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The Market Opportunity for Enterprise Tape by Sun StorageTek
opportunity 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’s new...
Using Tape Virtualization to Improve Backup Performance by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
The use of tape virtualization will improve backup performance and reliability while allowing you to preserve investment in your existing tape infrastructure. Virtual tape library (VTL) technology is arguably the easiest way...
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 technologies 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, floor space...
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 reliability...
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...
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 solution can help minimize the impact of encryption processes on IT operations. The encryption...
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...
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 of...
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...
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...
Virtual Tape Libraries All-in-One Guide by Dell | EqualLogic
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 protection plan. You’ll learn how to implement virtual tape libraries and what to consider when...
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 cheaper...
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, reliability...
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
Fibre Channel fabric, a new IBM 3584 tape library 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 Technologies. One thing that sparked the team...
Quality Awards III: IBM and Sun Shine among Tape Libraries by Storage Magazine
components, the reliability of tape libraries ranks high among Quality Awards survey respondents. This year's installment of the Diogenes Labs-Storage magazine Quality Awards for tape libraries revealed a community of largely satisfied users. Last...
Eliminate Tape Restores with TimeData CDP by Double-Take Software
without the pain of recovering from tape. Have you experienced data loss due to corruption, unwanted changes or malicious attacks such as viruses? Eliminate tape restores and "turn back time" with TimeData from Double-Take Software! Download this free...
Backup & Recovery by SearchStorage.com
drives, slow-acting drives, tape drives, optical drives, disk drives behaving as disk drives, disk drives emulating tape drives and tape libraries, and disk targets with data de-duplication features. This decision actually is easier to make than you...
Moving to Disk-based Backup? Seven Key Questions to Ask by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
Backing up to disk instead of tape eliminates the hassles of tape, provides faster backups and restores, improves security and streamlines operations. Learn about the 7 critical questions to ask when considering a move to disk-based backup. Dealing...
Minimize Risk with Sun StorageTek T1000b Tape Drive by Sun StorageTek
The Sun StorageTek T1000KB tape drive delivers the industry's highest capacity, making it ideal for 24x7 datacenter operations requiring high duty cycle data storage and retrieval. The Sun StorageTek T1000KB tape drive delivers the industry's...
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...
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?
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.

There are also appliances you can use and those have been around for a... More...

Are there any major drawbacks to using tape encryption?
order to work. If you start encrypting your data at the source to put it on tape, that will completely destroy your ability to apply deduplication. So that is something worth considering. You can not have both.

If you are encrypting at the device level, it takes care of that problem, but then you are not... 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... More...