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I've been personally impacted by lost tapes

Hi Folks, Yesterday I received a letter in the mail at home that started off: Dear Sir or Madam, We are writing to let you know that computer tapes containing some of your personal information were lost while being transported to an off-site storage facility...

Published 09-17-2008 5:55 PM by jim hankins

Filed under: tape, LTO Ultrium, deduplication, backup, Virtual Library System, virtual tape, disk-based backup, security, D2D Backup Systems, storage

Tape is Dead! - And here's the timetable

When there are no more natural disasters! When electricity is free! When hardware never fails! When software is bug-free! When people no longer make mistakes! When there are no computer viruses or other malicious code! When all people are honest! When...

Published 08-21-2008 10:02 PM by jim hankins

Filed under: tape, backup, storage

The Real Story on tape storage

Published 08-06-2008 2:26 PM by jim hankins

Filed under: tape, backup, Virtual Library System, virtual tape, disk-based backup, green storage, D2D Backup Systems

Do SMBs Really Need Tape? Good Question!

By Bob Conway. I recently saw an article in InformationWeek after the our recent DAT announcement. I wanted to share my thoughts on the subject. DAT/DDS The Tape Format That Will Not Die Posted by Howard Marks , Jul 23, 2008 11:07 PM http://www.informationweek...

Published 07-29-2008 1:27 PM by jasontreu

Filed under: tape, backup, SMB

DAT 320 for SMB Data Protection Part 2

By Bob Conway This is two-part of a two-part post. Part one discussed HP/Sony working together on the DAT 320 . Today, I'll discuss why the DAT has become the choice for SMBs and also additional information on DAT 320. So, what makes DAT such a firm...

Published 07-17-2008 3:55 AM by CalvinZ

Filed under: tape, DDS/DAT

DAT 320 a Major Step for SMB Data Protection

By Bob Conway This will be a two-part post. Part one will discuss HP/Sony working together on the DAT 320. Part two will discuss why the DAT has become the choice for SMBs and also additional information on DAT 320. Part I Yesterday, HP and Sony announced...

Published 07-17-2008 3:46 AM by CalvinZ

Filed under: tape, DDS/DAT

The Power of Open Standard Tape Technologies

by Bob Conway Today, I wanted to discuss the success of open standards in tape, benefits of open standards, and discuss DDS/DAT and LTO open standards. Quarter-on-quarter shipments confirm the rise of open standard LTO Ultrium tape technology and the...

Published 07-01-2008 4:57 PM by CalvinZ

Filed under: tape, standard, LTO Ultrium, DDS/DAT

Green Storage #4 – Your power saving strategy should include tape

- by David Garrels We’ve talked in this blog before about how much power spinning disks use as being the biggest driver of storage power consumption. And we’ve discussed ways to minimize the number of spinning disks. Now, let’s talk about how much power...

Published 06-05-2008 3:08 AM by DGarrels

Filed under: tape, green storage, storage

“Do something with the tapes!” says Joe Tucci

-by Warren Smith There is a hilarious new video on YouTube. Strangely, the video was produced by the EMC Corporation to suggest that Joe Tucci ordered employees there to get rid of tape, because the company is backing up to disk (one hopes not exclusively...

Published 03-05-2008 1:27 PM by BlogArchive

Filed under: tape, storage

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