While most data administrators view speed as being the single most important benefit of virtual tape backup technology, the truth is that’s not the only advantage. Virtual tape drives have revolutionized the way that companies back up their critical data, rendering old school tape backup and disk-to-disk-to-tape about as archaic as ticker tape. In the process, they’ve also helped simplify procedures.
Virtual tape backup technology has the ability to make the lives of data admins a lot less headache prone, simply by not requiring them to make massive alterations to procedures currently in place. Virtual tape backup libraries treat disk as tape, which means that the technology is ready-made for uncomplicated transition. If you’re an administrator (or know one) using tape technology sweating out an upcoming conversion, what this translates to is blissful simplicity.
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