Dave Graham @ http://flickerdown.com wrote a blog about going tapeless.
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I was asked the other day about the potential for finally going tapeless in Commercial and Enterprise spaces. Truth be told, this is becoming a more common occurence as those mechanical beasts hit the tail-end of their maintenance windows. With that in mind, what are some (not all) of the business drivers that move enterprises from tape to disk (or other mediums)?
“Tape is Dead!” has echoed through the halls of storage IT for quite some time. It’s been an ideological pursuit of the “next generation backup” mantra hawked by the Tier Ones in the storage space. What has been noted is the continued price depreciation of disk as capacity has increased, the tighter compliance metrics from government agencies, as well as the legacy of natural disasters that have arrived on the scene since 2001. Let’s unpack these a bit.
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He discusses the following topic’s.
Price Depreciations and Increased Capacity
Tighter Compliance
Remediating the Problem
Price Depreciation and Capacity Increase – Tapeless
Tighter Compliance – Tapeless
Natural Disasters – Tapeless
Please check out the full post
http://flickerdown.com/2009/01/going-tapeless-in-enterprise/
