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ALSO CALLED: VTL Software, Virtual Tape Library Software, VTL, Virtual Tape Library, and Tape Library Software
DEFINITION: Virtual tape is an archival storage technology that makes it possible to save data as if it were being stored on tape although it may actually be stored on hard disk or on another storage medium. Benefits of virtual tape systems include better backup and recovery times and lower operating costs. A special storage device manages less-frequently needed data so that it appears to be stored entirely on  … 
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F5 Storage Cost Savings Calculator
sponsored by F5 Networks UK
ASSESSMENT TOOL: Use this calculator to determine the potential storage cost savings your company could realize by implementing the F5 ARX solution. Just answer a few simple questions about your environment to get a three-year savings analysis. Make sure you review the Case Studies to learn how other companies have reduced their storage costs by 50% or more.
Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009


Data Deduplication for Primary Data
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
EGUIDE: This E-Guide will explore if Data Deduplication is suitable for primary data and what vendors are doing to keep performance high for your company’s backups. If you are an IT Professional looking to Dedupe your Primary data, this E-Guide will help you navigate all the options and decisions you need to make.
Posted: 22 Oct 2009 | Published: 22 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


Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Backup and Deduplication Storage
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER: Unreliable backups and recovery times that are too long have long plagued IT organisations. This paper takes a look at the costs and benefits of backup with deduplication storage as strategic assets for data protection.
Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009


Storage Cost Savings Calculator
sponsored by F5 Networks
ASSESSMENT TOOL: Use this calculator to determine the potential storage cost savings your company could realize by implementing the F5 ARX solution. Just answer a few simple questions about your environment to get a three-year savings analysis. Make sure you review the Case Studies to learn how other companies have reduced their storage costs by 50% or more.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Published: 17 Sep 2009


IDC Report - Reducing Costs and Creating a More Secure IT Environment with a Holistic Approach to Data Protection
sponsored by FalconStor Software
ANALYST REPORT: IDC interviewed eight FalconStor customers that had deployed at least one or a combination of the following FalconStor storage management solutions: Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Network Storage Server (NSS), and Continuous Data Protector (CDP). All customers reported high levels of satisfaction.
Posted: 17 Sep 2009 | Published: 17 Sep 2009


FalconStor Heats up VTL Deduplication and the Data Deduplication War
sponsored by FalconStor Software
JOURNAL ARTICLE: Today, let's focus on one of the leading players in the data deduplication space, FalconStor. FalconStor can rightfully claim the market share leadership space for VTLs, even though there are other strong players in the space. But the market is fiercely competitive and FalconStor is not resting upon its laurels.
Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 09 Sep 2009


IDC Best Practices: Protecting Sensitive Information in Failed and Decommissioned Storage Media
sponsored by PeakData Services, Inc.
WEBCAST: Stringent laws and regulations are forcing businesses to look at data in a new light. Added to compliance challenges is protecting disparate data, while reducing overhead costs associated with legal discovery. In this webcast IDC looks at high level trends in compliance, solutions that industry-leaders are employing and how to mitigate data risk.
Posted: 03 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 03 Sep 2009


PODCAST: IDC Best Practices: Protecting Sensitive Information in Failed and Decommissioned Storage Media
sponsored by PeakData Services, Inc.
PODCAST: Stringent laws and regulations are forcing businesses to look at data in a new light. Added to compliance challenges is protecting disparate data, while reducing overhead costs associated with legal discovery. In this podcast, IDC looks at high level trends in compliance, solutions that industry-leaders are employing and how to mitigate data risk.
Posted: 03 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 03 Sep 2009


UNH Data Protection Makes the Grade with SEPATON S2100-ES2 Virtual Tape Library
sponsored by SEPATON
CASE STUDY: As part of a data center consolidation project, the University of New Hampshire wanted to implement a faster, more efficient way to backup and protect their academic and administrative data. They turned to the SEPATON S2100-ES2 virtual tape library (VTL) with DeltaStor data deduplication.
Posted: 24 Aug 2009 | Published: 24 Aug 2009


On-demand Presentation: Inactive Data File Archiving with the Virtual File Store™
sponsored by Iron Mountain Digital
PRODUCT DEMO: The Virtual File Store™ service is easy to use, providing an on-site appliance that acts like a file server. You can move files onto the appliance manually or automatically. This is a 7-minute flash demo that reviews the solution, how it works and solution benefits.
Posted: 14 Aug 2009 | Published: 14 Aug 2009


