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Using Tape Virtualization to Improve Backup Performance by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
review of Sun Microsystems' tape virtualization solutions, identifying how their offerings can best be leveraged to produce an optimized backup...
Securing Data Stored on Tape with Encryption: How to Choose the Right Encryption Key Management Solution by Quantum Corporation
built into every Quantum LTO-4 tape drive can help organizations prevent a costly and embarrassing security breach.

The right encryption key management...
Encryption Key Management: A Technical White Paper by Quantum Corporation
encrypting data using the LTO-4 tape drive encryption capabilities...
HP StorageWorks tape and disk-to-disk data protection by Hewlett-Packard Company
variety of choices, ranging from tape backup to multiple layers of online, nearline and offline protection. And the newer technologies--such as disk-to-disk...
Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center Reduces Backup Time with SEPATON by SEPATON
chose a SEPATON S2100-ES2 virtual tape library with dramatic positive results. As part of the Office of Research at Old Dominion University, VMASC supports...
Using Deduplication with Modern Mainframe Virtual Tape by Data Domain
effectively switch from physical tape (or hybrid disk/tape) to a modern mainframe Virtual Tape solution with Data Domain deduplication storage. Mainframe IT...
Five Key Considerations for Enterprise Disaster Recovery and Backup by SEPATON
by simply copying data to physical tape and shipping the tapes to an off-site storage facility. They can also replicate data over their network with a disk-based...
iSCSI for TL-Series Tape Libraries by Dell, Inc.
SAS bridge card for the TL-series of tape libraries. This allows a customer to directly attach a tape backup target to their iSCSI 1Gb Ethernet SAN with little to...
Squeezing more out of tape backup systems by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Tape vendors have recently improved their tape devices' density, enhancing management tools, integrating tape with their...
ESG Report: Data Deduplication Diversity: Evaluating Software- vs. Hardware-Based Approaches by CommVault Systems, Inc.
hardware, including virtual tape libraries (VTLs) and storage appliances; however, recent introductions by backup vendors have shifted the spotlight...
Thinking Beyond Tape: The Case Against Tape Backup by Double-Take Software
of a backup strategy based only on tape backup. When recoverability matters, depend on Double-Take Software to dynamically move, protect, and recover your...
Webcast: Data Deduplication and Disk-to-Disk Backup Systems by Data Domain
a more compelling alternative to tape. Please join Tony Asaro, Senior Analyst, ESG and Heidi Biggar, Analyst, ESG as they discuss the various technology...
Victaulic Speeds Backup and Restores, Cuts Capacity with SEPATON VTL and Data Deduplication by SEPATON
backup times, Victaulic Company's tape backup systems could no longer provide the performance or capacity they needed for efficient data protection. For a...
The Evolving Role of Disk and Tape in the Data Center by Hewlett-Packard Company
and explores the aspects of disk and tape solutions that, when combined into a disk-to-disk-to-tape solution, provide the most robust answer to backup and archival...
Enabling Enterprise Tape Library Support for Microsoft DPM 2007 Using FalconStor VTL by FalconStor Software
FalconStor® Virtual Tape Library (VTL) solution with Single Instance Repository (SIR) for deduplication complements Microsoft DPM 2007 to meet...
Realizing the Benefits of Deduplication in a Backup and Restore System by Hewlett-Packard Company
many companies relied solely on tape data storage for data protection. Increasingly, SMBs face the daunting task of managing the ever-increasing amount of...
Enhancing Disk-to-Disk Backup with Data Deduplication by FalconStor Software
of required storage capacity on tape and disk.

This webinar demontrates how FalconStor data deduplication solutions integrate seamlessly into your...
Konica Minolta Reduces Backup Window, Improves Disaster Recovery Strategy with ExaGrid by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
been backing up all of its data onto tape, but with 5TB of data to protect, backup windows were long and relying on tape meant juggling multiple backup jobs with...
The ROI and TCO Benefits of Data Deduplication for Data Protection in the Enterprise by Data Domain
and allows customers to eliminate tape from the processes of both operational recovery and disaster recovery.

This paper examines and quantifies the costs...
Understanding the Role and Application of Remote Server Backup Technologies by Iron Mountain Digital
the reliability of backups. Tape remains an important element of most backup processes for obvious reasons. But in today's 24x7 business...
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Stays with SEPATON for Advanced Data Protection by SEPATON
Interstate Hotels & Resorts' tape backup systems could no longer handle its growing volumes of financial data, their IT staff installed SEPATON S2100...
Case Study: Helping AIC Cut Daily Backup Window While Saving Money & Staff Time by Quantum Corporation
increasing, and the cost of so much tape storage had also become an issue," said Ben Barnes, AIC's Manager of Infrastructure Services.

By replacing its existing...
Comparing Disk with Tape: Improving Backup and Recovery Performance by EMC Corporation
to disk exclusively (i.e., they used no tape at all in their environments) and 51% said they used a combination of disk and tape for backup (see Figure 1). This means that...
What Data Domain is Doing to Storage by Data Domain
and cost-effective alternative to tape-based methods. This paper outlines the impact of data deduplication on data protection, and specifically how Data...
LEARNING GUIDES
pairs; up to 20 NAS heads
Number of drives: 1,200 maximum
Drive types: SATA, SAS
Drive capacity: Available for 4U 60-slot, high-density enclosure:
750 GB or 500 GB 7,200...
consuming ordeal of going to the tape or some other subsystem. Plus, snapshots consume little space, have no impact on performance and even permit users to...
offer no more than 15 TB, two to 24 disk drives, 1 GB or 2 GB of RAM and one or two 1 Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) ports. Midrange systems might peak at 100 TB, 100 drives or 200...
with another separate library of tape backup totaling 2-3 TB," he says. But over the past five years, operations grew to about 500 servers with 200 TB of disk...