in the enterprise, so does the ability to back up that data and -- in case of emergency -- quickly recover it. Over the years, tape technologies have been preferred for data backup for a couple of reasons:

• Tape was considerably less expensive than alternatives
• Backups to offsite locations could be conducted non-disruptively during off-hours

With exploding data volumes, shrinking backup windows, and the need to multi-source backups to tape, organizations have been forced into adding tape drives to handle the increase in volume. Deploying virtual tape libraries presents a potential solution to managing your organization's growing data.

In this white paper learn about how virtual tape libraries can:

• Emulate physical tape libraries
• Supports compression
• Lower management overhead
• Improve tape library utilization
• Speed restore and recovery