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Magnetic Tapes

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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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Presentation Transcript: Email Archiving, Ediscovery, Compliance, Storage Management
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Email archiving is a burgeoning market at a time when many storage pros are faced with increasing ediscovery requests and compliance regulations. Listen to this podcast to find out the latest developments in email archiving.
Posted: 29 Jun 2009 | Published: 29 Jun 2009
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Data Deduplication: It's more than Just a Box on the Network
sponsored by FalconStor Software
WEBCAST: This session will discuss the various operational and design factors that go into making the right technology decision for deduplication.
Posted: 25 Jun 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Stepping Up to Deduplication with Simpana8
sponsored by CommVault Systems, Inc.
WEBCAST: This brief webcast provides a basic overview of CommVault's inline, embedded deduplication capability. It will cover how we dedupe, how our approach differs from traditional appliance-based dedupe and several use cases for implementing deduplication within your organization.
Posted: 25 Jun 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Data Deduplication Beyond Backup
sponsored by Storage Decisions
VIDEO: In this TechTalk, W. Curtis Preston, Executive Editor for TechTarget's Storage Media Group and independent consultant, discusses the state of deduplication for primary storage, the pros and cons of the different approaches, and what we should expect to see in future systems.
Posted: 25 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2009
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Live Q&A with W. Curtis Preston
sponsored by Storage Decisions
WEBCAST: Please join us for today' Live Q&A with backup and recovery expert, W. Curtis Preston. This interactive Q&A session will provide attendees with the opportunity to have all backup and recovery questions answered by Mr. Backup himself.
Posted: 25 Jun 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Implementation Advanced Uses and Testing Part II
sponsored by Storage Decisions
VIDEO: Preston explains the differences between the different types of dedupe, including source and target, hashing vs. delta differentials, inline vs. post processing and local vs. global deduplication. He continues with an explanation of some advanced uses of deduplication and finishes the session with some thoughts on how to test deduplication.
Posted: 25 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2009
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Implementation Advanced Uses and Testing Part I
sponsored by Storage Decisions
VIDEO: The first session starts with an explanation of why we are using disk in the backup system, as it will build the foundation for later discussions.
Posted: 25 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2009
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The Evolving Role of Disk and Tape in the Data Center
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper describes five best practices for backup and long-term data protection and explores the aspects of disk and tape solutions that, when combined into a disk-to-disk-to-tape solution, provide the most robust answer to backup and archival for the data center.
Posted: 23 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009
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Email Archiving, Ediscovery, Compliance, Storage Management
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
PODCAST: Email archiving is a burgeoning market at a time when many storage pros are faced with increasing ediscovery requests and compliance regulations. Listen to this podcast to find out the latest developments in email archiving.
Posted: 18 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 18 Jun 2009
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Case Study: Lime Pictures Implements its Vision with Quantum StorNext
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
CASE STUDY: This case study highlights the challenges faced by an independent production company and the benefits achieved through the adoption of Quantum's StorNext digital workflow solution.
Posted: 18 Jun 2009 | Published: 18 Jun 2009
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Deduplication Calculator
sponsored by CommVault Systems, Inc.
ASSESSMENT TOOL: Data deduplication is a smart approach to handling continued data growth with minimal budgets. Utilizing this Deduplication Calculator, you'll discover how much time and money you can save by implementing CommVault<sup>®</sup> Simpana<sup>®</sup> software.
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 17 Jun 2009
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Taking the Lead in Data Deduplication
sponsored by CommVault Systems, Inc.
PRESENTATION: Join Brian Brockway, VP of Product Management at CommVault, as he takes a look at data deduplication and explores some of the new features of CommVault® Simpana® 8 software.
Posted: 17 Jun 2009 | Published: 17 Jun 2009
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Quantum DXi-Series: Deduplicated Backup and Remote Replication Solutions
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
VIDEO: Watch this illuminating video to learn more about data deduplication as well as how the Quantum DXi-Series disk backup and replication solutions leverage data deduplication technology to dramatically shrink your disk requirements and enable remote replication replication as a disaster recovery technique.
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 10 Jun 2009
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How To Cut Backup & DR Costs
sponsored by InMage Systems
WEBCAST: If you're concerned about the amount of host resources consumed by your existing approaches to local and/or remote recovery, are interested in improving RPO, RTO and recovery reliability, and would like to consolidate recovery capabilities to reduce complexity and cost, this seminar will discuss a proven solution.
