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Magnetic Tapes
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ALSO CALLED: Microtapes, Videotapes, and Tapes
DEFINITION: In computers, tape is an external storage medium, usually both readable and writable, consisting of a loop of flexible celluloid-like material that can store data in the form of tiny magnetic fields that can be read and also erased. The magnetic tape is housed in a plastic cartridge similar to that of an audio or video cassette. Because the tapes, which are recorded by a device called a tape
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Major Considerations in Moving to Disk-based Backups
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WHITE PAPER:
This paper explains the process of selecting the right mix of disk and tape components to meet the backup capacity, performance, reliability, and security requirements of your environment.
Posted: 16 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Dec 2005
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Disk-based Data Protection Options: The Changing Data Protection Landscape
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This paper will compare and contrast the benefits of all new disk-based data protection options to allow you to select the best technology for each of the data types to be protected in your environment.
Posted: 16 Apr 2008 | Published: 16 Apr 2008
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MAGNETIC TAPES DEFINITION (continued): … drive, are portable and inexpensive to purchase, tape is often used for backing up or archiving data. A drawback of tape is that it can only be accessed by starting at the beginning and rolling through the tape until the desired data is located. The most commonly quoted figure for the archival life of magnetic tape is 30 years. There are ways to minimize the chances of a tape backup's failing in the first place. Here are a few tips for managing tape from SearchStorage expert Rick Cook: Verify your tape backups. Most backup software will automatically do a quick "read-after-write" …
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