FUDtasia

I’m in a training course for a disk-only backup product, and in the introductory material, there’s a distinct message: tape…

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Adherents to the Repeated Meme

How often have you heard these two memes? “Tape Sucks” “Tape is dead” Oh it just goes on and on,…

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10 reasons why tape is still important (part 2)

In the previous article, I covered the first five of ten reasons why tape is still important. Now, let’s consider…

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Aside – The Great Shrinking Disk Drive

Over at Xiotech’s blog, there’s an interesting piece about the evolution of 2.5″ drives in enterprise storage titled The Great…

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Killing me softly? I never liked the song either.

Over at The Backup Blog, Scott Waterhouse offers an alternate perspective on why the announcement by IBM of an in-lab…

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Direct to Tape is Dead, Long Live Tape

Any regular reader knows that I don’t for a minute believe that tape is dead. However, it is time to…

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