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. […]
When evaluating an offsite digital records storage provider, it may seem as though you have an endless list of questions to ask. By knowing the right questions to start with, you may get the information you are looking for more quickly and easily while at the same time determining the provider’s level of understanding by their answers. Here […]
Although disk and cloud are gaining popularity as data storage tools, off-site data storage for tape is still the best option for backup and archiving. With the advent of LTFS, file system access is at the operating system level (available with generation 5 and up). Also, Linear Tape-Open 6 (LTO-6) products offer 40% more throughput and 2xs […]
Tape technology has rapidly advanced over the past 10 years. Today’s technology is nothing like tape from the past. It is fast, searchable, lives longer, encrypted, more reliable and has a larger capacity yet, remains inexpensive. Tape archiving is still the best solution for backup and archive. Why Tape for Backup and Archive? Tape is […]
When implementing a solution and determining between new technologies and older, tried and true technologies, (in this case, cloud vs. computer tapes) you must consider 1. Are the bells and whistles what they say they are? 2. What is the total cost of ownership? When I was growing up in Southern California my Dad used to […]
