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RSS backup tapeBenchmark: High Performance Online Database Backup for Very Large Databases
White Paper The tests we conducted used a Compaq DIGITAL AlphaServer 8400 configured with cost-effective Compaq AIT tape drives. High availability of your data is crucial to the smooth operation of your business. [24 Feb 2004]
Backup Strategies for NAS and SAN
White Paper Large tape libraries are now used with sophisticated strategies like multi-hosting. Exciting breakthroughs in network storage technology are making possible to keep pace with exploding data growth. [24 Feb 2004]
A Performance Evaluation of TapeFrame
White Paper Backup to a single tape drive at 1 MB/sec does not guarantee that you can back up to a thousand tape drives at 1000 MB/sec. With more mature tools on the market for VLDB backup, it has become difficult to prove which software and hardware products... [24 Feb 2004]
Storage Area Networks: An Innovative Approach to Backup and Recovery
White Paper Traditionally, backup and recovery models have featured dedicated disk and tape systems for each host server, with each host backing up its own data to its own locally attached tape drives or library. [24 Feb 2004]
DDS-3 and DDS-2 DAT Tape Drives: DDS-3 DAT Tape Storage System
White Paper The high-storage capability of DDS-3, coupled with a fast transfer rate, positions DDS-3 as a scaleable backup technology, spanning the performance workstations to enterprise network servers. DDS-3 triples the capacity and doubles the speed of... [24 Feb 2004]
Dynamic Drive Sharing in NetWorker 6.1: Maximizing the Benefits of SAN for Data Protection
White Paper From a backup perspective, SANs provide multiple servers with the ability to physically connect to multiple tape drives or other backup hardware. This limits backup performance,increases Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)for standalone tape drives or... [14 Aug 2003]
Storage Solutions for Network Attached Storage
White Paper This document examines several alternatives for protecting NAS resources on the LAN or SAN and explores the alternative of evolving the NAS hardware into a storage appliance - that is, utilizing the capacity of the NAS appliance in conjunction... [14 Aug 2003]
The Return of Removable Hard Disk Drive Architecture
White Paper Since computer architecture is standardized on fixed disk drives, data exchange, backup, and archival applications have been delegated to other peripheral devices such as floppy disk drives, CD-RW, DVD-RAM, tape drive systems, and cartridge-based... [14 Aug 2003]
CA and Iomega have treats in store for SMEs
News The product, which includes a tape drive, will be shipped by the end of August, said Chris Romoser, a spokesman for San Diego-based Iomega. Computer Associates and storage company Iomega are teaming up to produce a backup system aimed at small and... [24 Jul 2003]
Disaster recovery estimates differ between business and technology leaders
News One reason that recovery times can be long is that most companies still rely on tape back-up systems as the primary means to resume operations, said Stephen Higgins, EMC's director of business continuity marketing. [14 Jul 2003]
Backup glitch warning for Windows Server 2003 users
News The software giant's latest operating system saves data to tape using a slightly different format than earlier versions of Windows, a Microsoft representative said on Thursday. I want to make sure that a tape that I have made will work on any... [23 May 2003]
Dmitri takes the stand
News The defence also played a tape of the speech that spurred Sklyarov's arrest. During questioning from Burton, he said that although the software could be used for nefarious purposes such as widely distributing electronic documents, he actually... [10 Dec 2002]
Helpdesk hell: Your reader comments
News After 10 minutes trying to explain what it looked like, they fetched the person who normally changed the backup tape. We asked the question: "Are people really this stupid? and it seems you think they are. [14 Aug 2002]
Dell goes head to head with EMC
News Dell has unveiled high-end tape-backup systems that use Linear-Tape-One (LTO) technology, an open tape specification. The technology is the backbone of a variety of tape storage products that allow data compression, track layout and error... [10 Jul 2001]
Hard drives ditched as Quantum leaps into new sectors
News Late last month Quantum's tape backup and storage group (DSS) warned that results for its fiscal fourth quarter would drop about 20 percent from the previous quarter estimates due to a downturn in IT spending. [02 Apr 2001]
