What happens instead is that customers using tape backup worry about their systems. Switching to a different backup mechanism can be costly, both in dollars and in time. Disk-based backup vendor ...

Today, a great number of different storage mediums exist whose purpose is to retain information in some manner. One of the oldest data storage mediums, the tape, is a linear storage system that still ...

Storage vendor EMC today announced it has completed the purchase of privately-help virtual tape library (VTL) vendor Bus-Tech for an undisclosed amount. Bus-Tech, a Bedford, Mass.-based firm with 45 ...

IBM last week bolstered its tape storage portfolio with new media, encryption and data retention capabilities, as well as a new virtual tape library that makes backing up data a more efficient affair.

COLUMBIA, Md.& MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2006--Digi-Data Corporation, a leading manufacturer of high performance disk storage systems, and FalconStor(R) Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC), ...

EMC Corp. is looking to tread on IBM’s toes after extending its virtual tape library (VTL) to cater for IBM’s mainframe community. The EMC Disk Library for mainframe (EMC DLm) is a virtual tape ...

GUEST OPINION: Today, information is one of the main engines of business, because the very existence of a company sometimes depends on the ability to store and process it. In this article, we will ...

The IT department at PinnacleHealth in Harrisburg, Pa., operates more than 300 servers, ensuring that applications are continuously available for 5,000 employees. But backing up eight terabytes of ...

Data storage solutions specialist Dynamic Solutions International has announced the availability of its next-generation virtual tape library offering for data backup and recovery, DSI9000 Version 2.1, ...

EMC on Monday introduced an enterprise-class virtual tape library, de-duplication of data software and enhancements to its data-protection products. EMC on Monday introduced an enterprise-class ...

The Hopkinton, Mass.-based vendor on Monday introduced the Clariion DL210, a hard drive-based array configured to act as a virtual tape library. Virtual tape libraries, or VTLs, are disk arrays ...

A peripheral unit that combines a disk cache and tape library to improve performance and eliminate cartridge waste. Also called a "virtual tape server," data intended for tape are written to the disk ...