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ALSO CALLED: Microtapes, Videotapes, and Tapes
DEFINITION: In computers, tape is an external storage medium, usually both readable and writable, consisting of a loop of flexible celluloid-like material that can store data in the form of tiny magnetic fields that can be read and also erased. The magnetic tape is housed in a plastic cartridge similar to that of an audio or video cassette. Because the tapes, which are recorded by a device called a tape drive,
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Your request for Magnetic Tapes resources returned limited or no results. The request has been expanded to include Tape Heads, Digital Linear Tapes, Cassette Tapes, Digital Audio Tapes and 8mm Tapes resources.
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Kronos Streamlines Backup, Eliminates Failures and Speeds Up Restores
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
CASE STUDY:
With a large IT backbone and growing backup challenges, Kronos decided it needed to upgrade its data protection infrastructure. After evaluating several alternatives, the company chose to deploy Quantum’s Scalar i2000 enterprise tape library.
Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2009
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Cornerstone Group Sees Six-Fold Reduction in Backup Time and Administration
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
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The company’s previous tape system wasn’t meeting Cornerstone’s needs, particularly with 50 percent annual data growth. Cornerstone selected the Quantum Scalar i500 intelligent tape library platform due to its modularity, speed and the ability to move to LTO-4 tapes.
Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2009
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Disk Backup versus Tape Backup
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
WHITE PAPER:
Review the comparisons in this paper and learn the various ways that moving to disk-based backup and data protection solutions – as onsite software, SaaS or managed service – can be the smart move for your company.
Posted: 30 Sep 2009 | Published: 30 Sep 2009
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MAGNETIC TAPES DEFINITION (continued): … are portable and inexpensive to purchase, tape is often used for backing up or archiving data. A drawback of tape is that it can only be accessed by starting at the beginning and rolling through the tape until the desired data is located. The most commonly quoted figure for the archival life of magnetic tape is 30 years. There are ways to minimize the chances of a tape backup's failing in the first place. Here are a few tips for managing tape from SearchStorage expert Rick Cook: Verify your tape backups. Most backup software will automatically do a quick "read-after-write" verification and will … Magnetic Tapes definition sponsored by SearchStorage.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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