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Virtual Tape Libraries

ALSO CALLED: VTL Software, Virtual Tape Library Software, VTL, Virtual Tape Library, and Tape Library Software
DEFINITION: Virtual tape is an archival storage technology that makes it possible to save data as if it were being stored on tape although it may actually be stored on hard disk or on another storage medium. Benefits of virtual tape systems include better backup and recovery  … 
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Top Windows Storage Improvements for Cutting Costs in 2009
sponsored by F5 Networks
WHITE PAPER: Today's IT infrastructures are complex and inflexible--and most of them just keep growing. Storage expenditures keep rising, resources are consumed by labor-intensive tasks, and management costs are spiraling higher. This paper highlights the top five improvements to windows storage for cutting costs in 2009.
Posted: 29 Dec 2008 | Published: 24 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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Virtual Tape Libraries All-in-One Guide
sponsored by Dell | EqualLogic
WHITE PAPER: Read this guide to learn best practices that can help avoid common implementation mistakes and help you get the most from virtual tape libraries technology.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Published: 16 Dec 2008
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General Backup Purchasing Considerations
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This chapter discusses the process of evaluating and purchasing backup products. Also discussed are the issues to be aware of during this process, such as recovery deadlines, scalability, security, and more.
Posted: 17 Dec 2008 | Published: 17 Dec 2008
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Better Business Continuity with VMware Virtual Infrastructure
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
PRODUCT LITERATURE: VMware virtual infrastructure software helps organizations increase availability by reducing both planned and unplanned downtime.
Posted: 25 Nov 2008 | Published: 24 Nov 2008
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The Case for Data Protection Service Level Agreements Over One-Size-Fits-All Backup Strategies
sponsored by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
WHITE PAPER: This PowerPoint presentation defines data protection service level agreements. A system of data protection service level agreements is an effective approach to tailor backup appropriately to the needs of the company's business units.
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 | Published: 18 Nov 2008
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Optimizing the Virtual Environment: Five (5) Guidelines for Selecting a Virtual Monitoring & Management Solution
sponsored by uptime software inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper will help IT Managers understand the inherent love/hate relationship with monitoring and managing a virtual environment and provide essential guidelines to help choose the "best fit vendor" for specific needs.
Posted: 18 Nov 2008 | Published: 18 Nov 2008
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eGuide: Data Deduplication for Primary Data
sponsored by Ocarina Networks
WHITE PAPER: This E-Guide will explore if Data Deduplication is suitable for primary data and what vendors are doing to keep performance high for your company's backups.
Posted: 13 Nov 2008 | Published: 13 Nov 2008
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EMA Whitepaper: Simple, Reliable, Fast De-duplication Data Protection Platform
sponsored by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
WHITE PAPER: This document looks at how a virtual tape library utilizing a clustered gateway and data de-duplication can assist data centers that face such challenges, and such devices provides data center managers faster backups and recoveries.
Posted: 10 Nov 2008 | Published: 10 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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Enabling Economically Viable Long-Term Disk-Based Data Protection
sponsored by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Diligent's ProtecTIER platform is an enterprise-scale comprehensive data-protection solution that produces dramatic data reduction, allowing for an increase in the effective capacity of a given disk array of 25x or more.
Posted: 29 Sep 2008 | Published: 27 Sep 2008
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Evaluating Enterprise-class VTLs
sponsored by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
WHITE PAPER: This Product Profile, details the criteria recommended for comparing and contrasting enterprise-class SCO VTL solutions from different vendors.
Posted: 15 Sep 2008 | Published: 15 Sep 2008
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Untangling Data Deduplication
sponsored by Overland Storage
VIDEOCAST: In this videocast, analyst and industry veteran Arun Taneja uncovers some of the important basics and trends related to data deduplication.
