In the wake of new government regulations requiring better corporate record-keeping, three top tape library vendors have confirmed that they are working to combine inexpensive disk arrays with their ...

Advanced Digital Information (ADIC) has announced a mid-level storage system that combines disk and tape in a single appliance, the Pathlight VX 2.0. The Pathlight VX 2.0 uses policy-based data ...

In the wake of new government regulations requiring better corporate record-keeping, three top tape library vendors have confirmed that they’re working to combine inexpensive disk arrays with their ...

To help companies handle data backup and recovery tasks, storage specialist EMC plans next week to unveil a product that is based on disk drives but acts as a tape device. EMC is calling the new ...

What happens instead is that customers using tape backup worry about their systems. Switching to a different backup mechanism can be costly, both in dollars and in time. Disk-based backup vendor ...

Despite its relatively slow speed and overall bulkiness, tape has its strengths. After all, it’s inexpensive compared with most disks, it’s portable and has been used in data centers for years. Still, ...

Spectra Logic unveiled the Spectra T120, a new entry-level version of its tape library aimed at helping boost the company's midrange market offerings. The company followed up with the release of its ...

Just ask any system administrator and most will agree that tape backups tend to be rather slow and cumbersome. Even with automated, robotic "tape libraries", the hassle of taking and restoring backups ...

EMC Corp. on Monday will announce a new line of storage arrays designed to let customers replace tape-based backup systems with faster disk-based devices. The new line, called the Clariion Disk ...

Data management and storage solutions company Spectra Logic has added Spectra Cube, a cloud-optimized tape library, to its portfolio of enterprise tape storage solutions. Specifically designed for ...

In October, Germany-based PoINT will launch an object storage archiving product based on disk and tape media. “Our idea is to offer on-site exactly the same thing as AWS [Amazon Web Services] offers ...