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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What Data Domain is Doing to Storage
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER: This paper outlines the impact of data deduplication on data protection, and specifically how Data Domain pioneered the combination of storage system interfaces and software to make the disk-based solution an efficient and cost-effective alternative to tape-based methods.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009
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Using Deduplication with Modern Mainframe Virtual Tape
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper describes how mainframe users can effectively switch from physical tape (or hybrid disk/tape) to a modern mainframe Virtual Tape solution with Data Domain deduplication storage.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Jun 2009
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Hitachi and Symantec: Build Your Archiving and Discovery Strategy Today
sponsored by Continental Resources
WEBCAST: Attend this vital seminar and see how the Hitachi Content Archive Platform with Symantec™ Enterprise Vault™ can simplify the job for you. In one powerful solution it gives you a flexible, scalable, intelligent and easy-to-manage solution that delivers performance and scalability to meet the needs of any sized e-mail environment.
Posted: 03 Jun 2009 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Storage Decisions Data Deduplication Virtual Seminar
sponsored by Storage Decisions
VIRTUAL TRADESHOW: On June 30, 2009, backup and recovery expert W. Curtis Preston brings the popular Storage Decisions Deduplication Seminar to the virtual world. This live, one-day online workshop features how-to advice on the hottest technology in storage. Get questions answered live by Preston and meet reps from the leading technology providers.
Posted: 02 Jun 2009 | Premiered: 30 Jun 2009, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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Backup and Archive Are Not the Same Thing!
sponsored by Storage Decisions
WHITE PAPER: Does your compliance team think retaining everything forever is easy or that your existing backup application makes a good archive utility? If you've ever had to try to recover backup data from a retired backup application or an out-dated media format, then check out this presentation for answers.
Posted: 29 May 2009 | Published: 29 May 2009
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New Trends in Content-addressed Storage (CAS)
sponsored by Storage Decisions
WHITE PAPER: CAS, (Content Addressable Storage) is a mechanism that can store and retrieve information based on its content, not its storage location. Explore this presentation to learn more about CAS and the innovative new solutions that are swiftly gaining popularity.
Posted: 29 May 2009 | Published: 29 May 2009
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Building a Service-oriented Data Protection Strategy
sponsored by Storage Decisions
WHITE PAPER: Data protection is not a one-size-fits-all strategy and this can create added complexities when building a service level-based data protection strategy. Explore this presentation for tips and best practices on how to overcome this challenge.
Posted: 29 May 2009 | Published: 29 May 2009
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Cloud-based Archiving Services
sponsored by Storage Decisions
WHITE PAPER: In this presentation, we assess online archiving, rating their advantages/disadvantages compared to deploying your own archivers.
Posted: 29 May 2009 | Published: 29 May 2009
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Squeezing more out of tape backup systems
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
PODCAST: Tape vendors have recently improved their tape devices' density, enhancing management tools, integrating tape with their disk storage systems, and adding encryption. Listen to this podcast to find out how you can take advantage of these new improvements.
Posted: 27 May 2009 | Premiered: 27 May 2009
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O'Neill "Surfs" Through Backups and Recoveries with Data Domain
sponsored by Data Domain
CASE STUDY: O'Neill is a lifestyle brand focused on boardriding products. To address its challenges with tape-based backups and growing data volumes, O'Neill turned to Data Domain.
Posted: 26 May 2009 | Published: 01 May 2007
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Start your vacation early: Data protection on today's budget
sponsored by Thales
ANALYST REPORT: In this white paper, Jon Oltsik, Principal Analyst at ESG, shows you where to start, how to focus on the real threats to data, and what actions you can take today to make a meaningful contribution to stopping data breaches. This is must read advice for storage and security professionals.
Posted: 21 May 2009 | Published: 21 May 2009
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FalconStor Opens Up an Entirely New Market for Themselves in Disk-to-Disk Backup
sponsored by FalconStor Software
ANALYST REPORT: This Taneja Group analyst report focusses on FalconStor Software's announcement of a file-interface deduplication system, a NAS interface option for their existing line of disk-to-disk (D2D) backup solutions. The report highlights Falconstor's strategy and attractive benefits of their new interface to end-users.
Posted: 20 May 2009 | Published: 01 Dec 2008
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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 … 
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