Posted: 09 Jul 2008 | Premiered: 09 Jul 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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NetBackup Disk Based Data Protection Options
sponsored by Symantec Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This paper explains the disk options and their capabilities as well as the other new features in NetBackup 6.5 that make up the Enterprise Disk Foundation, also it provides guidance in choosing the appropriate disk options for your environment.
Posted: 03 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
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ProtecTIER: Changing the Game With An Enterprise-class Disk-based Data Protection Solution
sponsored by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Diligent Technologies' ProtecTIER platform is the first enterprise-class disk-based data protection solution that enables customers to effectively increase the capacity of disk systems by 25 times or more. Read about this world-class solution here.
Posted: 01 May 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2005
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Disk-based Data Protection Options: The Changing Data Protection Landscape
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper will compare and contrast the benefits of all new disk-based data protection options to allow you to select the best technology for each of the data types to be protected in your environment.
Posted: 16 Apr 2008 | Published: 16 Apr 2008
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All VTLs Are Not Created Equal: Considerations for Enterprise-Scale Virtual Tape Libraries
sponsored by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
WHITE PAPER: 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.
Posted: 03 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2008
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Disk-Based Backup and Recovery: Making Sense of Your Options
sponsored by Datalink/NetApp
WHITE PAPER: This white paper details four enhanced data recovery (disk-based backup) architectures and provides guidance on how to determine whether or not those architectures would be an overall fit within the IT infrastructure.
Posted: 01 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Sep 2007
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Best Practices: Implementing Advanced Backup to Disk Solutions
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST: Advancements in technology and price reductions have made it possible to use disk together with tape to improve data protection. Read this white paper to learn how to implement this technology into your organization and the benefits that can be realized.
Posted: 20 Mar 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Storage eZine: Disaster Recovery in Detail
sponsored by Disaster Recovery eZine - January 2008
WHITE PAPER: Whether you know it or not, your DR planning is only going to get tougher. So how do you combat this problem and keep your plans up to date? This eZine from Storage magazine contains a number of articles that can help ensure that your DR plan i...
Posted: 20 Mar 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2007
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ESG - Understanding the Power of Data De-Duplication
sponsored by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
WHITE PAPER: Data de-duplication has the power to revolutionize the data protection process by significantly reducing capacity requirements. Plagued by media hype and vendor FUD, this message can be easily lost. This paper serves as a primer on data de-duplication.
Posted: 29 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007
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Guidelines for the Evaluation of Enterprise De-Duplication Solutions: How to Navigate the Pitfalls and Hyperbole
sponsored by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
WHITE PAPER: When it comes to data deduplication, the truth is often distorted. This white paper breaks through the hype and provides you with an outline on the principles of deduplication as well as tips for evaluating solutions.
Posted: 29 Feb 2008 | Published: 09 Oct 2007
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VTL Data Management Issues
sponsored by Storage Magazine
JOURNAL ARTICLE: 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.
Posted: 20 Dec 2007 | Published: 01 Dec 2007
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Dedupe-Centric Storage
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER: Organizations tend to create a great amount of similar data and deduplication makes it easier to manage this data when they do. Read this white paper to learn about deduplication and how you can use it as a fundamental tool in your storage architecture.
Posted: 16 Nov 2007 | Published: 01 Sep 2007
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Implement Disk to Disk Backup
sponsored by StoreVault, a Division of NetApp
WHITE PAPER: This solution brief gives an overview of the StoreVault S500 and provides a Q&A about what this technology offers.
Posted: 04 Sep 2007 | Published: 01 Apr 2007
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VIRTUAL TAPE LIBRARIES DEFINITION (continued): …  times and lower operating costs.

A special storage device manages less-frequently needed data so that it appears to be stored entirely on tape cartridges when some parts of it may actually be located in faster, hard disk storage. Virtual tape can be used with a hierarchical storage management (HSM) system in which data is moved as it falls through various usage thresholds to slower but less costly forms of storage media. Virtual tape may also be used as part of a storage area network … 
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