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On The Networker Blog, Preston de Guise makes a lot of observations that are spot-on and I would agree with 100% but there are a few that beg larger questions and further consideration and, at least as it applies to dedupe, I would say that Preston is wrong.
First, long term data retention for regulatory reasons will continue to use tape per point #2. Absolutely; we're in sync there. But, is that data being stored as a backup or an archive? To some extent it depends on what you mean by an ar
December 8, 2011
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Some analysts and vendors have, for years, been droning on that tape is not suited to backup/recovery solutions. The way this is typically done is with a ‘tick in the box’ side-by-side comparison. To anyone in the industry, this is a kind of “no-duh” position – disk and solid state technologies have progressed significantly in recent years and with their higher performance characteristics make them the more sensible choice for most backup/recovery needs. Oftentimes, however, this messa
October 11, 2011
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Recently Storage Newsletter, on the back of a report issued by Santa Clara Consulting Group (SSCG), stated that "Tape Is Not Dead, But Dying..."1. This opinion is based on worldwide tape sales, which declined 9% according to SSCG and the fact that the number of firms who are successfully growing their revenues as a result of selling tape systems has shrunk to only one - Spectra Logic. On the surface of it, this seems a very logical and well-considered view. However, in my opinion this is only be
September 20, 2011
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