It's a question commonly asked: "Are tape backup solutions right for me?" In almost every case the answer is "Yes." The only remaining question is what type of a tape backup system is the best fit for your company.

There are a variety of tape backup options on the market and it can be a bit confusing weeding through all of them, so we'll give you a brief outline of what you need to know. Then you can make the right choice for you. Tape backup solutions spread the entire gamut; from the smaller home apparatuses to the larger enterprise solutions.

Tape backups are the most cost-effective and reliable backup storage solution on the market, making tape the most demanded backup solution. Because tape technology has been around for decades and industry manufacturers continue to create more and more niche solutions, you are certain to find a system that is right for you.

To ensure you are able to manage the complex data recovery process, you need to make sure that the capacity of your tape, including compression, exceeds the capacity of your source disk. For example, if your source disk, which you will be backing up from, is 50 GB, then your tape cartridge must be larger than that.

Your tape should not be so big that the majority of its capacity is unused on incremental backups. This is just a waste! Some of the formats address this by supporting multiple length tapes.

The data transfer rate is very important because your drive will operate more efficiently if the data is being streamed at the maximum transfer rate. The faster the transfer rate, the less time you will need to make that backup or to restore that backup, should the need arise.

Smaller organizations may find a single drive sufficient while larger organizations might find using a single tape drive in combination with a week's worth of cartridges and an autoloader a better solution. Properly configured, these systems will automatically backup each day without any human intervention. There are also various library-sized tape backup solutions available which may be a practical purchase depending on the size of your data backup and retrieval needs.

Learn about our revolutionary VXA Tape Backup Solutions and compare to our competition. We are confident that you will choose our systems over theirs.

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