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June 13, 2007
•White Paper: Tape Migration
As backup software breaks away from its historically tight integration with tape, IT administrators are implementing disk-based backup products that are optimized to address new priorities. The new disk-based backup products geared to SMBs are being enhanced with enterprise-class product features and come with prices that are getting less and less expensive, making it feasible to back up from disk to removable disks and do away with tape backups altogether. In fact, when you factor in the initial investment in the tape drive along with the tapes themselves and the lifespan of each type of media, as well as administrative overhead, you will find that disk to disk backups are more cost effective than tape.
New trends in storage make it easier than ever for companies to expand their data capacity. However, scaling up your data backup requires that you also think in terms of scalability of performance, reliability, security, and usability issues.
The basics of backup management haven't changed much over the past year, but new products and technologies have made it easier to address these peripheral issues, thereby making extreme scalability in disk-based data backup much more feasible and desirable than the traditional tape backup.
As storage capacity increases, a larger backup capability is required. Now is a good time for IT administrators to seriously consider migrating to new disk-based data protection technology to address the challenges of creating a fast, user-friendly, reliable, secure and scalable backup strategy.
Unfortunately, small and medium sized businesses have often been underserved by storage products. Either the product is too expensive to match the budget of the business or the solution is designed for a small or home office and is incongruent, unreliable and difficult to use. Small and medium sized businesses need products with features designed for the large enterprises but in a footprint of an appliance that is compatible with their budgets.
Click Here To Download:•White Paper: Tape Migration
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