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Tape Storage 2011 in Review

As we near the end of the calendar year, the time seems right for a look back at the biggest stories in 2011 related to tape storage. I’ve covered a lot of ground in this blog over the past...

When It Comes to Storage Tiering, Money Is Everything

Storing masses of data in a single tier would become unmanageable for most businesses, not to mention present legal and security risks no business wants to deal with. Plus, storing all of that data—both low-value, inactive data and mission-critical,...

With Tape Storage, Everything Old is New Again

Somewhere in between the old days of tape’s dominance and the new world of peaceful storage media coexistence, tape-bashing came into vogue. But as we've said before, and we'll say again, tape is very much alive and the best...

4 Tips for Storing Data Smarter

Experts predict that we’ll be dealing with no less than 1,842 exabytes of data by the end of this year. But just because data volumes are growing exponentially, that doesn’t mean your budget for storage media will grow at...

Top 5 Data Center Videos Worth Watching

For the visual learners out there, I’ve put together a list of the top five data center videos currently on YouTube. Check these out and feel free to add to this list by posting links in the comments section....

Vendors Showing Support for LTFS

IBM’s Linear Tape File System, or LTFS, is just a year old, but it already has proven that you can teach an old dog—in this case, tape—new tricks. In fact, the IT cognoscenti predict that LTFS will give tape...

Active Archiving: The Basics

Active archiving is a concept that’s been picking up steam over the course of this year, and for good reason. In this post we'll explain the basics behind the concept.

The Top 5 Blog Posts from June

We look back at the most popular blog posts from June just in case you missed any.

How to Solve the Big Challenge of Big Data: Part 2

Big Data is an intimidating prospect for any self-respecting backup application. In part two of this blog, we look at specific ways to grapple with the task of taming big data.

How to Solve the Big Challenge of Big Data: Part 1

Big Data is an intimidating prospect for any self-respecting backup application. Nevertheless, CIOs are embracing these mountains of large, complex and dynamic data sets because they contain a treasure trove of valuable business insights and information.