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Data & Tape Storage & Disaster Recovery |
Topic: Tape Storage |
| Data is the second most irreplaceable and valuable asset after ‘people’. In the event of a disaster, insurance money can only pay compensation and replace tangible assets; it cannot replace people or your unique data. |
| Published: Tuesday 14 April, 2009 |
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Tape Storage - part 1 by MDofPC |
Topic: Tape Storage |
| Most companies offering removable storage devices will claim that they're great for backing up hard disks. In reality, the market they're trying to muscle in on is outside their capabilities. The traditional security backup technology - tape - remains the best choice, and for two very good reasons: ... |
| Published: Saturday 28 April, 2007 |
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Tape Storage - part 2 by MDofPC |
Topic: Tape Storage |
| While the build quality of QIC/Travan cartridges is superb - making them ideal for long-term storage - for a long time they are more expensive than DAT media. This was especially so for the 8GB/Travan-4 cartridges, which have built-in tape alignment and tensioning, thereby reducing the amount of har... |
| Published: Saturday 28 April, 2007 |
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Tape Storage - part 3 by MDofPC |
Topic: Tape Storage |
| 8mm tape technology was originally designed for the video industry. Its original purpose was to transfer high-quality colour images to tape for storage and retrieval. Now 8mm technology has been adopted by the computer industry as a reliable way to store large amounts of computer data. |
| Published: Saturday 28 April, 2007 |
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Tape Storage - part 4 by MDofPC |
Topic: Tape Storage |
| Advanced Intelligent Tape (AIT) was the first multisourced tape standard targeted at the midrange server market, which is typically characterised by systems that support 2 to 129 users in a commercial environment. |
| Published: Saturday 28 April, 2007 |
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Tape Storage - part 5 by MDofPC |
Topic: Tape Storage |
| The origins of Digital Linear Tape date back to the mid-1980s when Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) developed a new technology, based on standard half-inch magnetic tape, for use with its highly successful MicroVAX system. |
| Published: Saturday 28 April, 2007 |
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Tape Storage - part 6 by MDofPC |
Topic: Tape Storage |
| One of the most significant of the new formats is the next generation of Digital Linear Tape (DLT), otherwise known as Super DLT. This is important because developer Quantum accounted for around 80% of the tape drive market by early 1999. |
| Published: Saturday 28 April, 2007 |
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Tape Storage - part 7 by MDofPC |
Topic: Tape Storage |
| Advanced Digital Recording technology is the product of seven years of research on the part of electronics industry giant Philips. To provide the focus needed to successfully bring ADR to market, Philips created a spin-off company - OnStream. |
| Published: Saturday 28 April, 2007 |
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Tape Storage - part 8 by MDofPC |
Topic: Tape Storage |
| Streaming is the technique used to transfer data in linear and helical scan tape drives, which operate by reading an entire track thousands of bytes long in a single pass of a Read head at a fixed tape speed. |
| Published: Saturday 28 April, 2007 |
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