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Tape Drives

ALSO CALLED: Magnetic Tape Drives and Drives
DEFINITION: A tape drive is a device that stores computer data on magnetic tape, especially for backup and archiving purposes. Like an ordinary tape recorder, a tape drive records data on a loop of flexible celluloid-like material that can be read and also erased. Tape drives  … 
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NetBackup™ Architecture Overview
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of the requirements for a basic NetBackup™ architecture to help customers understand which components are required in a data protection solution.
Posted: 31 Dec 2008 | Published: 30 Dec 2008
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The Market Opportunity for Enterprise Tape
sponsored by Sun StorageTek
WHITE PAPER: In this white paper sponsored by Sun, IDC analyzes the market opportunity for enterprise-class tape drives and Sun's new enterprise-class tape drive, the Sun StorageTek T10000B tape drive.
Posted: 23 Dec 2008 | Published: 23 Dec 2008
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Presentation Transcript: Highlighting Data Deduplication and Disk Backups
sponsored by Data Domain
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This document is based on a Data Domain/TechTarget webcast entitled "De-dupe and Disk Backups--What You Need to Know Before Taking the Plunge."
Posted: 18 Dec 2008 | Published: 18 Dec 2008
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Backup & Recovery
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
WHITE PAPER: How do you decide which type of backup drive to purchase? There are only eight critical decision factors, and this paper covers each of these factors in detail.
Posted: 08 Dec 2008 | Published: 08 Dec 2008
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IT Briefing: De-dupe and Disk Backups - What You Need to Know before Taking the Plunge
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER: This document is based on a Data Domain/TechTarget webcast entitled "De-dupe and Disk Backups--What You Need to Know Before Taking the Plunge."
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Published: 25 Nov 2008
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Using VMware® ESX Server System and VMware Virtual Infrastructure for Backup, Restoration, and Disaster Recovery
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: VMware ESX Server System and VMware Virtual Infrastructure provides many different capabilities to improve these processes each with its own advantages and disadvantages.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Published: 24 Nov 2008
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Consolidate Storage Infrastructure and Create a Greener Datacenter: Scale and save with Tape Technology Innovation
sponsored by Incentra Solutions
WHITE PAPER: 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 operating costs.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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IDC Spotlight: Ocarina Networks Addresses the Need for Efficient Data Storage
sponsored by Ocarina Networks
WHITE PAPER: Ocarina Optimizer and Reader addresses the need to store data more efficiently. It is an appliance that runs the optimization algorithms. The technology and approach is not about deduplication or compression, which will be explained in this IDC profile.
Posted: 13 Nov 2008 | Published: 13 Nov 2008
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Using Tape Virtualization to Improve Backup Performance
sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper provides a quick review of Sun Microsystems' tape virtualization solutions, identifying how their offerings can best be leveraged to produce an optimized backup infrastructure.
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 | Published: 04 Nov 2008
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Sun StorageTek T10000B Tape Drive
sponsored by Sun StorageTek
DATA SHEET: Read this paper to learn how the Sun StorageTek T10000B enterprise tape drive blends highest capacity, reliability, performance, and data security to support demanding, 24x7 datacenter operations.
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 | Published: 04 Nov 2008
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ECO Responsible Tape Right for Every Storage Strategy
sponsored by Sun StorageTek
DATA SHEET: The Sun Crypto KeyManagement System (KMS) 2.0 makes it easy to implement storage-based encryption--for operational and archival data--without performance impact.
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 | Published: 04 Nov 2008
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Tape Technology Leaps Forward in the 3rd Era
sponsored by Sun StorageTek
WHITE PAPER: 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.
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 | Published: 04 Nov 2008
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Consolidate Storage Infrastructure and Create a Greener Datacenter: Scale and save with Tape Technology Innovations
sponsored by Sun StorageTek
WHITE PAPER: 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.
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 | Published: 04 Nov 2008
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Minimize Risk with Sun StorageTek T1000b Tape Drive
sponsored by Sun StorageTek
VIDEOCAST: 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.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Premiered: 23 Oct 2008
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Ensure Data Protection with Sun StorageTek T10000B Tape Drives
sponsored by Sun StorageTek
VIDEOCAST: 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.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Premiered: 23 Oct 2008
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1TB Tape Drive
sponsored by Sun StorageTek
VIDEOCAST: In this videocast Thomas Wultich explains how the industry's first 1 TB tape drive can help drive efficiencies, protect your investment, minimize risk, and ensure data protection.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Premiered: 23 Oct 2008
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Protect Your Investment with Sun StorageTek T1000b Tape Drive
sponsored by Sun StorageTek
VIDEOCAST: Watch this videocast to learn how the 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.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Premiered: 23 Oct 2008
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Tape Efficiencies
sponsored by Sun StorageTek
VIDEOCAST: The Sun StorageTek T10000B tape drive delivers the industry's highest capacity, making it ideal for 24x7 datacenter operations requiring high duty cycle data storage and retrieval.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Premiered: 23 Oct 2008
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z/OS Tape Encryption Security & Compliance Series: Identity, Access and Encryption
sponsored by CA
WEBCAST: Listen to this webcast to learn how your company can quickly and efficiently comply with recent security breach notification legislation, review implementation experiences from early adopters of this new technology, and have a plan of action yo...
Posted: 17 Jun 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Major Considerations in Moving to Disk-based Backups
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains the process of selecting the right mix of disk and tape components to meet the backup capacity, performance, reliability, and security requirements of your environment.
Posted: 16 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2005
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Editorial: Scramble That Data!
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: It seems like every article about encryption starts by rehashing high-profile screw-ups where a tape containing a million credit card numbers bounced off a delivery truck or disappeared off the loading dock.
Posted: 14 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007
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Hot Spots: The Inevitability of Tape Encryption
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: You can't duck it any longer; it's time to encrypt your backup tapes.
Posted: 20 Jul 2007 | Published: 01 Jul 2007
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S2A9550 Archive Solution Industry's Most Reliable SATA Storage Solution
sponsored by DataDirect Networks
WHITE PAPER: Across many organizations, the rapid growth of data is outpacing storage budgets. SATA disk based archive storage is the perfect solution. Download this white paper to learn more about disk based archive storage and see if it will work for you.
Posted: 18 May 2007 | Published: 01 Jul 2006
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Hot Spots
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: Companies need to take a more strategic approach to tape encryption by building a services-based architecture that can meet today's needs and scale to accommodate future needs.
Posted: 13 Nov 2006 | Published: 01 Nov 2006
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TAPE DRIVES DEFINITION (continued): …  work either by using a traditional helical scan where the recording and playback heads touch the tape, or linear tape technology, where the heads never actually touch the tape. Drives can be rewinding, where the device issues a rewind command at the end of a session, or non-rewinding. Rewinding devices are most commonly used when a tape is to be unmounted at the end of a session after batch processing of large amounts of data (payroll is the classic example). … 
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