Magnetic tape data storage is a system for storing digital information on magnetic tape using digital recording. Magnetic drums, magnetic tape and magnetic disks are types of magnetic memory. These memories use property for magnetic memory. In magnetic tape only one side of the ribbon is used for storing data. It is sequential memory which contains thin plastic ribbon to store data and coated by magnetic oxide. Data read/write speed is slower because of sequential access. It is highly reliable which requires magnetic tape drive writing and reading data.
If tape is not a part of your overall data management and protection strategy, it should be. When compared to other options, tape backup is by far the most lucrative means of ensuring that you have a separate copy of your data in an offline, off-site location. Tape backup is simple to use, can be less expensive than disk or cloud storage, and highly secure and convenient to access. Zmanda offers affordable backup the utilizes tape, tape libraries, disk DAS, NAS, SAN, and RAID.