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ALSO CALLED: Tape Automation Systems
DEFINITION: In data storage, a tape library is a collection of magnetic tape cartridges and tape drives. An automated tape library is a hardware device that contains multiple tape drives for reading and writing data, access ports for entering and removing tapes and a robotic device for mounting and dismounting the tape cartridges without human intervention.
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Clipper NotesTM: In Search of the Long-Term Archiving Solution – Tape Delivers Significant TCO Advantage over Disk
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Putting to rest many of the claims that tape has passed its prime, this Clipper Note from The Clipper Group confirms that tape can be an important cost-saving storage technology for long-term archiving of big files in a tiered storage architecture. 
Posted: 07 Jun 2011 | Published: 07 Jun 2011

Oracle Corporation

Lowering Storage Costs with the World's Fastest Tape Drive
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Explosive data growth is causing storage costs to skyrocket, which is forcing IT organizations to look for more cost-effective archival and backup solutions. Oracle's StorageTek tape product family has maintained a market leadership position for many years and now includes the world's fastest and highest capacity tape drive.
Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Published: 18 Mar 2011

Oracle Corporation

Disk Backup: Sorting Through the Confusion of 5 Alternative Approaches
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Many IT organizations have grown dissatisfied with tape-based backups and are looking for alternatives. This white paper will discuss the factors to consider when evaluating any of these alternatives, including a framework for assessing the value to IT for each approach.
Posted: 13 Dec 2010 | Published: 13 Dec 2010

ExaGrid Systems, Inc.

Measuring the TCO of Tape Storage Solutions
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This tutorial presents a framework and financial methodology for deciding whether an enterprise should replace its current "status quo" tape storage solution with a new "proposed" solution, and the economics related to that decision.
Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

Oracle Corporation

Consolidate Storage Infrastructure and Create a Greener Datacenter
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: As data volumes grow and budgets shrink, datacenter managers are looking for ways to scale storage infrastructure and reduce operating costs. StorageTek tape drive and tape library solutions from Oracle provide the answer, helping companies grow automated tape environments without disruption, and so much more.
Posted: 01 Oct 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2010

Oracle Corporation

How to choose the right tape library
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Getting the right tape library isn't black magic, but it does take some care and thought. An expandable, modular tape library supported by sophisticated management features and tied to modern backup software will support your enterprise for years to come. Read this tutorial to find out so much more.
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 | Published: 17 Sep 2010

Quantum Corporation

Get the most out of your data backup tapes: Caring for magnetic media
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Manufacturers have specific instructions for the care of magnetic tape cartridges, which differ from tape technology to tape technology. It's important to follow those instructions in addition to the general suggestions presented here. Read this tutorial now to find out so much more.
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 | Published: 17 Sep 2010

Quantum Corporation

How to optimize your backup tape rotation strategy
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: In a GFS scheme the daily backup tapes should probably be replaced each year or so and the weekly and monthly tapes (assuming the monthly tapes aren't archived) accordingly. Read this tutorial to find out so much more.
Posted: 17 Sep 2010 | Published: 17 Sep 2010

Quantum Corporation

LTO Tape Technology Continues to Evolve with LTO-5
sponsored by Overland Storage
WHITE PAPER: Read this FAQ featuring W. Curtis Preston, which outlines how Linear Tape-Open (LTO) tape differs from other tape media, the various generations of LTO and the pros and cons of this backup technology. Also learn about the newest model, LTO-5, being released this year.
Posted: 17 May 2010 | Published: 17 May 2010

Overland Storage

Encryption Key Management: A Technical White Paper
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Securing data from unauthorized access is a critical issue for businesses in all industries. Regulatory compliance and customer loyalty all depend on keeping sensitive information safe and secure. Businesses must take steps to improve data confidentiality and integrity.
Posted: 03 Feb 2010 | Published: 03 Feb 2010

Quantum Corporation

Long-Term Data Protection and Retention: Finding the Correct Balance
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Tape remains the most cost effective, energy efficient and reliable program technology for storing large amounts of inactive, off-line or near-line data while complimenting disk-based data protection and retention solutions. Read this paper and find out why.
Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2009

