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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. The plural form of this term is storage media. Although the term storage includes  … 
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Recent Vendor Reports on Storage Media
Looking beyond RAID and Virtualization: Exploring Alternative Storage Solutions
sponsored by Omneon
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 01 May 2008 | Published: 01 May 2008
SUMMARY: This paper discusses how RAID and virtualization provide benefits for certain storage issues but ultimately both succumb to their limitations.

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TOPICS:  Data Center Management | Digital Media | RAID | Storage | Storage Management | Storage Media | Virtualization
Safely Enabling Use of Removable Storage Media
sponsored by Lumension Security
CASE STUDY:   Posted: 07 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 May 2007
SUMMARY: 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.

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TOPICS:  Data Encryption | Security | Security Software | Storage Media | Workstations
Enterprise Grade "No Compromise" Backup/Recovery
sponsored by DataDirect Networks
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 01 Dec 2007 | Published: 01 Jun 2007
SUMMARY: 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.

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TOPICS:  Content Archiving | Continuous Data Protection | Data Recovery | Data Replication | Disaster Recovery | Disk Backups | SAN | Storage Best Practices | Storage Media | Tape Backups | Tape Libraries | Virtual Tape Libraries
 
STORAGE MEDIA DEFINITION (continued): … 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. 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:

  • A redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
  • Network-attached storage
  • A storage area network

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