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This Information Lifecycle Management Solution Saves Herniated Disks and Torn Ligaments on Disk and Tape
An advanced heart-lung X-ray examination can produce images corresponding to one gigabyte of data. A CT scan can produce 700 images at half a megabyte each. With approximately 15,000 new digital X-ray images per day - one every 10 seconds - Lund University Hospital has one of Sweden's largest digital...
Tags: Hospital, Disk, Sun Microsystems Inc., Tape Storage, Information Lifecycle Management, StorageTek, Lund University, Backups, Storage, Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software
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ALTAIR: Virtual Storage at the Industrial Level
The Altaïr data processing center is located in Lognes, a suburb of Paris. Data storage, with its large space requirements, was Larcade's major concern. In 1997, Larcade launched a study that led Altaïr to virtual tape storage. Larcade installed the StorageTek VSM Virtual Storage Manager system in 1998. The Virtual...
Tags: Tape Storage, Virtual Storage Manager, Backups, Storage, Hardware
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Some of the World's Brightest Physicists Entrust the Power of StorageTek Solutions to Help Protect and Manage Their Irreplaceable Data
Fermilab is the largest U.S. laboratory for research in high-energy physics and worldwide is second only to CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics. In order to best maximize its resources supporting particle accelerator research and experiments, Fermilab makes extensive use of leading edge resources, including tape storage technology. Because...
Tags: Data Storage, Entrust Technologies, Tape Storage, StorageTek, Fermilab, Backups, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware
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How EDT-DistribuTAPE Lights Up SAN Attached Tape Storage for London Electricity
Following London Electricity's LE acquisition of the retail side of South Western Electricity SWEB, the company decided to move its entire IT operation from London to the SWEB data Center 250 miles away in Plymouth. Of prime importance to LE was the need to create a reliable, high-performance storage infrastructure...
Tags: SAN, Tape Storage, Storage, Hardware
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Virtualization of Tape Storage
Disk-based virtual tape backup devices, when combined with removable tape for archiving, are a particularly effective data protection strategy, delivering the very tangible benefits of both disk and tape for securing data efficiently and cost-effectively at all points in its lifecycle. This paper discusses the advantages of a D2D2T strategy...
Tags: Virtualization, Storage, Tape Storage, Tape Backup, Cybernetics, Backups
White papers 2008-01-01
Backup Tape storage
Hey Folks,I'm in need of a sturdy backup tape case. We use IBM XVA2 tapes and have about 30-35 of them. What we're using to keep our tapes in is not getting the job done. We need some kind of case. Case needs to be under $75 I have seen...
Tags: Backups, helpdesk@..., tape storage, backup, storage
Discussion threads 2007-07-18
Data on Tape: Security Challenges in Today's z/OS Enterprise Environments
Storing data on magnetic tape has historically been a critical component of an organizations business continuity planning. Tape storage is cost-effective, reduces the need for additional online storage capacity and safeguards data from physical disasters or viruses. For large customers with data centers and mainframe-based infrastructure, tape storage systems are...
Tags: Security, Environment, Tape Storage, IBM z/OS, International Data Group, Storage, Backups, Hardware
White papers 2005-11-01
Current Compliance Issues for Storage Professionals
This paper covers recent regulations that mandate how recordkeeping must be performed within a broad range of industries. Becoming in compliance with these regulations will have a significant impact on the storage strategies of organizations around the globe. A dedicated manufacturer of tape storage solutions, GST, Inc. produced this GST...
Tags: Compliance, Tape Storage, Regulation, Backups, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Management
White papers 2005-08-20

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An e-Storage Survival Strategy
Two major types of tape drive technologies include linear and helical. Linear technology, specifically digital linear tape DLT, has become the predominant choice. DLT provides reliability, capacity, and performance, and has earned a reputation as a reliable tape drive technology. In the event of complete system failure and resulting data...
Tags: Strategy, Tape Drive, DLT Tape, Storage Management, Storage, Backups, Hardware
White papers
Sun Storagetek Virtual Storage Manager Superior Architecture Drives Value
Sun StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager is the market leader in mainframe tape virtualization. This paper describes the architectural superiority that has driven Sun's market leadership. World-class devices, control software, and integration make StorageTek Virtual Storage Manager a virtual tape system that truly delivers business value. This paper will demonstrate how...
Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., StorageTek, Storage Management, Storage, Backups, Virtualization, Mainframes, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Servers, Management
White papers 2006-12-01
KeyCorp Puts Its Money on StorageTek Virtual Tape Solution
As KeyCorp considered the future of its data storage environment, it looked to drive out costs and increase the efficiency of its data center. At the time, Key was using an IBM Virtual Tape Server VTS that worked in tandem with eight leased StorageTek tape silos. With the leases approaching...
Tags: KeyCorp, StorageTek, Storage, Hardware
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Improve Your Tape Backup Results With Oracle Secure Backup
Tape technology has withstood the test of time offering proven reliability and portability for offsite storage. The only problem with backing up the Oracle Database to tape was that it required the purchase of expensive 3rd party media management software. Not any more! Oracle Secure Backup 10.1 provides centralized tape...
Tags: Oracle Corp., Tape Backup, Oracle Secure Backup 10.1, Oracle Secure Backup, Backups
White papers 2005-09-01
Barclays Banks on StorageTek Virtual Tape
Barclays has implemented StorageTek virtual tape in its live data and DR centres, to provide a flexible, scalable platform to support its ongoing tape data storage requirements. As part of a strategic Data Centre Transformation DCT programme, the implementation of the Virtual Storage Manager VSM system and 9840 high-density tape...
Tags: Bank, Tape, Barclays Plc., StorageTek
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StorageTek Delivers Business Critical Solution for CIS
to introduce new customer products and services has combined with a legislative need for sales tracking and accountability to create a massive growth in data storage requirements. At Co-operative Insurance Society CIS, data volumes are growing by 40 percent per annum. This growth has led CIS to replace its manual...
Tags: Data Storage, StorageTek, Backups, Storage Management, Storage, Hardware
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Univar USA Increases Ef?ciency, a Productivity With StreamLine SL8500 Modular Library System and Virtual Storage Manager (VSM) System
Univar USA, a top nationwide chemical distributor, wanted to improve the efficiency and performance of its tape storage environment, which encompassed thousands of legacy 36-track and DLT tape cartridges. Univar sought to achieve these gains while holding the line on its storage costs. For this undertaking, the company turned to...
Tags: Streamline, Storage, Hardware
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LTO tape drive space
i have WIN 2003 server snd HP StorageWorks Ultarium 448 Device for storage. How I can see the Storage space in LTO tape drive, Pls help me............
Tags: Storage, Storage management, dinesharya20002@..., LTO Tape drive, LTO, tape drive
Discussion threads 2007-07-16
Storage System Bottlenecks and Their Solutions
There are many storage vendors today, each offering a wide range of storage system options. This includes Data Center storage systems, Mid-Range storage, Workgroup Storage, NAS and Backup, (tape and software.) Though there are many choices available, this paper focuses on disk-based storage systems. Diminishing storage system bottlenecks should help...
Tags: Storage System, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware
White papers 2005-07-21
Enterprise Tape Encryption
It seems like there is a new publicly-disclosed data breach in the headlines of the major business media outlet each day. Some of these incidents are related to lost laptops while others are linked to hacking incidents. But many of the most infamous of these breaches were the result of...
Tags: Enterprise Strategy Group, Encryption, Security
White papers 2006-08-01
Thought Equity Delivers Film and Video Content Four Times Faster With Sun StorageTek T10000 Tape Drive
Thought Equity Management, Inc. is the worldwide leader in motion imagery licensing and management for the entertainment, creative and corporate production industries. The company wanted to provide customers with rapid online access to large film and video files to scale petabyte-level storage environment in cost-effective increments to keep pace with...
Tags: Tape Drive, Sun Microsystems Inc., StorageTek, Equity, Video, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware
Case studies 2007-12-01
Technologies of ETERNUS VT600 Virtual Tape System
Faster tape processing and a lower Total Cost of Ownership TCO are required for IT applications that use a magnetic tape system. The ETERNUS VT600 virtual tape system was developed to meet these needs. It achieves major improvements in speed, reliability, and functionality by combining an innovative tape virtualization technology...
Tags: Fujitsu Ltd., TCO, Roi/Tco, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Storage
White papers 2006-01-01
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