Quantum Corporation

Securing Data Stored on Tape with Encryption: How to Choose the Right Encryption Key Management Solution
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Q-EKM software, is designed to generate and communicate encryption keys and it is a proven, easy-to-use, library-managed encryption solution designed to protect sensitive data throughout the enterprise.
Posted: 23 Oct 2008 | Published: 23 Oct 2008

Quantum Corporation

Encryption Key Management: A Technical White Paper
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Securing data from unauthorized access is a critical issue for businesses in all industries. Regulatory compliance and customer loyalty all depend on keeping sensitive information safe and secure. Businesses must take steps to improve data confidentiality and integrity.
Posted: 29 Jan 2008 | Published: 29 Jan 2008

Quantum Corporation

iPlatform Architecture and iLayer Management: A Technical White Paper
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Looking to get disk-like management features to your tape libraries? Download this white paper and discover how to improve your library management strategy with more effective and reliable backup, reduced management overhead and more.
Posted: 22 Feb 2007 | Published: 22 Feb 2007

Quantum Corporation

ATL SuperLoader™
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper shows how SuperLoader directly addresses the increased storage requirements and shrinking resources of smaller, distributed organizations, the need to centrally administer and simply manage distributed data, the security, data restoration.
Posted: 29 Jul 2004 | Published: 29 Jul 2004

Quantum Corporation

Field Adoption Report: Disk-Based Backup & Restore
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: We encourage the reader to use this report as a launching point for understanding emerging space of disk-based technologies. Our goal is to create a detailed tool that may provide end users with a useful evaluative summary of the state of the industry.
Posted: 14 Jun 2004 | Published: 14 Jun 2004

Quantum Corporation

Quantum and DinoStor
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Teaming Quantum Tape Libraries with DinoStor TapeServers provides a cost-effective solution to back up NAS filers at high speed via Gigabit Ethernet, reducing cost and downtime for each filer.
Posted: 11 Apr 2004 | Published: 11 Apr 2004

Quantum Corporation

Native Fibre Channel Tape Drives versus SCSI-to-Fibre Channel Routers
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper will focus on the advantages and disadvantages of both native FC tape drive and SCSI-to-FC router solutions (both internal, as used in ATL Tape Libraries™, and external).
Posted: 08 Apr 2004 | Published: 08 Apr 2004

Quantum Corporation

Quantum DX30 and ATL P-series Enhances LEGATO NetWorker™'s Protection Capabilities
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This White Paper describes solutions developed by LEGATO Software and Quantum to help IT managers implement fast and reliable backup, recovery, and archive solutions to meet ever increasing service level requirements and improve overall data protection.
Posted: 12 Jan 2004 | Published: 12 Jan 2004

Quantum Corporation

Understanding Scalability in Tape Automation
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: There are two very different approaches to scalability offered in the tape automation market today. One being scalability within a single unit, and the other being modular scalability linking multiple units to operate as single library.
Posted: 11 Jan 2004 | Published: 11 Jan 2004

TOPICS:  Tape Libraries | TCO
Quantum Corporation

Enhanced Backup: Why Quantum DX30?
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: The job of the Quantum DX30 is to provide enhanced backup protection to the vast majority of those business applications that cannot justify being re-engineered for mirroring and/or remote replication.
Posted: 27 Feb 2003 | Published: 27 Feb 2003

Quantum Corporation

DLTtape™ Technology - A Quantum Leap in Midrange Tape Automation
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Today’s IT professionals face an ever-increasing multitude of problems and issues, including logarithmic growth of data storage needs.
Posted: 27 Jan 2003 | Published: 27 Jan 2003

Quantum Corporation

Quantum Solutions for Network Appliance's NearStore Product
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: The ATL P-Series GbE Library products are highly optimized to further protect the data on NetApp filers and on NearStore appliances.
Posted: 26 Jan 2003 | Published: 26 Jan 2003

Quantum Corporation

Enhanced Backup Solution
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: The scope of the digital data protection challenge faced by most organizations will continue to grow as an increasing percentage of the data these organizations depend upon is digitally originated.
Posted: 26 Jan 2003 | Published: 26 Jan 2003

Quantum Corporation

Making a Business Case for Tape
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper will review tape technology from the standpoint of this business value model.
Posted: 26 Jan 2003 | Published: 26 Jan 2003

Quantum Corporation
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