Tape is becoming a legacy backup technology in a modern world of automation and cloud storage. Tape-based backup infrastructures face significant pitfalls as well as considerable hidden costs. Additional staff is needed to maintain tape-based infrastructures while moving tapes to off-site vaults creates additional expenses. StarWind Cloud VTL for AWS and Veeam delivers completely automated backup process, flexible scaling options together with replication and tiering to cost-efficient Amazon S3 and Glacier cloud storage.
Key points of the webinar
- Deformation and dirt – two main tape killers
- Tapes create hidden costs typically not considered when implemented
- StarWind Cloud VTL for AWS and Veeam eliminates physical tape drawbacks
- Ease of compliance, automatic tiering and scalability – three reasons to re-think tape backup