Tape Library

and VTLs to the market-leading FalconStor Virtual Tape Library (VTL) solution without any change to your existing data and without impacting your backup and restore operations.

Has your tape library or VTL become obsolete, or lacks the performance, functionality, and integration levels that your organization needs? Are you experiencing storage inefficiencies caused by needlessly backing up duplicate data? There are many sound reasons to migrate existing physical and virtual...

in today’s enterprise storage environments.

A virtual tape library (VTL) today has varying definitions but most agree that an enterprise-class virtual tape library should back up at least tens of terabytes of data daily and be able to store hundreds. High-end virtual tape libraries must scale easily and support complex backup and recovery environments. This helps ease the ability of adding disk capacity in turn backing up more and more data all the time. Download this guide to learn more...

Spectra Logic tops both the mid-range and enterprise tape library categories in the latest Storage magazine/ SearchStorage.com Quality Awards service and reliability survey.

Spectra Logic tops both the mid-range and enterprise tape library categories in the latest Storage magazine/ SearchStorage.com Quality Awards service and reliability survey.

Spectra Logic adds a couple of new notches to its belt to complement its two previous wins in the mid-range group, as well as a win and a...

Oracle's StorageTek Tape Analytics software simplifies tape storage management because it takes a proactive approach to eliminate library, drive, and media errors thorough an intelligent monitoring software application available exclusively for Oracle's StorageTek tape libraries. Check out this informative webcast to learn more.

As you know, companies are experiencing unprecedented data growth. As your archives explode in terms of...

Many IT organizations have grown dissatisfied with tape-based backups and are looking for alternatives. This white paper will discuss the factors to consider when evaluating any of these alternatives, including a framework for assessing the value to IT for each approach.

As an increasing number of IT organizations look to replace tape, their leading alternatives include the following:

• replacing an old tape library with a newer one
• using straight disk, fronting a tape

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FalconStor storage management solutions: Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Network Storage Server (NSS), and Continuous Data Protector (CDP). All customers reported high levels of satisfaction.

IDC interviewed eight FalconStor customers that had deployed at least one or a combination of the following FalconStor storage management solutions: Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Network Storage Server (NSS), and Continuous Data Protector (CDP). All customers reported high levels of satisfaction with...

Many IT organizations have grown dissatisfied with tape-based backups and are looking for alternatives. This white paper will discuss the factors to consider when evaluating any of these alternatives, including a framework for assessing the value to IT for each approach.

As an increasing number of IT organizations look to replace tape, their leading alternatives include the following:

• replacing an old tape library with a newer one
• using straight disk, fronting a tape

...

for the mainframe environment, particularly virtual tape libraries, and offers Forrester recommendations.

Companies are facing some common challenges with their data centers and backup strategies, leading to migration from disk to tape. In this presentation transcript, read the recommendations presented by Forrester analyst Stephanie Balaouras regarding the best options for virtual tape libraries in the mainframe environment.

deduplication solutions such as FalconStor Virtual Tape Library (VTL) include disk mirroring to protect against local storage failure as well as replication to protect against disasters. The solution also includes a failover capability, which lets you recover data and respond to business requirements even if multiple nodes in a cluster fail. This same clustering approach allows you to scale to meet growing capacity and performance requirements while enhancing the overall...

FalconStor storage management solutions: Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Network Storage Server (NSS), and Continuous Data Protector (CDP).

IDC interviewed eight FalconStor customers that had deployed at least one or a combination of the following FalconStor storage management solutions: Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Network Storage Server (NSS), and Continuous Data Protector (CDP). All customers reported high levels of satisfaction with and enjoyed considerable benefits from the...

you certain advantages when compared with backup-to-tape. But VTL is limited as an end-to-end business continuity remedy. So before rushing into a VTL investment, ask yourself whether there's a better, more comprehensive, data protection solution.

This white paper highlights one such solution. Read this white paper to learn about D2D backup solutions and how they're facilitated by VTL technology to deliver the same benefits as VTLs and much more.

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and has developed two new models to their line of entry level tape libraries which deliver superior performance at an exceptional price.

