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ALSO CALLED: Tape Automation Systems
DEFINITION: In data storage, a tape library is a collection of magnetic tape cartridges and tape drives. An automated tape library is a hardware device that contains multiple tape drives for reading and writing data, access ports for entering and removing tapes and a robotic device for mounting and dismounting the tape cartridges without human intervention.
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Long-Term Data Protection and Retention: Finding the Correct Balance
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Tape remains the most cost effective, energy efficient and reliable program technology for storing large amounts of inactive, off-line or near-line data while complimenting disk-based data protection and retention solutions. Read this paper and find out why.
Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2009


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


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


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


12 Best Practices for Data Backup and Recovery
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
WHITE PAPER: With disk-to-disk technology, your backup data resides on disk drives, proven to be far more reliable than tapes. When your backup completes, you know the data is secure and accessible on the disk drive. Read this paper to learn other best practices on disk-to-disk technology and more.
Posted: 30 Sep 2009 | Published: 30 Sep 2009


What is Tape Without Pain™?
sponsored by Spectra Logic Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Spectra Logic, with 30 years experience in the field of high technology, is committed to protecting data - your data. Spectra has extensive expertise with all forms of backup, and therefore understands the continuing and increasingly important role of tape in protecting data. To that end, Spectra Logic has set itself a goal: Tape Without Pain.
Posted: 01 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2009


Iron Mountain Solves Data Protection Problems
sponsored by Iron Mountain Digital
CASE STUDY: The Gas Operations Division of Airgas has an extensive staff of mobile sales representatives and field technicians. IT was concerned about protecting vital business data on laptops. Airgas uses Iron Mountain Off-site Tape Vaulting to securely store tapes. IT found it had the features he needed to protect employee laptops properly.
Posted: 20 Aug 2009 | Published: 20 Aug 2009


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: 26 May 2009


Avoiding the Disk Bottleneck in the Data Domain Deduplication File System
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER: This paper introduces three techniques employed in the production Data Domain deduplication file system and shows how they can be used to relieve the disk bottleneck.
Posted: 10 Apr 2009 | Published: 10 Apr 2009


Enabling Enterprise Tape Library Support for Microsoft DPM 2007 Using FalconStor VTL
sponsored by FalconStor Software
WHITE PAPER: Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 is designed to provide continuous data protection for Windows-based servers, with additional features for business-specific Microsoft workloads such as SQL Server and SharePoint.
Posted: 10 Feb 2009 | Published: 10 Feb 2009


Achieving Cost Savings in Backup with Deduplication
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This document discusses that dollars and time currently consumed by existing tape libraries can be far better utilized by moving to disk back-up with deduplication.
Posted: 27 Jan 2009 | Published: 27 Jan 2009


The ROI and TCO Benefits of Data Deduplication for Data Protection in the Enterprise
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper examines and quantifies the costs and benefits of backup with deduplication storage as strategic assets for data protection. Three organizations in different industries are discussed as case studies.
Posted: 26 Aug 2008 | Published: 26 Aug 2008


Encryption Key Management: A Technical White Paper
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Quantum's Encryption Key Manager (Q-EKM) is a centralized key manager application that manages the encryption keys used as part of the LTO Ultrium 4 (LTO-4) drive-based data encryption process.
Posted: 29 Jan 2008 | Published: 29 Jan 2008

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