Posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2014

New Technology: Why back up to disk vs. to tape?

By : Paul Oh


Today, backing up to disk vs. tape has become a popular alternative to the traditional tape methodology. For many computer applications, it's important to have backup data immediately available when the primary disk becomes inaccessible. In this scenario, the time to restore data from tape would be considered unacceptable. Disk backup is also a better solution because data transfer can be four-to-five times faster than is possible with tape.

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Posted: Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Disk vs. tape from Sentia’s perspective

By : Paul Oh

Disk vs. tape is a very hot topic these days and is on most people’s radar for their backup solution. It’s also a polarizing topic – different people and vendors have different recommendations and solutions.

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Posted: Monday, September 30, 2013

Tape versus disk: The backup war exposed

By : Paul Oh

Tape backup is running in 2nd place to disk as a backup solution, but tape still has a great number of benefits therefore it should be with us for a long time yet. While disk is less fussy about the throughput of your backup systems and is superb at rapid restores it is still more expensive as a medium than tape. Meanwhile, tape is cheap and boasts incredible write speeds. So when to use disk and tape and what are the financial impacts.

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