Get the information you need, fast! Browse these items for easy-to-understand information about the primary aspects of tape backup and restore, new-standard tape formats like VXA Packets and LTO, and more.

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• Tape Backup Basics
• Tape Automation
• Tandberg Data-Supported Tape Format: VXA Packet Technology
• Tandberg Data-Supported Tape Format: LTO
• Native Fibre Channel
• Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape

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	Going Green Podcast — Listen to an IT Director's simple steps to building energy conscious, cost-saving data centers (registration required)

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	Tandberg Data SMB Guide to Backup Best Practices — Data Protection Strategies for the Small-to-Medium Size Business (25 pgs - registration required)
	Disaster Recovery 101 - Keeping Your Data out of Harm's Way (16 pgs - registration required)
	Getting the most performance from your tape technology (1 pg)
	The 2007 Introduction to SMB Automated Data Protection  (13 pgs - registration required)
	Tape Integration Planning Site Survey Form  (3 pgs)

Tape Autoloaders and/or Tape Libraries - What is Tape Automation and How Can It Help Save Small- to-Medium Businesses (SMBs) Time and Money?

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	IDC Report: Providing Tape Automation to the SMB and Departmental Markets (9 pgs - registration required)
	Webcast: How to solve the biggest backup & restore problems facing SMBs today (45 min - registration required)
	Affordable Tape Automation - The Key to Removing Business Risk Through Reliable Disaster Recovery (8 pgs)
	Top 10 Reasons to Automate Your Backups
	SMB Virtual Tour
	Is Tape Automation Right for My Business?
	Storage Loader VXA-172 Virtual Multimedia Tour

VXA Packet Technology is the new standard in tape backup; great for replacing older tape technologies like DDS and DLT. VXA Packet drives and autoloaders are ideal for backing up datasets ranging from 20-200GB. Tandberg Data's VXA product line is based on award-winning VXA Packet Technology which writes and reads data in small data packets, much like the Internet - making data safer and less costly to store.

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	VXA: Reliable Tape Backup for the Small Business (5 pgs)
	VXA Packet Technology: Digital data packets finally make it to tape backup (6 pgs)
	The DDS Tape User�s Guide to Easily Upgrading to VXA-2 Packet Tape (8 pgs)
	VXA Technology Virtual Multimedia Tour
	VXA PacketLoader 1x10 1U Virtual Multimedia Tour
	VXA-172 Packet Tape Drive Virtual Multimedia Tour
	Storage Loader VXA-172 Virtual Multimedia Tour
	VXA - Your Top 12 Questions Answered (2 pgs)

LTO is a popular, industry-leading tape format ideal for backing up datasets ranging from 200GB-1TB+. Tandberg Data's LTO automation line is perfect for SMB and SME users whose needs demand greater capacity throughput and speed. Tandberg Data's LTO line of automation (tape autoloaders and libraries) includes ExaBotics, Tandberg Data's world renown robotics which have been developed and proven over 20 years to be the most reliable robotics for automation available.

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	LTO-2 Tape Drive Performance Evaluation & Analysis (20 pgs)
	LTO-2 Tape Drive Performance Evaluation & Analysis, Fibre Channel Addendum (10 pgs)
	Magnum 1x7 LTO Autoloader Virtual Multimedia Tour
	LTO - The Top 10 FAQs Answered (2 pgs)
	A New Class of Affordable LTO Tape Automation - A Tandberg Data How-To Paper (6 pgs)
	Magnum 224 (LTO) Tape Library Virtual Multimedia Tour

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	Why Choose Native Fibre Channel Backup? (12 pgs)
	Fibre Channel: Why another interface? (18 pgs)
	LTO-2 Tape Drive Performance Evaluation & Analysis, Fibre Channel Addendum (10 pgs)

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	Disk-to-Disk-to-Tape (D2D2T) (5 pgs - registration required)
	The Role of Disk in Effective Data Protection Strategies (7 pgs - registration required)
	Tandberg Data/Snap/BakBone Configuration Guide (10 pgs)