Meeting the need for cost effective, reliable backup

Five years ago the terms “disaster recovery” and “data protection” were synonymous with large budgets and an army of IT personnel to manage the process. But today’s business environment of low cost disks, robust software and high performance tape drives enables companies of all sizes to proactively protect themselves from data loss and the associated risk to business.

The SMB market prompted by huge data growth and increased regulatory demands is primed to invest in data protection.

Businesses, especially small and medium businesses, are looking for solutions that:

• Reliably use the best technology for the application, they can’t afford backup failure
• Are simple to use and maintain with ongoing low cost of ownership
• Provide enough capacity and performance to ensure that that backup is performed within the available backup window
• Offer investment protection through multiple suppliers and an ease of
  data interchange

Studies have concluded that DAT remains the most commonly used tape technology for data protection in the SMB marketplace because it meets the needs for cost-effective, reliable backup better than any other technology.