Despite a variety of back-up systems and media, Sony proves tape provides best value. Tape backup systems predate personal computers and refuse to die. In fact, based on the new Sony StorStation I’ve ...

Dell Computer has released a new tape-backup system, the PowerVault 122T, a 3.5-inch thick automated tape library that can use up to eight cartridges for a maximum capacity of 320GB of uncompressed ...

With the current price of hard drives I'm being asked the same question more and more. What is the difference between backing up to tape vs. backing up to a hard drive. You can rotate both daily and ...

Dell Computer has begun selling higher-end tape-backup systems that use a newer format called Linear Tape-Open, expanding the Round Rock, Texas, company's push into the data-storage market. The ...

Despite its relatively slow speed and overall bulkiness, tape has its strengths. After all, it’s inexpensive compared with most disks, it’s portable and has been used in data centers for years. Still, ...

Earlier this week a client contacted me with a rather severe problem. When I arrived on the scene, I discovered that the situation was far worse then I had imagined. Originally, I thought that the ...

Does any of this sound familiar? It has been one of those days; you booted up your computer as usual this morning and instead of giving a cheery beep your hard drive just started to make ominous ...

You may think that computer tape memories died out before Rubik's cubes came in, but IBM and Fujifilm have teamed up to develop a record-breaking new sixth-generation tape storage system that can ...

I don't think that many of you need convincing that a good backup system is essential in protecting your business. I am sure that around 90 percent of you just said “of course” or “sure” to my ...

In the ongoing struggle to automate and speed data backups and restores, storage administrators are increasingly turning to Advanced Technology Attachment disk subsystems. Now two vendors are pitching ...