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Storage Media
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ALSO CALLED: Storage Medium
DEFINITION: In computers, a storage medium is any technology (including devices and materials) used to place, keep, and retrieve data. A medium is an element used in communicating a message; on a storage medium, the "messages" - in the form of data - are suspended for use when needed.
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Tape: Not Dead Yet
| sponsored by Zenith Infotech
VIDEOCAST:
Find out what advice Greg Schulz has to give to solutions providers about tape, disk and other storage related technologies.
Posted: 14 Jul 2008 | Premiered: 14 Jul 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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Looking beyond RAID and Virtualization: Exploring Alternative Storage Solutions
| sponsored by Omneon
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This paper discusses how RAID and virtualization provide benefits for certain storage issues but ultimately both succumb to their limitations.
Posted: 01 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
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Safely Enabling Use of Removable Storage Media
| sponsored by Lumension Security
CASE STUDY:
Shortly after witnessing the results produced by Device Scanner, Lake Forest's IT department purchased SecureWave's Sanctuary endpoint security software for all of its 300 workstations.
Posted: 07 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 May 2007
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Enterprise Grade "No Compromise" Backup/Recovery
| sponsored by DataDirect Networks
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Service levels and response time requirements are becoming increasingly stringent, forcing storage managers to research new technologies. VTLs can deliver easy-to-use backup and restore solutions.
Posted: 01 Dec 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007
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STORAGE MEDIA DEFINITION (continued):
The plural form of this term is storage media. Although the term storage includes both primary storage ( memory), a storage medium usually means a place to hold secondary storage such as that on a hard disk or tape. Storage media can be arranged for access in many ways. Some well-known arrangements include: |
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