Tape drives are slow compared to disk drives, but can back up large quantities of data. Today, it's normal to have a 20GB hard drive on a home computer, and hard drives of 160GB or more can be found ...

The debate over whether disk or tape is the better solution for backup has been going on for some time now, and it seems the answer you get typically depends on who is responding to the question.

Pro Fujifilm's epic 40TB tape cartridge is here - despite what Elon Musk says, the future of offline data storage looks very bright Pro Holographic tape inches closer to mass market ahead of silica, ...

Computerworld QuickStudies In comparison, hard drive storage combined the machine and the medium into a single piece of hardware, gaining speed and simplifying access. But it also drove up storage ...

I'm considering helping someone to purchase one of the rebranded Yosemite Server Backup versions, such as HP's Data Protector or similar for tape backup. How does the licensing work on those apps? If ...

According to an EaseUS chat rep. with whom I just spoke, EaseUS TODO Backup (any version) cannot restore files and/or folders directly from tape. This person said that if you want to recover ...

With ever-expanding amounts of data to back up, it's good to see backup media are keeping pace. We take a look at four tape backup options with more than 200GB capacity per tape. The amount of data we ...

Backup has changed almost beyond recognition in the past decade or so. Traditional backup, to tape that was moved offsite with a secondary site to operate from in case of disaster, has given way to ...

Following the highly publicized losses of backup tapes containing sensitive information about firms customers, many organizations are examining their own policies and technology options for protecting ...