Tape Vs. Cloud: Creating a Business Continuity Plan
Is your business continuity strategy robust enough for your enterprise? Unfortunately, there’s a good chance that it isn’t. In one survey performed by CloudEndure (PDF), 71% of respondents experienced a…
Read MoreHow Often Should LTO Tapes Be Replaced?
Every enterprise should engage in end-of-life planning for data storage media. That extends to tape cartridges; while tape is often considered more reliable than other forms of data storage, all…
Read MoreRetiring EOL Tape Media: Planning Your Strategy
When crafting your tape backup/archive strategy, you’ll specify retention times — and ideally, you’ll also establish a strategy for the end-of-life (EOL) phase. No storage device lasts forever, and tapes…
Read MoreData Recovery for LTFS Media
LTFS (Linear Tape File System) is one of the most advantageous features of the LTO data tape format. With proper implementation, LTFS allows data to be accessed conveniently, similar to…
Read MoreDigital Linear Tape (DLT) Data Recovery: 3 Factors to Consider
Until the early 2000s, the Digital Linear Tape (DLT) format was one of the most common enterprise data storage technologies. DLT and SDLT (Super DLT) were inexpensive and reliable, with…
Read MoreCold Data Storage Market Continues to Grow
An estimated 60% of all data is in “cold storage,” meaning that it’s infrequently accessed (if it’s ever accessed). And thanks to a number of factors, that percentage is expected…
Read MoreLTO-9 Data Recovery: Restoring Data from Damaged or Corrupt LTO-9 Media
The ninth generation of LTO (Linear Tape Open) introduced higher capacities and faster access speeds, providing a robust data storage solution for enterprise-level applications. However, no data storage medium is…
Read MoreThe Environmental Case for Data Tapes
The global need for data storage will continue to increase over the next decade — perhaps exponentially, thanks to the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (A.I.), the Internet of Things…
Read MoreHow IBM and Fujifilm Created a 50TB Tape Cartridge
Fujifilm and IBM have announced the sixth-generation IBM 3592 JF, which boasts an incredible 50-terabyte (TB) native capacity. With 3:1 compression, the cartridge can store 150TB of data. For comparison,…
Read MoreTape Cartridge Data Recovery: 4 Factors to Consider
For professional data recovery technicians, tape cartridges present a unique set of challenges. While magnetic data tape formats share basic characteristics, each is fundamentally different — and to offer tape…
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