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ALSO CALLED:
Data Backups,
Backup-to-Tape,
Backup to Tape
DEFINITION: In computers, tape backup is the ability to periodically copy the contents of all or a designated amount of data from its usual storage device to a tape cartridge device so that, in the event of a hard disk crash or comparable failure, the data will not be lost. Tape backup can be done manually or, with appropriate software, be programmed to happen automatically.Tape backup systems exist for needs
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Tape Backups Reports
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E-Guide: 14 TLC Tips for Your Tape Storage
sponsored by Iron Mountain
EGUIDE:
If tape is in fact not dead, and going to be around for a long time, you should learn how to make this technology work better in your IT environment. This E-Guide from SearchDataBackup.com outlines common tape backup errors and gives tips on how to get the most out of this backup method. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 10 Aug 2011 | Published: 10 Aug 2011
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Presentation Transcript: Tape Vaulting: Best Practices to Consider for Offsite Tape Storage
sponsored by Iron Mountain
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT:
In this transcript of a podcast, David Chapa, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, discusses some best practices for tape vaulting. Find out the costs of tape vaulting services, how offsite tape storage costs are determined, how to negotiate your SLAs, and whether or not you should encrypt your tapes before you ship them offsite.
Posted: 31 May 2011 | Published: 31 May 2011
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Podcast: Tape Vaulting: Best Practices to Consider for Offsite Tape Storage
sponsored by Iron Mountain
PODCAST:
In this podcast, David Chapa, senior analyst at the Enterprise Strategy Group, discusses some best practices for tape vaulting. Find out the costs of tape vaulting services, how offsite tape storage costs are determined, how to negotiate your SLAs, and whether or not you should encrypt your tapes before you ship them offsite.
Posted: 19 May 2011 | Premiered: May 19, 2011
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Tour: Offsite Tape Vaulting
sponsored by Iron Mountain
WEBCAST:
For over 55 years, Iron Mountain has been able to help organizations large and small to manage the risks and costs of records management. They understand the value of your data. Check out this brief webcast to learn more about the wide array of services Iron Mountain offers.
Posted: 17 May 2011 | Premiered: May 17, 2011
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Guide to Improving Your Tape Storage Practices
sponsored by Iron Mountain
WHITE PAPER:
Proper security of data backups doesn’t just happen. It requires thoughtful planning and careful controls. Given the implications of failure – reputational damage, direct costs, compliance issues, and sub-optimal business operations - companies owe it to themselves to take data backup security seriously.
Posted: 13 May 2011 | Published: 13 May 2011
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Dedicated Transportation: Extra Care for Your Critical Data
sponsored by Iron Mountain
WEBCAST:
Watch this brief demo to learn about Iron Mountain's new Dedicated Transportation service, which ensures the safe delivery of your data to its destination.
Posted: 12 May 2011 | Premiered: May 12, 2011
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Encrypting Private Data 101
sponsored by Iron Mountain
WHITE PAPER:
Data protection is critical insurance against loss of data that could cripple a business. Creating a successful disaster recovery and data protection plan requires people, process and technology in the right recipe to be successful. It is not easy work, but it is essential work.
Posted: 11 May 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011
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E-Guide: Choosing a Data Archiving Strategy: Disk, Tape or Both?
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
EGUIDE:
Today’s organizations typically have three data archiving strategies they can choose from: disk archiving, tape archiving or a combination of both. This SearchDataBackup.com E-Guide offers insight into the advantages and disadvantages of each method, how to choose the best approach, and the best and worst practices of data archives.
Posted: 16 Sep 2011 | Published: 16 Sep 2011
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Presentation Transcript: Tiered Data Storage
sponsored by Dell Compellent
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT:
In this presentation transcript, Ashish Nadkarni, Senior Analyst and Consultant at Taneja, explores the three tiers that are typically the most beneficial for SMBs: primary, secondary, and tape.
Posted: 31 Aug 2011 | Published: 31 Aug 2011
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Presentation Transcript: Remote Data Center Management for Disaster Recovery Purposes
sponsored by Iron Mountain
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT:
Andrew Burton, Editor of SearchDisasterRecovery.com and Kyle Rankin, Systems architect for QuinStreet Incorporated and President of the North Bay Linux Users Group will discuss remote server management and outline the benefits of having your data backed up somewhere off-site.
Posted: 25 Aug 2011 | Published: 25 Aug 2011
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DR Presentation Download: Disaster Recovery Planning in the 21st Century
sponsored by Iron Mountain
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT:
In this seminar presentation download, Jon William Toigo, a 25 year practitioner in the DR and continuity planning craft, shares his knowledge and experience to help participants develop a smart and cost-effective DR plan that adequately assures protection – and recovery – from any potential disaster.
Posted: 22 Aug 2011 | Published: 22 Aug 2011
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E-Guide: Making the Most of Your Tape Backup
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
EGUIDE:
The rumors aren’t true, tape isn’t dead. More businesses still use this backup technology than you think. For those who do, this expert E-Guide is designed to keep you up to speed with tape development and best practices by discussing the pertinent and pricing compatibility issues when transitioning from an autoloader to a tape library.
Posted: 17 Aug 2011 | Published: 16 Aug 2011
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Presentation Transcript: The Role of Tape in Disaster Recovery
sponsored by Iron Mountain
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT:
Despite the growth of remote backup over the network, tape is still a key element in disaster recovery (DR) plans. In this transcript of a recent Webcast, Pierre Dorion, data center practice director at Long View Systems Inc., answers common tape backup questions as they relate to DR.
