Don't Count Tape Out Just Yet

Maybe it's the peskiness inherent in older tape backup systems that makes us so willing to bury the technology alive. Backing up to a single tape drive, usually one for every machine, meant lots of manual intervention, tape swapping and hardware to maintain. Even the advent of autoloaders and f...

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Published in:Network Computing 2003-11, Vol.14 (24), p.14
Main Author: Schuchart, Steven J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Back up systems
Disk drives
Enterprisewide computing
Tape drives
Technological planning
Vendors
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Summary:Maybe it's the peskiness inherent in older tape backup systems that makes us so willing to bury the technology alive. Backing up to a single tape drive, usually one for every machine, meant lots of manual intervention, tape swapping and hardware to maintain. Even the advent of autoloaders and full-blown tape automation, which let you back up all your servers from a central location, haven't made life as good as it should be.
ISSN:1046-4468