A virtual tape library can improve tape utilization, processing performance and enhance the value of current tape hardware and media investments. Listen to this podcast to learn the basics of virtual tape libraries, tips on reducing storage tape costs and how and why you should apply VTL to your storage and backup decisions. 

Read this customer case study to see how Canadian mutual fund company AIC Ltd. leveraged Quantum's DXi™5500 disk backup solution featuring data deduplication and replication technology in order to drastically reduce backup time as well as cut storage costs and management. 

Read this paper to learn how organizations can mitigate risk, reduce TCO, address compliance requirements and optimize security and support by better managing and automating key tape-related processes, creating broad strategies for retention and encryption and implementing best practices. 

This paper outlines the impact of data deduplication on data protection, and specifically how Data Domain pioneered the combination of storage system interfaces and software to make the disk-based solution an efficient and cost-effective alternative to tape-based methods. 

The question that enterprise organizations need to answer is, “Which of the many forms of disk-based data protection should they start with?” This paper will help organizations answer that question. 

This document is a 7-step guide for making the move from tape to disk backup with deduplication. Within these steps, the Guide provides a concise summary of the downsides of tape backup, and then examines the superiority and economy of second-generation disk backup with data deduplication. 

This transcript provides a proactive method for monitoring and validating the integrity of tape media, tracking the performance and utilization of tape devices to provide comprehensive reports on the health of the overall backup environment. Download to learn more about the advanced tools you can use to get the most mileage out of every tape. 

This webcast provides a proactive method for monitoring and validating the integrity of tape media, tracking the performance and utilization of tape devices to provide comprehensive reports on the health of the overall backup environment. View this webcast to learn more about the advanced tools you can use to get the most mileage out of every tape. 

Data storage backups are a necessary element of data protection plan, but they're often the biggest source of security woes. Learn everything you need to know about keeping your backups secure in this tutorial. 

The company’s previous tape system wasn’t meeting Cornerstone’s needs, particularly with 50 percent annual data growth. Cornerstone selected the Quantum Scalar i500 intelligent tape library platform due to its modularity, speed and the ability to move to LTO-4 tapes. 

Read this product sheet to learn how CA Vtape™ Virtual Tape System (CA Vtape VTS) is the first fully functional, completely software-based Virtual Tape system that uses existing tape and mainframe hardware, as well as existing applications, to implement a Virtual Tape system that improves utilization, simplifies management and lowers costs. 

Now that you've reviewed the essential issues involved in any backup acquisition, this guide focuses on the specific considerations of enterprise-class tape libraries. You'll also find a series of specifications to help make on-the-spot product comparisons between vendors like Quantum Corp., Hewlett-Packard Corp., IBM, SpectraLogic Corp., and more. 

A business manager identifies an urgent need for a software application and requests a server to run the new application. Then the server provisioning process kicks off. Read this short whitepaper to learn about new techniques and technologies that can enable your business to cut through so much of the red tape involved in adding new applications.