Okay, so you have been using LTO5 or LTO6 tapes and you just heard that your LTO tape library could use an LTFS. After the initial research you are starting to agree. You mentioned it to your boss and he wants you to give a presentation on why your tapes need a Linear Tape File […]
When you are looking to store your vital records in the most secure offsite storage facility possible, would you rather go with the company that says they are the most secure or with the company that actually is the most secure? If customer service is something you are concerned with, would you rather have personal […]
Don’t become the “Midnight Gardener” A few years ago a friend of mine said he was afraid of the banks either going out of business, somehow losing the money deposited with them or some nefarious “bad guy” was going to hack into their system and drain his account. So, he was going to use the […]
The importance of using LTO tapes for backing up critical information is all too familiar to big corporations. These cartridges hold up to 3TB of information, are not susceptible to viruses, and use AES encryption. They keep everything on a magnetic strip that allows you to write data to the device and read it many […]
Storing data off-site as part of a well-thought-out disaster recovery plan will help reduce down time if a disaster strikes. If your company was damaged by a fire, earthquake, flood, employee sabotage or hackers would it continue? According to the University of Texas, 94% of companies suffering from a catastrophic data loss do not survive. […]
