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LTO-5: Changing the Way You Look at Tape
LTO-5 is changing what have been accepted facts about tape in our industry for some time. As a result, here are some of the new facts of life when it comes to tape. -
6 Reasons Why Tape Is the Best Medium for Long-term Storage
As companies store more data for longer timeframes thanks to regulatory, audit and analytic requirements, we think it pays to take the long-term view. -
Know Before You Go (Down): Will You Be Able to Get Back Up?
Given that we’re retaining data on tape longer than ever before, will we be able to restore from these tapes in the face of a disaster? -
The Top Five Blog Posts for January
Once again, I thought it would be nice to hightlight the top five posts (according to traffic) from January, just in case you missed them. -
How the NERSC Gets More Bang for Its Buck with Tape Storage
Not a day goes by without some critic of tape storage declaring its imminent demise, so it's refreshing to see an organization that actually embraces the technology as a robust business tool. -
A Simple Fix to Improve Performance Problems of Your Storage System
Every administrator knows that their data is ballooning and storage demands are growing. In addition to contributing to data bloat, larger files have another, yet easily fixable, detrimental effect on the performance of a storage system. -
Top B&L Blog Posts for October
The Top 5 Blog Posts from B&L Associates for October 2010. -
How to Expand Your Backup Windows with WAN Optimization
We all know the story: so little time so much data. Well instead of enlarging the "pipes", it may be far cheaper and more effective to focus on shrinking what's traveling through the pipes. -
Dedupe Catching on Slowly.
Deduplication has been hailed as a significant tool for coping with runaway data growth in the data center, but adoption of the technology remains slow, according to survey from InformationWeek.