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 ...

The past few weeks alone also have seen new virtual tape library (VTL) products from Marlborough, Mass.-based Sepaton; Palo Alto, Calif.-based Data Domain; Fremont, Calif.-based 3PAR; and Melville, ...

Network Appliance, Inc. is collaborating with backup application vendors to integrate their solutions with NetApp NearStore VTL Shadow Tape technology. The integration will significantly accelerate ...

When virtual tape arrived on the scene a few years ago, many storage managers dismissed it as a niche product not sturdy enough for enterprise-class backups. Now this New Data Center technology, which ...

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Computerworld QuickStudies In comparison, hard drive storage combined the machine and the medium into a single piece of hardware, gaining speed and simplifying access. But it also drove up storage ...

Maxxan Systems Inc., a relatively new storage company, is pioneering the field of intelligent director-class switches with its flexible MXV320. A master of adaptability, the MXV320 can load in its ...

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, ...

Disk-based backup is becoming increasingly popular, thanks to the ever-growing, gigantic amounts of company data that needs protection combined with inexpensive, large-capacity disk arrays. An array ...

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2004--CentricStor(TM), a powerful, heterogeneous virtual tape system that supports the predominant operating systems and backup applications, has added ...

A storage array that emulates a tape library. A virtual tape library (VTL) enables the storage medium to be switched from tapes to disks or SSDs while continuing to use the existing tape backup ...