Dell Computer has released a new tape-backup system, the PowerVault 122T, a 3.5-inch thick automated tape library that can use up to eight cartridges for a maximum capacity of 320GB of uncompressed ...

Despite a variety of back-up systems and media, Sony proves tape provides best value. Tape backup systems predate personal computers and refuse to die. In fact, based on the new Sony StorStation I’ve ...

With the current price of hard drives I'm being asked the same question more and more. What is the difference between backing up to tape vs. backing up to a hard drive. You can rotate both daily and ...

Despite its relatively slow speed and overall bulkiness, tape has its strengths. After all, it’s inexpensive compared with most disks, it’s portable and has been used in data centers for years. Still, ...

What happens instead is that customers using tape backup worry about their systems. Switching to a different backup mechanism can be costly, both in dollars and in time. Disk-based backup vendor ...

Tape Backup with Veritas Backup Exec for Windows Servers. Use Windows agents on each box and backup the system state across the network. I would recommend a tape backup large enough to backup one ...

You may think that computer tape memories died out before Rubik's cubes came in, but IBM and Fujifilm have teamed up to develop a record-breaking new sixth-generation tape storage system that can ...

Quantum, which stopped selling hard disks in 2000 but continues to sell networked storage systems, will begin selling hard disk-based backup systems, the company said this week. The DX30 acts like the ...

Tape is the IT industry’s longest-lived magnetic medium and offers a number of benefits over spinning disk and flash technology. These include capacity and cost. Once a tape system is set up, it is ...