Access this paper now to learn SMB storage best practices, as well as get an inside look at Quantum’s new Scalar family of tape libraries and iLayer software which aim to satisfy the changing needs of today’s SMBs.

s marketplace is a product that automatically monitors tape library, tape drive and media performance and provides real-time alerting and reporting capabilities - enabling an organization to take a proactive approach to its tape storage management.

Fujifilm Tape Environment Analysis is the first vendor-agnostic, platform-neutral, comprehensive assessment for tape storage systems. It provides an assessment of the backup environment culminating in a report that includes...

learn how a major health insurer implemented an IBM virtual tape library solution that reduced the time and effort spent on storage management and enabled significant cost savings.

In order to better manage growing volumes of personal health information, speed data recovery, control the amount of storage space required, and reduce the cost of backup media, a large health insurance provider implemented an IBM virtual tape library based on IBM ProtecTIER Deduplication...

FalconStor Software provides solutions that can dramatically improve backup speeds while working with your current backup technology and operations. Management can be streamlined even while performance improves.

For most IT organizations, traditional server backup remains the primary means of protecting data. And despite decades of technology development in this area, challenges remain. Survey after survey shows that backup speed remains an overriding concern...

Even with the addition of a virtual tape library (VTL) solution to the backup environment, performance bottlenecks caused by inefficiencies on the host side of the backup process remain a challenge. This can now be addressed with an add-on to FalconStor VTL that accelerates backups four to eight-fold and reduces impact on production servers.

Even with the addition of a virtual tape library (VTL) solution to the backup environment, backup performance bottlenecks...

utilize that same infrastructure to digitize a vast video tape library representing the history of baseball.

This case study follows the design and implementation of the MLB Network's solution to these challenges - using highly-optimized tape systems, they were able to realize fully verified and auditable archives while saving $20,000 annually in equipment maintenance and management fees. Check out this case study to learn more.

that dollars and time currently consumed by existing tape libraries can be far better utilized by moving to disk back-up with deduplication.

The environment for all businesses has changed dramatically in the past year. This means significantly increased scrutiny of IT budgets that were already being closely watched. New projects will have to pass the test of clear need and the question will be asked "can you do without." While many IT projects will be reduced along with budgets...

had their beginnings over 20 years ago when disk, automated tape libraries and advanced policy-based data management software combined to effectively migrate less active data to less expensive storage devices.

At the highest level, tiered storage refers to an infrastructure capable of optimally aligning storage service levels with application requirements. The business case for implementing tiered storage is good and becomes more compelling as the storage pools get...

to help organizations overcome the challenges of tape and achieve maximum benefits from their IT investments. For years, disaster recovery (DR) and data protection practices have consisted of two different technology islands - data protection and tape backup. The processes to implement both have usually been separate and handled by different IT departments. Enterprises have attempted to merge the two, but many still use different software products and different...

to manage all that data was increasing, and the cost of so much tape storage had also become an issue," said Ben Barnes, AIC's Manager of Infrastructure Services.

By replacing its existing tape system with a Quantum DXi™5500 disk backup solution featuring data deduplication and replication technology, the company reduced the time required for daily backups by four to seven hours, drastically cut its tape storage costs, and significantly decreased the time IT staff spent managing...

and Terri McClure discuss the current landscape of the tape market and its continuing role in the data center. Read on to learn about LTFS and LTO-5, recent developments in tape systems, tape’s contribution in the cloud and much more.

Storage experts have been predicting the demise of tape for years now – but the reality is that there is still plenty of life left in tape technology.

In fact, surveys show most organizations still spin off all or some backup data to tape. In the meantime, tape...

This white paper provides an introduction to LTFS (Linear Tape File System) - you'll learn exactly how it works, and what unique advantages it has over traditional tape systems. You'll also receive key tips on how to maximize the benefits of LTFS, and learn what factors today are defining the future of tape. Read this white paper to learn more.

Since its inception, tape has been a sequential access storage device. Though this proved beneficial for “data streaming applications”, the ability to...

Tape is an important part of organizations’ business continuity programs. However, since tape is portable, all of its contents − if not encrypted − are subject to exposure. Organizations must implement practices to ensure the security of its tapes’ contents. Read this white paper to learn more.

Tape is an important part of organizations’ business continuity programs. However, since tape is portable, all of its contents − if not...