| Contrary to popular belief, tape drives
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| | a pyramid on the floor; the tapes should
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| are generally robust and reliable.
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| | be
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| However, there are three common mistakes
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| | handled and stored carefully. Tape
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| that people make that dramatically
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| | drives should be kept as far away from
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| increase the probability of
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| | contaminants as possible; for example,
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| tape drive failure.Firstly, it is not
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| | they shouldn't be placed directly on the
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| well known that tape drives is differ
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| | carpet or kept in dusty
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| considerably in terms of how long they
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| | environments.Tapes should always be
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| are designed to operate each day. Each
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| | stored in a different location to the
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| tape drive range has a specified duty
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| | server, in order to prevent a disaster
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| cycle,
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| | that damages the server from also
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| which is the maximum percentage of time
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| | damaging the backups on tape. At the very
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| that the drive should be operational. For
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| | least, weekly tapes should be stored
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| example, a drive with a duty cycle of 50%
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| | offsite. To reduce the chance of fire
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| should be operational for no more than 12
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| | damage or theft, tapes should be stored
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| hours a day, while a drive with a duty
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| | in a fireproof safe.By following these
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| cycle of 100% may run
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| | simple tips, your tape backups should run
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| continuously.Secondly, it is not well
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| | reliably, and you'll avoid the costly
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| known that data must be supplied to tape
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| | exercise of replacing your tape
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| drives at a sufficient rate in order to
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| | drive.Linus Chang is a backup expert and
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| keep them streaming, or else the tape
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| | the lead developer of BackupAssist --
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| suffers from start-stop motion.
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| | tape backup software that is simple and
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| It's easy to imagine the wear-and-tear
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| | affordable, and perfect for small and
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| this places on the tape, and how the
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| | medium businesses. Protect your Windows
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| integrity of the data stored on the tape
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| | servers, including SQL Server and
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| can be severely degraded.Thirdly, poor
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| | Exchange Server, to tape, REV drive, hard
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| handling and storage commonly causes
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| | drive, NAS and more, at a fraction of the
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| damage to tapes and the drive. It's not a
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| | cost of other backup software.
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| good idea to drop tapes or stack them in
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