Storage Decisions Advanced Backup School Virtual Seminar: 2010 UK Planning Edition! Dashboard
sponsored by Storage Decisions
VIRTUAL TRADESHOW: Join noted backup expert W. Curtis Preston LIVE online on September 17, 2009 for a 3-part presentation on backup planning for 2010. Get expert tips on where to add efficiency to your backup operations now -- and gain valuable information on the biggest backup trends being deployed in IT shops as we move towards year end.
Posted: 07 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 07 Aug 2009


Storage Decisions Advanced Backup School Virtual Seminar: 2010 Planning Edition! Dashboard
sponsored by Storage Decisions
VIRTUAL TRADESHOW: Join noted backup expert W. Curtis Preston LIVE online on September 15, 2009 for a 3-part presentation on backup planning for 2010. Get expert tips on where to add efficiency to your backup operations now -- and gain valuable information on the biggest backup trends being deployed in IT shops as we move towards year end.
Posted: 07 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 07 Aug 2009


Demartek Report: FalconStor Virtual Tape Library (VTL) and Deduplication Performance
sponsored by FalconStor Software
ANALYST REPORT: To evaluate the performance of its solutions, FalconStor commissioned Demartek to validate the performance of the FalconStor VTL solution and its deduplication solutions - as they come from the factory, without any special tuning adjustments. The sustained performance of these solutions is impressive and was measured using conservative data.
Posted: 27 Jul 2009 | Published: 27 Jul 2009


D2D Virtual Tape Library Replication Primer
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: With the introduction of HP Dynamic deduplication and low bandwidth replication (LBR) on HP D2D2500, D2D4000 and D2D4100 Backup Systems, the way data protection can be implemented has been transformed. This whitepaper explains the terminology and concepts behind these technologies and establishes some sizing rules through worked examples.
Posted: 17 Jul 2009 | Published: 17 Jul 2009


ESG Paper: 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 Jul 2009 | Published: 08 Jul 2009


Improve Backup and Recovery 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: 07 Jul 2009 | Published: 07 Jul 2009


Essential Guide to Data Backup for SMBs
sponsored by SearchSMBStorage.com
ESSENTIAL GUIDE: Data backup is still the No. 1 pain point for storage administrators. The tips in this guide will help you simplify your backup process and put together a reliable backup and recovery plan.
Posted: 01 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009


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


Merging Backup and Disaster Recovery (DR) Processes
sponsored by FalconStor Software
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes how continuous data protection (CDP) technology can bridge various DR methodologies to help organizations overcome the challenges of tape and achieve maximum benefits from their IT investments.
Posted: 16 Jun 2009 | Published: 16 Jun 2009


ESG Brief: FalconStor VTL Hyper-Accelerates Backup
sponsored by FalconStor Software
ANALYST BRIEF: Even with the addition of a virtual tape library (VTL) solution to the backup environment, performance bottlenecks caused by inefficiencies on the host side of the backup process remain a challenge. This can now be addressed with an add-on to FalconStor VTL that accelerates backups four to eight-fold and reduces impact on production servers.
Posted: 16 Jun 2009 | Published: 16 Jun 2009


Data Deduplication Approaches: Solving Today's Most Common Backup Problems
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
ANALYST REPORT: This Technology Brief discusses different approaches to data deduplication in the market today along with the pros and cons of each, and then matches some of the most common backup problems to a recommended deduplication approach. The brief close with a spotlight on Quantum's DXi7500 enterprise disk backup and replication system
Posted: 10 Jun 2009 | Published: 10 Jun 2009


Case Study: Ingram Entertainment Implements Improved ROI and Reliability for Mainframe Data Protection
sponsored by Data Domain
CASE STUDY: Ingram Entertainment Inc. is the leading national distributor of home entertainment products in the US. Having implemented the Data Domain and Luminex solution they have been able to successfully meet DR goals and achieve significant yearly cost savings.
Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 08 Jun 2009


Interstate Hotels & Resorts Stays with SEPATON for Advanced Data Protection
sponsored by SEPATON
CASE STUDY: When Interstate Hotels & Resorts' tape backup systems could no longer handle its growing volumes of financial data, their IT staff installed SEPATON S2100 virtual tape libraries (VTL) to meet both its short and long-term secondary storage needs. This case study explains the process and results.
Posted: 01 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009

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VIRTUAL TAPE LIBRARIES DEFINITION (continued): …  tape cartridges when some parts of it may actually be located in faster, hard disk storage. Virtual tape can be used with a hierarchical storage management (HSM) system in which data is moved as it falls through various usage thresholds to slower but less costly forms of storage media. Virtual tape may also be used as part of a storage area network (SAN) where less-frequently used or archived data can be managed by a single virtual tape server for a number of networked computers. A virtual tape system offloads from the main computer the processing involved in deciding whether data should be … 
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