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Spectra Logic libraries scale to 180PB
November 10, 2009 -- Spectra Logic today took the wraps off a system that scales to 45PB per library, or 180PB in a library complex. Those capacities assume a library equipped with LTO-5 tape drives and cartridges, which aren't expected until April 2010.
Lab Review: Bridging the archive-backup divide
October 30, 2009 -- With the introduction of government regulations for strict archiving of particular data along with new backup technologies such as disk-to-disk backup and data deduplication, IT must now bridge that divide with a flexible archiving solution that easily integrates into current IT procedures.
Special Report: Managing tape is no longer an oxymoron
August 19, 2009 -- Tape administrators are realizing that "you can't manage what you can't measure."
Lab Review: Reducing risk via lifecycle management for backup media
July 30, 2009 -- Spectra Logic is incorporating into its tape libraries advances in data protection, including encryption key management, media lifecycle management, and automated initiation of SpectraGuard Support that go beyond incremental innovations in tape density and performance.
Thales addresses encryption key management
April 16, 2009 -- Thales this week announced the Thales Encryption Manager for Storage (TEMS) key management appliance. In contrast to proprietary key management systems, TEMS is currently based on the IEEE P1619.3 standard and will eventually support the Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP) standard, which is expected to finalized by the end of this year.
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Managing VM Sprawl and Reducing Costs with Disk Archiving
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Data Protection for Virtual Environments
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Six Ways to Reduce Your Backup Window
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New Approaches To Disaster Recovery: Are You Prepared?
There are a number of different disaster recovery (DR) solutions available today, so it is incumbent upon IT storage managers to select an approach which is best ...
Disk Archiving for the 21st Century - New Strategies & Solutions to Improve Storage ROI
With data growth rates in the 50% - 100% range for most enterprises today and IT budgets declining, it's clear that legacy approaches to managing storage capacity ...
The Petabytes are Coming: Will Your Content Repository Scale?
An explosion of user-generated content has dramatically shifted the dynamics and economics of storage. Faced with terabyte- and petabyte-sized mountains of unstructured ...
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Recent announcements from: - Infostor
... HP), IBM and Quantum. This agreement now allows Sony to start development of its LTO 5 Ultrium tape media. -- BlueArc is partnering ...

Recent announcements from: - Infostor
... HP), IBM and Quantum. This agreement now allows Sony to start development of its LTO 5 Ultrium tape media. -- BlueArc is partnering ...

How to control the storage impact of virtual servers - Infostor
... Although standard tape backup is less expensive than disk-based or VTL backup, as the deduplication ratio approaches 100:1 the purchase cost of deduplicated ...

The best storage investments for 2010 - Infostor
... Another area of focus in the area of backup and recovery is the use of disk rather than tape. Companies not using disk for backups ...

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Recovery is something for which all businesses must prepare. Most acknowledge the need for comprehensive business continuity plans, but the expense and complexity ...
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Protecting and Recovering Virtual Server Environments
When choosing a server virtualization application, such as backup and recovery, it's important to understand the advantages -- and limitations – of the various ...
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Virtualization, Deduplication, and the Data Protection Connection - Reinventing IT Infrastructure Consolidation with Efficient Data Protection
As data center resource consolidation gains traction, many organizations are missing the big picture. For reducing primary storage footprints, they are looking ...
The 5 Critical Planning Steps For An Effective Disaster Recovery Plan
In today's climate, most enterprises maintain some form of business continuity plan. Business continuity plans are designed to provide a way for an enterprise to ...
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The Evolving Role of Disk and Tape in the Data Center
As organizations struggle with storing the ever-growing volumes of data, they have additional pressure to address high performance service level agreements while ...
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Optimizing Performance and Maximizing Investment in Tape Storage Systems
Tape storage systems, valued for their reliability and portability, are a large and growing investment for companies, especially as the volume of data increases ...
Data Protection Options for Virtualized Servers: Demystifying Virtual Server Data Protection - Best Practices and Technologies
Demystifying Virtual Server Data Protection -- Best Practices and Technologies, by Greg Schulz, Founder and Senior Analyst, StorageIO. Server virtualization continues ...
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ESG Lab Validation Report for Quantum DXi7500 Deduplicated Backup for the Enterprise
ESG Lab believes the combination of policy-based deduplication, enterprise-class performance and scalability, along with comprehensive management and services provides ...
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Matching Data Deduplication Approaches to Workload Characteristics: The Quantum DXi7500
Taneja Group Opinion:  This paper provides an overview of how Quantum’s choice to allow customers more than one deduplication approach in a single product ...
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Long-Term Data Protection and Retention - Finding the Correct Balance
The White Paper “Long-Term Data Protection and Retention - Finding the Correct Balance” by Greg Schulz, Founder and Senior Analyst, StorageIO, discusses ...
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Backup and Recovery: The Benefits of Multiple Deduplication Policies
Data deduplication systems, which in the past have required that users apply one deduplication methodology to all of their jobs, now provide a choice. Quantum allows ...
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The Truth About Tape - Nine Myths to Reconsider
The IT industry has been the battleground for a number of heated debates about the future of technology over the last few decades, including the tape versus disk ...
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TAPE and DISK Square Off Again - Tape Remains King of the Hill with LTO-4
In this white paper discover the real cost of storing data long term in SATA disk system and in an LTO-4 tape system -- and which provides lower total cost of ownership ...
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Securing Sensitive Information - Key Management and LTO-4 Tape Encryption
Now more than ever, ensuring the protection and confidentiality of data can be a critical role for data managers. With a growing number of laws and regulations, ...
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New Generation of De-duplication Technology Sets the Stage for Green Storage in Data Protection
IT managers face explosive data growth, which drives up costs for primary storage and storage for backup and disaster recovery. To help reduce costs and footprint ...
The State of Resilience and Optimization on IBM Power Systems
Research Findings Based on Surveys of IBM i and AIX UsersThis report includes the input of  over 2,000 companies running AIX and IBM i Ii5/OS) environments ...
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