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DEFINITION: In computers, a storage medium is any technology (including devices and materials) used to place, keep, and retrieve data. A medium is an element used in communicating a message; on a storage medium, the "messages" - in the form of data - are suspended for use when needed. The plural form of this term is storage media. Although the term storage includes  … 
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Recent Vendor Reports on Storage Media
Archiving Compliance with Sunbelt Exchange Archiver
sponsored by Sunbelt Software
WHITE PAPER: Archiving for compliance is an important step in securing your company's future. Learn how to implement an email archiving solution that will minimize the burden on your Exchange server and help to avoid costly legal penalties in this whitepaper.
Posted: 24 Nov 2008 | Published: 06 Aug 2008
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9 Key Questions: Exchange Archiving for Small & Medium Businesses
sponsored by Metalogix Software, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents important questions to consider and ask before committing to an email archiving provider. It also helps you to gain a full understanding of the suitability of an email archiving solution for MS Exchange environment.
Posted: 19 Nov 2008 | Published: 19 Nov 2008
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HP StorageWorks All-in-One Systems
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST: Manage, grow and protect your expanding data storage environment with HP's radically simple, affordable, and reliable network storage solutions for smaller IT environments.
Posted: 08 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Automated Storage Optimization for z/OS Mainframes
sponsored by CA
WHITE PAPER: In this paper learn about how the CA Automated Storage Optimization Mainframe Suite is flexible and modular so there is no need to "rip and replace" as processes, applications and users are added while the value of information evolves.
Posted: 28 Aug 2008 | Published: 28 Aug 2008
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Overcoming the Challenges of Tape with a Disk-Based Backup Solution
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This white 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.
Posted: 16 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
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STORAGE MEDIA DEFINITION (continued): … In computers, a storage medium is any technology (including devices and materials) used to place, keep, and retrieve data. A medium is an element used in communicating a message; on a storage medium, the "messages" - in the form of data - are suspended for use when needed. The plural form of this term is storage media. Although the term storage includes both primary storage (memory), a storage medium usually means a place to hold secondary storage such as that on a hard disk or tape.

Storage media can be arranged for access in many ways. Some well-known arrangements include:

  • A redundant array of independent disks (RAID)
  • Network-attached storage
  • A storage area network

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