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 ...

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 ...

True, vendors are announcing new, lower-priced disk backup systems that can restore data more quickly than tape while almost matching tape’s traditionally low price. But according to customers, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tape storage has been around for decades and is showing its age. Tape stretches, breaks, unravels, and all of it needs to be loaded by hand. But it's also cheap, and the cost of migrating it to ...

StorageTek unveiled a tape device for midsize businesses on Wednesday, amid signs that tape is preserving a place in data storage. The tape back-up specialist also introduced software for monitoring ...

PHOENIX -- April 5, 2004 -- EMC Corporation today announced the EMC CLARiiON Disk Library, creating a new option for high-speed backup and recovery. The CLARiiON Disk Library offers the immediate ...