Tape Encryption

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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 data center requirements due to increasing disclosures by high-profile organizations regarding the loss or...
Employing Best Practices for Mainframe Tape Encryption by CA
equal, it's best to consider a tape encryption strategy that's aligned with business practices, security objectives and compliance drivers. Read this paper to learn best practices for mainframe tape encryption. Encryption for mainframe tapes has rapidly...
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 ensures your data is not breached even if the tapes fall into the wrong hands. A dependable backup plan is...
Securing Data Stored on Tape with Encryption: How to Choose the Right Encryption Key Management Solution by Quantum Corporation
to generate and communicate encryption keys and it is a proven, easy-to-use, library-managed encryption solution designed to protect sensitive data throughout the enterprise. Securing data from unauthorized access is a critical issue for...
Sun StorageTek T10000B Tape Drive by Sun StorageTek
Sun StorageTek T10000B enterprise tape drive blends highest capacity, reliability, performance, and data security to support demanding, 24x7 datacenter operations. The Sun StorageTek T10000B enterprise tape drive blends highest capacity,...
Protecting Personal Data in Sybase Adaptive Server® Enterprise by Sybase, Inc.
putting it on the media. Sybase ASE's encryption option provides several distinct advantages for this. Sybase ASE's encryption option provides several distinct advantages for protecting data. First, it requires no application or schema modifications,...
Cisco Storage Media Encryption: Meeting the Security Challenge by Cisco Systems, Inc.
to Cisco Storage Media Encryption (SME), a heterogeneous, standards-based encryption solution for data at rest with comprehensive built-in key-management features. Unfortunately, storage and network virtualization adoption has also increased the...
Transforming Your Backup Through Data De-Duplication by Quantum Corporation
conventional disk backup, tape, replication, and encryption. Quantum's solutions allow data de-duplication technology to become part of a complete backup and retention solution set that also includes conventional disk backup, tape,...
ECO Responsible Tape Right for Every Storage Strategy by Sun StorageTek
easy to implement storage-based encryption--for operational and archival data--without performance impact. The Sun Crypto KeyManagement System (KMS) 2.0 makes it easy to implement storage-based encryption--for operational and archival data-...
Ensure Data Protection with Sun StorageTek T10000B Tape Drives by Sun StorageTek
Learn how Sun StorageTek T-series tape drives use a Crypto-Key Management System to encrypt data, and how Volsafe technology helps your business meet electronic, regulatory, and legal requirements. Learn how Sun StorageTek T-series tape drives use a...
The Market Opportunity for Enterprise Tape by Sun StorageTek
for enterprise-class tape drives and Sun's new enterprise-class tape drive, the Sun StorageTek T10000B tape drive. In this white paper, sponsored by Sun, IDC analyzes the market opportunity for enterprise-class tape drives and Sun...
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 infrastructure. Virtual tape library (VTL) technology is arguably the easiest way to introduce...
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-duplication and compression vs. tape and standard SATA disk. Many organizations use tape to back up data...
Best Practices for Successfully Deploying and Managing Data Encryption on Laptops by Fiberlink Communications
Data encryption is the best available technology to prevent the loss of confidential data when laptops and mobile devices are lost or stolen. Data encryption has become a "must-have" technology for businesses, government...
Expert eBook: Encryption: Properly Securing Your Valuable Data by Information Security Magazine
your company's data with encryption technology. There have already been 449 data breach incidents this year and that number will continue to grow. The challenges of protecting confidential information are forcing companies to deploy encryption...
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 acquisition cost and, more importantly, a cost of ownership perspective. The magnetic tape industry...
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 managing and cataloging the transfer of data to tape. With the proliferation of virtual tape libraries...
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 consolidate mainframe and open system operating environments while minimizing power 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 archives. This document discusses best practices related to tape backup performance and...
Consolidate Storage Infrastructure and Create a Greener Datacenter: Scale and save with Tape Technology Innovations by Sun StorageTek
Sun's latest tape drive and tape library solutions can help companies grow automated tape environments without disruption, and consolidate mainframe and open system operating environments. As data volumes grow and budgets...
Satisfying the 7 Requirements of Cost-Effective Disk-based Backup by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
operations with just strictly tape solutions. Although tape may be cheaper than disk, the overall costs of tape are becoming more expensive than disk as tape is slow and requires additional purchases to maintain optimal performance.

