Backup Tape Storage Format is More Efficient, Relaible and Superior To the Traditional Disk Media Technologies
By: Tape4backup
Submitted: 2011-10-28 00:38:31 | Word Count: 575
Nowadays, the organizations have to retain their corporate data and business documents to satisfy the strict government & industry regulations. The data volumes continue to expand rapidly, whereas the threats such as viruses, software/hardware malfunctions, hackers etc. are also on the rise. Creating data backup is a quality decision, which provides you an opportunity to get back on your feet in event of a disaster. Loss of mission-critical data can be very costly. So be proactive and secure your organization's future growth by installing a backup system in your data center.
In order to compete successfully, the IT managers have to be very careful in selecting the backup storage technology, which best supports their organization's stringent demands. Disk and tape are the two most prominent backup technologies. So to help the IT managers in making a quality decision, a comparison between these two major backup mediums has been made in this article.
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First we take a look at the acquisition and operational cost of disk and tape formats. Save up to 75 percent initially with tape media technology, whereas the operational expenses over a time period of 5 years are also 7 times lesser than disk-based technologies.
Tape industry's leading formats are DDS/DAT, Super DLT, LTO, DLT, AIT, Travan and VXA. RAID, SATA hard drive and RDX removable disk cartridge are the most reliable disk media technologies.
Tape media technologies feature an incredible data compression functionality, which provides a dramatic boost to the data transfer speed and media capacity. In majority of the tape formats, speed and capacity are doubled after data compression. In addition, the AIT technology offers greater data compressing capability with 2.6:1.
When the 2 TB SATA drives were launched into the market, the tape media format seemed to have lost its advantage of delivering higher storage capacity. Later on, the ultrium 5 cartridges were developed to store huge volumes of data. Their storage capacity is 3TB (compressed). Data encryption is the best solution for protecting your business's valuable documents and sensitive data against unauthorized access. Data encryption functionality comes standard with LTO5 and LTO ultrium 4 formats, thus making tape-based backup technology a smart choice for robust data security.
Backup tapes are highly durable and can tolerate harsh working conditions as well as accidental drops. On the other hand, the disk devices are not robust and need to be handled carefully. Therefore, the IT managers are more confident with their data stored on tape cartridges. The tapes can be used for data sharing, whereas the preservation at remote locations helps to maximize the chances of reliably recovering the data in event of data loss.
The data retention laws dictate the organizations to store their data for longer time durations, while ensuring supreme data integrity. The backup tape cartridges are the best option, which feature an incredible media life of up to 30 years.
So the winner is clearly the tape media technology.
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Author Resource:-
Frank Miller is the Marketing Manager of Backuptape and markets LTO 5 tape and LTO 4 tape. He has vast experience in the marketing and trading industries and has been helping buyers who have the backup needs and guide clients about the technology.
Frank Miller
3984 Washington Blvd #503 Fremont CA 94538
Tel: 888-686-8273
Fax: 888-449-5050
Email: sales@backuptapes.net
