Learning Guides:Tape Backup
Tape Backup
Tape backup tips and expert advice
We've compiled our recent how-to tips and expert advice on tape backup here for your convenience. Learn about LTO-4 tape, choosing a tape library, tape rotation strategies, tape encryption, multiplexing, and more.
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Multiplexing data backup streams vs. disk for data backup
Tip - Now that disk is being used as a primary backup target in more enterprise shops, companies need to reevaluate what role, if any, multiplexing should play in their future backup plans. Here are some questions to ask to help you decide if multiplexing...
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IBM Tivoli Storage Manager data backup window issues
Ask the Expert - Data backup expert Ashley D'Costa answers a SearchDataBackup reader's question about IBM Tivoli Storage Manager backup window problems.
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How to choose the right tape library
Tip - Choosing an expandable, modular tape library with sophisticated management features to support your enterprise can be difficult. Here's how to make the right choice.
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The advantages of tape for data backup
Tip - With the current focus on disk-based data backup technologies, tape seems to be an outmoded technology, but tape is not dead. Here's why.
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Tip - Here's a list of the most common tape rotation schemes used in data backup and the pros and cons of each.
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Where should you encrypt your data?
Tip - Because of high-profile losses of data through misplaced or stolen backup tapes, everyone is aware of tape encryption. There are many choices, so picking what's best for your organization can be challenging.
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Ask the Expert - Russ Fellows, senior analyst at the Evaluator Group, answers a SearchDataBackup reader's questions about the most common causes of tape data backup failures.