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In today’s digital landscape, the threat of cyber attacks looms large, with organizations of all sizes and industries facing an ever-evolving array of threats, from ransomware and phishing attacks to…

In today’s digital landscape, the threat of cyber attacks looms large, with organizations of all sizes and industries facing an ever-evolving array of threats, from ransomware and phishing attacks to…

Hard drive data recovery is highly specialized work. While modern IT departments are extremely capable, most do not have the necessary equipment or training to repair damaged actuator heads or…

The Digital Linear Tape (DLT) format is effectively obsolete, as Quantum ceased development of DLT drives back in 2007. Modern formats like LTO (Linear Tape Open) provide faster transfer speeds,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…