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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tape Backup with Veritas Backup Exec for Windows Servers. Use Windows agents on each box and backup the system state across the network. I would recommend a tape backup large enough to backup one ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mention Shakespeare and everyone spouts “To be or not to be.” Mention backup, and the question becomes, “To tape or not to tape?” Is tape dead, or do tape-based backup systems still have a place in ...