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whitepaper HP Branded Media Testing White Paper2006-07-01 Hewlett-Packard (HP)
  Although the use of tape is changing from a primary backup to a longer term archival model, the main reasons for using tape - low cost of ownership, portability, and ease of maintenance - remain. It does not make sense to leave most data on disk arrays on servers or storage devices for years and years. Even if there are compliance requirements to keep the data, most companies cannot predict when it will be needed - or indeed if it will ever be needed. While low-cost disks and remote online backup will become increasingly common, as a last line of defense there will remain a need for data archives that are based on removable media securely vaulted away.

Tags: Storage Management, Tape Drives - Libraries		   
whitepaper IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Controller Performance Whitepaper2006-06-01 IBM
  The purpose of this white paper is to examine the performance of the IBM System Storage TS1120 Tape Controller (TS1120 controller) in an IBM System z environment. This paper is intended to illustrate the potential performance of the TS1120 tape drives and TS1120 controller in relation to the IBM 3592 Model J1A tape drives and 3592 Model J70 controller.

Tags: Storage Management, Tape Drives - Libraries		   
whitepaper Bauhaus Builds Better Data Storage With IBM Tivoli Storage Manager2006-06-01 IBM
  Bauhaus is a pan-European retailer of tools and materials for home improvement, operating 190 stores in 11 European countries. Home improvement retailer Bauhaus was outgrowing its data storage and backup solution; the potential for loss of data and the lack of disaster recovery options posed a significant business risk. The company implemented IBM Tivoli Storage Manager software, running on an IBM System p5 server, with an IBM TotalStorage 3584 tape library.

Tags: Tape Drives - Libraries, UNIX		   
whitepaper Small and Medium Business Buyer's Guide to Online Backup and Recovery0000-00-00 Iron Mountain Digital (LiveVault)
  Online backup is becoming the data protection solution of choice for Small and Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs): Gartner Group projects that by 2008, the majority of data restores will occur from disk, not from tape backup. Your challenge is to break through the noise of numerous vendors touting online backup solutions that have recently entered the market, and identify the best solution for your protecting your company's SQL database, Exchange, application and file servers. Only online backup combines automatic, continuous data protection (CDP), secure offsite storage, and data encryption for reliable server backup and disaster recovery.

The purpose of this paper is to present you with useful evaluation criteria, characteristics to consider in a solution, and to help you prioritize the capabilities that can best meet your organization's needs. From this paper, you can establish your own evaluation checklist of capabilities that matter most to help you save time as you assess solutions, and choose the best online backup solution for your data protection requirements.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Knowledge and Data Management, Back-up, Removable Storage, Storage Management, Tape Drives - Libraries, Data Center, Business Intelligence - Data Warehousing, Data Recovery - Security, Hard Drives, Magnetic - Optical, Service Level Management, Resources Mgmt., Strategic Planning, High Performance Computing		   
whitepaper BBK Protects Data Against Loss With IBM2006-05-10 IBM
  Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa is the third-largest savings and equity bank in Spain. The bank wanted to replace an unstructured set of backup procedures, running independently on multiple distributed servers. The challenge was to introduce best practices for data preservation, for improved ability to comply with industry regulations. IBM Global Services designed and delivered a complete backup and restore solution, based around IBM Tivoli Storage Manager and IBM TotalStorage 3583 and 3584 Tape Libraries.

Tags: Storage Management, Tape Drives - Libraries		   
whitepaper Report: Providing Tape Automation to the SMB and departmental markets0000-00-00 Exabyte
  Today, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and workgroups in distributed environments require data protection products that are cost-effective, easy to use, and scalable. Currently, SMBs and departmental customers use a variety of storage products, including standalone tape drives, internal server storage, optical drives, as well as external disk drives, for data protection. Most of these solutions, however, fail to address the need for easy scalability, posing costly challenges for customers with increasing amounts of critical data that must be backed up and archived. IDC believes there is a growing opportunity for new data protection products targeted specifically at SMB customers.

Exabyte's new line of VXA and LTO autoloaders addresses the need for high capacity, reliable tape solutions for about the same cost as a single tape drive. With the introduction of these low-cost solutions, SMBs and departmental customers can enjoy the benefits of tape automation. Exabyte, with a long history as an innovative tape automation supplier, is targeting a new group of customers that could not afford to buy or manage tape automation systems in the past. This dynamic has the potential to change with Exabyte's new cost-effective tape automation solution. Download this informative white paper to learn more.

Tags: Infrastructure Management, Tape Drives - Libraries, Data Recovery - Security, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt.		   
whitepaper Affordable Tape Automation--The Key to Removing Business Risk through Reliable Disaster Recovery0000-00-00 Exabyte
  Numerous surveys reveal that second to mis-configuration of the backup software, the leading cause of backup failure is human error. Eliminating the daily insertion and removal of backup tapes by implementing robotic tape automation systems is the key to eliminating the risk of human error from the data backup process.

Although standard in large-scale IT operations and data centers, tape automation systems are uncommon in small to medium-sized businesses. A 2004 Exabyte survey reveals that 70% of small to medium-sized businesses recognize the need for a tape automation system but forgo implementation because it is cost prohibitive. This paper explores new technologies as a solution for deploying affordable tape automation.

Tags: Disaster Recovery, Storage Management, Tape Drives - Libraries, Security Management, Data Recovery - Security, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt.		   
whitepaper Shaping the Storage Landscape With an Information Lifecycle Management Approach0000-00-00 Sun Microsystems
  Somerset County Council provides service and support that touches all aspects of daily life covering education, healthcare, social services and law enforcement, transportation, planning, fire and ambulance services, and a host of others. With increasing application development and general growth in activity, data storage requirements began to rise and the Council reached a point where its server-attached storage was becoming more and more difficult to manage. To meet this increasing storage demand, StorageTek and Fordway installed a consolidated storage solution for Somerset County Council that included design and implementation. StorageTek's equipment replaced the Council's existing server storage and Fordway Solutions took responsibility for implementing the solution.

Tags: Server Consolidation, Storage Consolidation		   
whitepaper Information Lifecycle Management Strategy Helps Leading Stock Footage Company Scale Exponentially0000-00-00 Sun Microsystems
  Thought Equity is a young, ground-breaking company with the goal of becoming the largest stock footage supplier in the industry. When the company turned to the video market in 2003, storage became an issue. The company had established a small library of assets that were delivered via a private logon-required online system. There was no tape involved and no scale possible with that system. Purchasing a huge quantity of disk to tide them over until they outgrew it would have been too expensive. When Thought Equity became aware of StorageTek's film archive, a partnership was the logical conclusion.

Tags: Tape Drives - Libraries		   
whitepaper Major Scandinavian Ski Company Carves Out Data Protection Strategy With StorageTek's L20 Tape Library0000-00-00 Sun Microsystems
  Sweden-based SkiStar AB is one of the largest ski resort operating companies in Europe, operating four resorts in Salen, Are and Vemdalen (Sweden) as well as Hemsedal, Norway. SkiStar operates a shared Oracle booking database between two of its facilities running on a Sunkluster. The company deployed a L20 tape library from StorageTek to backup and archive data to support business continuity and recover data when needed. Initially, the L20 was installed with 10 LTO slots but was upgraded to 20 as the company grew.

Tags: Tape Drives - Libraries, Database Management		   


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