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All VTLs Are Not Created Equal: Considerations for Enterprise-Scale Virtual Tape Libraries by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
Virtual Tape Library solutions are taking hold in companies of all sizes, but not all VTLs are equipped to meet the requirements of...
Virtual Tape Libraries All-in-One Guide by Dell | EqualLogic
and help you get the most from virtual tape libraries technology. This document provides in-depth coverage of utilizing virtual tape libraries (VTL) in your data...
HP Data Protector Software Advanced Backup to Disk Integration with Virtual Tape Libraries White Paper by Hewlett-Packard Company
of HP Data Protector Software with Virtual Tape Libraries by utilizing the Advanced Backup to Disk functionality available with the HP Data Protector Software. This...
Using Tape Virtualization to Improve Backup Performance by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
backup infrastructure. Virtual tape library (VTL) technology is arguably the easiest way to introduce disk into a tapebased backup infrastructure. A VTL is a...
VTL Data Management Issues by Storage Magazine
With the proliferation of virtual tape libraries within storage environments, storage managers face an increased number of decisions in regards to...
US AFB Implements ProtecTIER™ — Cuts Backup Time by 50 Percent While Maximizing the Use of Existing Storage Resources by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
with seven LTO-3 tape drives, and a virtual tape disk-to-disk solution using SATA drives. In choosing the virtual tape solution, the team worked with Ken Payne of Abba...
Disk-based Data Protection Options: The Changing Data Protection Landscape by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
tapes on a daily basis. Magnetic tape will continue to play a critical role in data protection, offering the lowest cost storage medium for maintaining...
Beyond Virtual Tape Libraries: End-to-End Data Protection with Syncsort Disk-to-Disk Solutions by Syncsort
when compared with backup-to-tape. But VTL is limited as an end-to-end business continuity remedy. So before rushing into a VTL investment, ask...
The Market Opportunity for Enterprise Tape by Sun StorageTek
the T10000B tape drive with Sun's virtual tape solutions will help its customers improve performance, reduce costs, and increase fault tolerance and data...
EMA Whitepaper: Simple, Reliable, Fast De-duplication Data Protection Platform by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
This document looks at how a virtual tape library utilizing a clustered gateway and data de-duplication can assist data centers that face such challenges,...
Storage Panorama by CA
e-mail and database archiving and virtual tape libraries as their more pressing storage priorities. High on the storage ‘to-do' list is addressing...
University of St. Thomas implements a tiered storage approach from Quantum, including Data De-duplication Technology to Cut Backup Time in Half by Quantum Corporation
interesting the way it worked like a virtual tape library, and didn't require special backup software or load agents anywhere; it just acted like a tape library, it...
ProtecTIER: Changing the Game With An Enterprise-class Disk-based Data Protection Solution by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
is now below that of an equivalent tape-based solution, without compromising performance, capacity, or 100% data integrity...
Reducing Backup Volume: Key Ways your Organization can Save by Quantum Corporation
explains how Quantum DXi3500 Saves Virtual Iron Time & Money with 95% Reduction in Backup Volume and Saving $12,000 annually on tape media costs. Virtual Iron...
Data Protection Using Premium Features: PowerVault™ MD3000 and MD3000i by Dell, Inc.
optional premium features include Virtual Disk Snapshot and Virtual Disk Copy. Dell offers key-enabled premium features to help enhance the functionality of...
General Backup Purchasing Considerations by Quantum Corporation
one. It's not enough to simply buy a new tape drive or upgrade to a larger disk--not with data volumes growing at 60% per year. In addition, as more vendors deliver more...
Livewire™: Full-Server Protecting and Recovery in Real-Time by Double-Take Software
44; they have been relegated to tape back-up, which requires a lengthy and manual tape restoration process, including the loss of any changes made...
Overcoming the Challenges of Tape with a Disk-Based Backup Solution by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
paper examines the pros and cons of tape and disk-based storage and presents a cost analysis of ExaGrid's disk-based backup system with data de-...
SARCOM Simplifies Storage: Virtualization Makes Provisioning and Management Much Easier - and More Cost Effective by Hewlett-Packard Company
data set snapclones) and backup to tape libraries.

Searching for a better solution, SARCOM management took a long, hard look at the HP StorageWorks...
Tape Technology Leaps Forward in the 3rd Era by Sun StorageTek
The magnetic tape industry has progressed into its third era and the economics of tape for many applications are compelling from an...
Mainframe Tape Technology: Eight Myths, Realities and Best Practices by CA
CA Tape Encryption is an innovative, flexible, easily implemented comprehensive z/OS tape protection solution that...
Best Practices: Unraveling Tape Encryption by Storage Magazine
Tape encryption technologies and practices are on the rise. But with more choices than ever, careful consideration of the...
Tape Encryption FAQ by Sony Electronics Inc.
the key concerns regarding tape encryption and the benefits it offers. Encryption for mainframe tapes has rapidly ascended to the top of the list of...
Consolidate Storage Infrastructure and Create a Greener Datacenter: Scale and save with Tape Technology Innovation by Incentra Solutions
Sun's latest tape drive and tape library solutions can help companies grow automated tape environments without disruption, and...
Tape Backup Performance and Reliability Best Practices by Dell | EqualLogic
best practices related to tape backup performance and reliability, troubleshooting automated tape libraries, and managing long term tape...
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at all times.
Thin provisioning: EMC virtual (thin) provisioning enables users to allocate storage and automatically extend file systems.
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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...
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...
disk and petabytes with attached tape to DR550.
Immutability: The DR550 offers a secure, non-erasable and non-rewritable storage archiving repository for...