Handbook

Introduction
This handbook will introduce you to one of the dominant forces in
mid-range storage technology – the DLTtape systems, including the
new Super DLTtape systems.These systems are the acknowledged
market-share leaders in mid-range tape backup and archiving, thanks
to their remarkable performance,reliability, and storage capacity.
Convergence Emergence
Why has a seemingly mundane topic like backup and archiving
become such a hot subject in recent years? There are several
answers.A number of trends are converging to create a new and
seemingly limitless hunger for faster, higher capacity storage back-
up systems. These trends include:
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The growth of Internet, Intranet, and e-commerce
applications, many of which require constant backup of very
large databases.
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The popularity of storage-intensive applications like multi-
media, data warehousing, video editing, medical imaging,
financial analysis, and engineering.
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Centralized backup management of distributed,
networked systems.
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Exponential increases in hard disk capacity and performance.
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