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With data growth rates in excess of 40-50% per year, the amount of tape media required for backup and archiving processes will continue to increase rapidly. Therefore, some savvy buyers shop around and consider second-hand cartridges.

LTO technology offers great value in this area, but outside the rigorously controlled, authorized sellers’ market, the same standards aren’t applied to second-hand media.

Read this white paper to inform yourself on the purchasing and trade-in process for recertified media, the risks involved—like unauthorized data sharing and reliability issues—and cautions and considerations for doing so.

Vendor:

LTO

Posted:

Feb 16, 2022

Published:

Feb 17, 2022

Format:

HTML

Type:

White Paper