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Published on: August 10, 2012
Type of content: PODCAST
Format: Unknown
Price: FREE

Overview:

You've heard vendors say their tapes can sustain about 30,000 passes before you should discard them - but what does that actually mean?

Find out what it does and doesn't mean in this expert podcast featuring W.Curtis Preston, one of the foremost experts on backup today, and SearchDataBackup.com Senior Editor Andrew Burton.

Check it out to discover what vendors really mean when they quote a tape age, learn how to decide when a tape is ready to be discarded and get the scoop on what jargon really translates to. Listen now for expertise in "practical terms" and learn what vendors really mean when they say:

• Shoeshining
  


• Tape age


• Passes


• And much more