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Tape Backup
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Our tape backup solution provides a easy way to store datastore
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contents on a tape. This increases data safety because you get:
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- an additional copy of the data
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- to a different media type (tape)
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- to an additional location (you can move tape offsite)
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Tape backups do not provide random access to the stored
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data. Instead, you need to restore the data to disk before you can
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access it again.
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Tape Technology Primer
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.. _Linear Tape Open: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Tape-Open
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As of 2021, the only broadly available tape technology standard is
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`Linear Tape Open`_, and different vendors offers LTO Ultrium tape
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drives and autoloaders.
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In general, LTO tapes offer the following advantages:
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- Durable (30 years)
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- High Capacity (12 TB)
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- Relatively low cost per TB
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- Cold Media
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- Movable (storable inside vault)
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- Multiple vendors (for both media and drives)
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