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<title>Tape media</title>
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<body id="tapemedia"><a name="tapemedia"><!-- --></a>
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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Tape media</h1>
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<div><div class="section"><p>Tape is the most common media that is used for save and restore
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operations. It has been around for some time, so it has been widely adopted
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and continues to be popular. Tape provides several advantages over other storage
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methods, for the following reasons: </p>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption>Table 1. Consider using tape
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media as part of your save strategy</caption><thead align="left"><tr><th valign="top" width="26.633165829145728%" id="d0e24">Characteristic</th>
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<th valign="top" width="73.36683417085426%" id="d0e26">Comparison</th>
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</tr>
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</thead>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="26.633165829145728%" headers="d0e24 ">Capacity</td>
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<td valign="top" width="73.36683417085426%" headers="d0e26 ">As the amount of data you create grows, you can increase
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your capacity by simply adding additional tape volumes. </td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="26.633165829145728%" headers="d0e24 ">Security</td>
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<td valign="top" width="73.36683417085426%" headers="d0e26 ">It is easy to keep your data secure by
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securely storing backups or copies at an off-site location. This also guards
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against on-site data corruption from viruses, fire, natural disasters, accidental
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deletions, and other data-loss incidents.</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="26.633165829145728%" headers="d0e24 ">Cost</td>
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<td valign="top" width="73.36683417085426%" headers="d0e26 ">Because you can store a larger amount of data on tape,
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it has a lower cost per gigabyte.</td>
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</tr>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="26.633165829145728%" headers="d0e24 ">Reusability</td>
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<td valign="top" width="73.36683417085426%" headers="d0e26 ">You can rotate your tapes for backups, which means that
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you have more than one set of tapes. When one set expires, you can write over
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the data on it and use the media again. </td>
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<div class="familylinks">
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzaiurzaiu102.htm">Choose your save media</a></div>
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</div>
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<div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../rzam4/rzam4tape.htm">Tape</a></div>
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