Storage Magazine February 2012
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
EZINE:
In this February 2012 cover story of Storage magazine, we announce this year’s 18 Products of the Year winners and highlight why they stand out from the competition. Read now to learn more.
Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012
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E-Guide: The State of Tape: Recent Developments in Tape
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
EGUIDE:
In this SearchStorage.com E-Guide, Rich Castagna discusses the current landscape of the tape market and its role in the data center today. Read on to learn the latest trends in tape systems, advanced drives life the T10000C and where the future of tape lies.
Posted: 22 Dec 2011 | Published: 22 Dec 2011
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Analyst Brief: NERSC Case Study On Tape as Cost-Effective and Reliable Solution for Primary Data Storage
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
CASE STUDY:
At the NERSC Center in California, tape is simply seen as extremely efficient, cost-effective, scalable—and reliable—storage. With over 13 PB of data on tape (growing at around 60% p.a.) and decades of history, NERSC has the facts to prove tape’s capabilities; so much so that it does not employ additional copies.
Posted: 27 Jul 2011 | Published: 27 Jul 2011
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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
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Consolidate Storage Infrastructure and Create a Greener Datacenter
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
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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
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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
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E-Guide: Chapter 3: Enterprise-Class Tape Library Purchase Considerations
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
EGUIDE:
Now that you've reviewed the essential issues involved in any backup acquisition, this guide focuses on the specific considerations of enterprise-class tape libraries. You'll also find a series of specifications to help make on-the-spot product comparisons between vendors like Quantum Corp., Hewlett-Packard Corp., IBM, SpectraLogic Corp., and more.
Posted: 09 Feb 2010 | Published: 09 Feb 2010
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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
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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
CASE STUDY:
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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Securing Sensitive Information: An Examination of Information Security Issues, Methods and Securing Data With LTO-4 Tape Drive Encryption
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
ANALYST BRIEF:
Each month many companies, big or small, well known or unknown, experience a data security loss with the potential exposure of thousands to millions of sensitive customer or employee records. This brief examines cryptographic methods, specifically tape data encryption, to combat such security losses.
Posted: 21 Jul 2009 | Published: 21 Jul 2009
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Case Study: Reducing Backup Time and Administration Six-fold
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
CASE STUDY:
The Quantum Scalar i500 combines a modular design with continuous robotics to provide the scalability, performance and reliability that customers require.
Posted: 03 Feb 2009 | Published: 03 Feb 2009
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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
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DLT-S4 Buffer Management - Speedmatching
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
In the past, tape drives were considered a speed bottleneck in data backup performance. However, Quantum put those beliefs to rest by launching the market's highest capacity tape drive. Download this paper to get the details of new innovative drive.
Posted: 27 Feb 2007 | Published: 27 Feb 2007
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Best Practices in Backup Security
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
Regardless of your organization's size, data security is becoming one of the biggest challenges in IT today. Get an overview on how to address backup security through tips and best practices.
Posted: 22 Feb 2007 | Published: 22 Feb 2007
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Native Fibre Channel Tape Drives versus SCSI-to-Fibre Channel Routers
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
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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
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Usinternetworking
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
CASE STUDY:
The Quantum P-Series tape library provides USinternetworking, a leading enterprise application service provider, with the flexibility and scalability the company and its customers require.
Posted: 12 Jan 2004 | Published: 12 Jan 2004
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Primary Color: Printer Banks on PX-Series Libraries to Deposit Customer Artwork
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
DATA SHEET:
For two years in a row, Primary Color has been rated as one of the fastest growing printer businesses in the country. The downside - at least in the past - was that the need for backup and archival storage capacity was growing too fast.
Posted: 12 Jan 2004 | Published: 12 Jan 2004
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Tape It to the Limit
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
TECHNICAL ARTICLE:
This article from PC Magazine presents an autoloader scorecard, with ratings for setup, cartridge manageability, density, price, and performance. The article also includes a side-by-side summary of features.
Posted: 12 Jan 2004 | Published: 12 Jan 2004
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Shaw Air Force Base
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
CASE STUDY:
The Quantum SuperLoader autoloader has been given the nod as "top gun" when it comes to backing up data under challenging conditions worldwide for the Ninth Air Force at Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina.
Posted: 12 Jan 2004 | Published: 12 Jan 2004
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Tape - Still the Best Value for Data Protection
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WEBCAST:
The purpose of this webinar is to evaluate the evolving role of tape in data protection, and to discuss why linear tape technologies are today, and will continue to be, the de facto standard for open systems backup and archival applications.
Posted: 12 Jan 2004 | Premiered: 12 Jan 2004
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ATL L-Series Autoloaders
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
DATA SHEET:
The ATL L-Series provides a complete line of solutions for users with autoloader needs. From a low-priced, entry level autoloader, to high capacity, multi-terabyte rack-optimized solution, Quantum meets these needs and all in-between.
Posted: 12 Jan 2004 | Published: 12 Jan 2004
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Why Do We Like the Quantum DX30 so Much?
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
Dorian Cougias, CEO of Network Frontiers and the author of "The Backup Book: Data Protection from Desktop to Data Center" discusses the pros and cons of disk-based backup technologies.
Posted: 20 Aug 2003 | Published: 20 Aug 2003
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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
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Making a Business Case for Tape
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
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This paper will review tape technology from the standpoint of this business value model.
Posted: 26 Jan 2003 | Published: 26 Jan 2003
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