Today's advances in storage technologies offer many different choices for data protection and business continuity. Your choices include tape, disk drives, RAID, and data mirroring (just to mention a few), in combination with storage software to manage your data protection solution. However, it is important to understand that these technologies are not standalone, and the greatest level of data protection may come from a combination of many different technologies working as one.
Storage data protection solutions are usually disk- or tape-based, and small to medium businesses will more commonly choose tape backup, which offers the following benefits:
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Lower cost of ownership compared to disk-based backup |
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Durable media that can be reused and readily located off-site |
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Easy data recovery |
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Very reliable backup and restore processes |
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Scalable to suite a wide range of environments |
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Tape backup solutions include DAS (Direct Attached Storage), in which storage backup devices are connected directly to the server, and LAN-based solutions, in which storage devices are connected to a LAN (Local Area Network). This guide includes summaries of each to help you identify which is best for your business.
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Tip: You may find that your business is suited to both a DAS and LAN solution. In this case, think about whether your business is likely to grow in the near future and need more data capacity. If so, a LAN may be better. |
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This guide will examine the choice of solutions available to meet your company's varying demands and help you choose the tape backup solution that best fits your business. The sections of the guide include:
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Note: Follow the "Download a PDF version" link at right to download a PDF version of this guide that includes additional product information and a tape backup QA. |
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