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 ...

Storage vendor EMC today announced it has completed the purchase of privately-help virtual tape library (VTL) vendor Bus-Tech for an undisclosed amount. Bus-Tech, a Bedford, Mass.-based firm with 45 ...

COLUMBIA, Md.& MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2006--Digi-Data Corporation, a leading manufacturer of high performance disk storage systems, and FalconStor(R) Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: FALC), ...

A storage array that emulates a tape library. A virtual tape library (VTL) enables the storage medium to be switched from tapes to disks or SSDs while continuing to use the existing tape backup ...

EMC Corp. is looking to tread on IBM’s toes after extending its virtual tape library (VTL) to cater for IBM’s mainframe community. The EMC Disk Library for mainframe (EMC DLm) is a virtual tape ...

EMC on Monday introduced an enterprise-class virtual tape library, de-duplication of data software and enhancements to its data-protection products. EMC on Monday introduced an enterprise-class ...

Today, a great number of different storage mediums exist whose purpose is to retain information in some manner. One of the oldest data storage mediums, the tape, is a linear storage system that still ...

The IT department at PinnacleHealth in Harrisburg, Pa., operates more than 300 servers, ensuring that applications are continuously available for 5,000 employees. But backing up eight terabytes of ...

IBM last week bolstered its tape storage portfolio with new media, encryption and data retention capabilities, as well as a new virtual tape library that makes backing up data a more efficient affair.

A peripheral unit that combines a disk cache and tape library to improve performance and eliminate cartridge waste. Also called a "virtual tape server," data intended for tape are written to the disk ...