This white paper...
Magnum Semiconductor Cuts Backup Costs in Half, Reduces Backup Time by 80% with ProtecTIER™ by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
Magnum to save 50% over their current tape backup costs. Not ruling out tape altogether, Intellistore included a Quantum tape library, also attached to the Quatrio PIVOT VTL appliance via Fibre Channel connections, to give Magnum disaster recovery...
Best Practices: Will Your Data Recovery Strategy Work for DR? by Storage Magazine
successful?

Data recovery by tape alone isn't a complete data recovery solution for DR because you need your data right away when disaster strikes. Whether you're recovering data from a few feet away or a few hundred miles, relying on tape to recover your...
Enterprise-ready VTLs by Storage Magazine
Most virtual tape libraries will accelerate backups, but there are key differences among them when it comes to scaling, interoperability and management. A virtual tape library (VTL) provides a cost-effective addition to their disk...
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 offsite backup data and long term archive data.

But in the last few years, the rapidly falling cost...
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 enterprise data centers. Virtual tape library (VTL) solutions are taking hold in companies of all...
Protect Your Investment with Sun StorageTek T1000b Tape Drive by Sun StorageTek
access-centric StorageTek T-series tape drives provide you with the industry's fastest access to data (T9840D) and industry-leading capacity (T10000B) tape drive utilizing earlier generation media. Watch this videocast to learn how the access-centric...
The Benefits of Second Generation Disk-Based Backup Technology by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
for years. To date, magnetic tape has been the medium of choice because it is inexpensive and easy to transport offsite for disaster recovery purposes. But tape is also difficult to manage, unreliable, not secure and cumbersome. As disk prices are...
The Advantages of Deduplication-Based Disk Systems for Onsite Backup Storage by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
the advantages for companies using tape backup to move to deduplication-based disk systems for onsite backup storage. This PowerPoint presentation is from a Storage Decisions session (New York 2008) that explores how, although disk systems are...
Related Best Practices
How to implement snapshots
It can take up to 12 hours or more to process a full backup job and move the entire backup volume to tape or disk. For many companies, that's just too much time. IT departments can use snapshots to capture entire storage environments, or simply track changes to the state of mission-critical systems. Snapshots can establish recovery points in just a fraction of the time... More...
How to implement disk-to-disk backups
being used as a backup storage target more frequently. Disk offers far better performance than tape systems, allowing for faster data transfers as well as greater long-term reliability. Disk can accept complete backup volumes, as well as simple file copies. For example, backup software can send a full backup volume to a virtual tape library (VTL) emulating the... More...
How to improve tape backup performance and reliability
The role of tape is clearly changing, shifting away from everyday data backup and moving toward deep archiving or offsite storage, but tape is still an important element of many data centers. Storage professionals must contend with concerns about tape performance and... More...
FAQ's
Can you explain the various ways to encrypt tape?
level and then sends it to the tape device encrypted.

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The most recent addition is a tape level or device level encryption. We've heard of STK and LTO-4, there are a number of devices available for LTO-4 and device level encryption at the hardware level... More...

Tape Encryption FAQ
Director with Long View Systems Inc., answers today's most common tape encryption questions. His answers are also available below as an MP3 download.

Table of contents:

>>Why should I encrypt tape?
>>Can you explain the various ways to encrypt tape?
>>What are the benefits of using LTO-4?
>>Who are the major vendors in the... More...

Are there any major drawbacks to using tape encryption?
at the source, this is definitely an issue.

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Probably the biggest one: You lose your keys; you lose your data. This deserves the most consideration and you need to have the best possible key management. Also, if you plan on encrypting at the client level, that may cause some... More...