Posted: 15 Aug 2011 | Published: 15 Aug 2011
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FAQ Guide: Offsite Backup Tape Storage and Choosing a Tape Vaulting Service
sponsored by Iron Mountain
EGUIDE:
Organizations that back data up to tape typically rely on a tape vaulting service to carry backup tapes offsite. That way, if the data center is destroyed by a disaster such as a fire or a tornado, the backups won't be destroyed along with the data center. This tip discusses criteria for choosing an offsite tape storage service.
Posted: 10 Aug 2011 | Published: 10 Aug 2011
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E-Guide: Optimizing your Tape Backup Strategy
sponsored by Iron Mountain
EGUIDE:
Download this expert E-Guide to learn how to optimize your tape backup and recovery and criteria for choosing an offsite tape storage service.
Posted: 10 Aug 2011 | Published: 10 Aug 2011
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E-Guide: Evaluating Deduplication Systems: The key considerations you don’t know about
sponsored by HP
EGUIDE:
In this SearchDataBackup.com E-Guide, storage expert W. Curtis Preston discusses deduplication systems, and the steps you need to take to make sure your dedupe solution is on the right side of those two extremes, while ESG Senior Analyst Lauren Whitehouse offers insight into taking a software or hardware approach to deduplication.
Posted: 10 Aug 2011 | Published: 10 Aug 2011
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Building a Better Data Backup Plan: This year's hottest backup trends
sponsored by NETGEAR Inc.
EGUIDE:
To help you build the best backup plan for the new year, read this special report by features writer Carol Sliwa on the hottest backup trends. Learn about what's new in backup software, backup hardware and backup outsourcing. Read on to learn more.
Posted: 10 Aug 2011 | Published: 10 Aug 2011
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FAQ Guide: The Role of Tape in Disaster Recovery
sponsored by Iron Mountain
EGUIDE:
Despite the growth of remote backup over the network, tape is still a key element in disaster recovery (DR) plans. Pierre Dorion, data center practice director at Long View Systems Inc., answers common tape backup questions as they relate to DR.
Posted: 05 Aug 2011 | Published: 05 Aug 2011
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Tutorial: Off-site Tape Backup and Recovery
sponsored by Iron Mountain
EGUIDE:
In this tutorial on off-site tape storage, learn about the best way to store and recover your tape storage, off-site tape storage best practices, tape vaulting, tape backup alternatives and options like cloud backup.
Posted: 05 Aug 2011 | Published: 05 Aug 2011
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E-Guide: Three Ways to Reduce Backup Windows on a Budget
sponsored by Acronis NEMEA
EGUIDE:
One of the biggest problems plaguing backup administrators is the volume of data that must be backed up each night is steadily increasing, but the amount of time allotted for the nightly backup remains constant. There are better ways- Read on to learn more.
Posted: 03 Aug 2011 | Published: 03 Aug 2011
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Disaster Recovery Services FAQ for Resellers
sponsored by IBM
EGUIDE:
In this SearchStorageChannel.com FAQ Guide on disaster recovery services, ESG analyst Bob Laliberte discusses several important disaster recovery trends - including greater use of virtual tape libraries and disk-based backups - and the impact these trends will have on resellers and service providers.
Posted: 21 Jun 2011 | Published: 21 Jun 2011
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E-Guide: Best Practices to Avoiding Tape Backup Problems
sponsored by Iron Mountain
EGUIDE:
This guide will explore tape backup opportunities and how to prevent tape backup disasters. Download to learn why tape is still a big part of backup operations and how, as a tape user, you can go about preventing future tape issues.
Posted: 26 May 2011 | Published: 26 May 2011
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IBM Linear Tape File System
sponsored by IBM
MICROSITE:
Built on the Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium 5 format standard, IBM Linear Tape File System provides a direct, intuitive, graphical access to data stored in IBM tape drives and libraries using LTO generation 5 tape cartridges. This eliminates the need for additional tape management software to access data.
Posted: 11 May 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011
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IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library
sponsored by IBM
MICROSITE:
The IBM System Storage TS3500 Tape Library is designed to provide a highly scalable, automated tape library for mainframe and open systems backup and archive in midrange to enterprise environments.
Posted: 11 May 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011
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IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 Family
sponsored by IBM
MICROSITE:
IBM Virtualization Engine TS7700 is a virtual-tape solution designed to optimize tape processing. With one solution, the implementation of a fully integrated tiered storage hierarchy of disk and tape takes advantage of the benefits of both technologies to enhance performance and provide the capacity needed for today’s tape processing requirements.
Posted: 11 May 2011 | Published: 11 May 2011
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TAPE BACKUPS DEFINITION (continued): … In computers, tape backup is the ability to periodically copy the contents of all or a designated amount of data from its usual storage device to a tape cartridge device so that, in the event of a hard disk crash or comparable failure, the data will not be lost. Tape backup can be done manually or, with appropriate software, be programmed to happen automatically.Tape backup systems exist for needs ranging from backing up the hard disk on a personal computer to backing up large amounts of storage for archiving and disaster recovery purposes in a large enterprise as part of a storage area network (SAN), usually combining a hardware and software package. For personal computer tape backup, the Onstream USB tape drive is popular. For enterprise tape backup, Linear Tape-Open (LTO) is an industry open standard from Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Seagate.Tape backup also includes the ability to restore data that has been backed up back to hard disk storage devices when needed. Tape Backups definition sponsored by SearchStorage.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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