The gospel of disk has been preached for so long now that disk seems to be the inevitable choice for backup technology. But observers throughout the tech world say there still are plenty of reasons to ...

Disk-based backup has been making a name for itself this past year especially since costs continue to drop. SearchStorage.com's readers have come to us seeking answers on the best way to implement ...

Fed up with slow tape backup systems and under pressure by regulators and auditors to keep data online and readily available, large and midsize businesses are making disk-to-disk backup technology a ...

It’s a gross understatement to say that disk has taken the backup world by storm. Whether the goal is to complement and improve tape performance or to replace tape altogether, it’s safe to say that no ...

LAS VEGAS -- Nexsan Technologies has introduced InfiniSAN D2D disk-to-disk backup, an enterprise-class storage solution that attempts to lower storage TCO by eschewing expensive tape backup hardware ...

In their push to change the way corporate data centers back up their data, the vendors often leave in their wake confusion as to the viability of hard disk as a tape substitute. >> A new breed ...

When it comes to storage technology, tape and disk have their advantages and shortcomings, but disk has won because, in a nutshell, tape is fast, but disk is quick. Any backup experts worth their salt ...

One new appliance is Idealstor&'s FrankeNAS, which is a disk-to-disk storage and backup device that takes backup tape out of the equation. The device uses hard disks both in a RAID array and in a ...

Currently, we backup to tape nightly, but are planning to switch to backup to disk with tape going offsite weekly and monthly. Commvault Simpana will be configured to backup a variety of file sizes to ...

Quantum, which stopped selling hard disks in 2000 but continues to sell networked storage systems, will begin selling hard disk-based backup systems, the company said this week. The DX30 acts like the ...