subject: Market-leading Backup Systems For The Broadest Range Of Medium And Small Businesses [print this page] IT centers in mid-sized & small companies have also become multi-functional. They are also striving like the large organizations to accelerate business response, enhance productivity, intensify data security and minimize the operational expenses. The SMB customers are also facing intense competition. E-business and government data retention legislations have revolutionized the data management and have created the need for fast, economical and reliable storage/retrieval performance.
So you can say that the SMB customers are facing the same data management challenges being experienced by the large businesses. The key to success in E-commerce is efficient data management, business continuity and robust security. These objectives can be achieved in a cost effective manner if you have a backup storage system. So you can satisfy the customer requests in-time even if there are hardware failures.
The SMB customers might get confused as there are numerous backup solutions available. They can make a quality decision as I am going to introduce the best economical solutions that are tailor-made for medium & small organizations. We will start with the DDS (Digital Data Storage) technology that is enjoying immense success since the early 1990s. This is a tape-based backup format that caters the toughest customer demands. DDS format features multiple generations that are designed for cost effective data management, smooth scalability and space-efficient backup storage.
DDS format was released in 1989, whereas the latest DAT320 generation was launched in 2009. First generation features 1.3GB native capacity that has been enhanced to 160GB in the latest DDS version. Exceptional range of DDS brands (Quantum, Fuji, Sony, HP etc.) has resulted in low prices, superior product quality, wider availability and enhanced performance level. Backward media compatibility is a smart feature that makes DDS system up-gradation more cost-efficient.
AIT turbo is another smart tape media technology invented by the backup media specialist, Sony. AIT-1 turbo generation features 20GB storage capacity. Sony enhanced the media capacity of second generation to 80GB. Part number of the Sonys first generation tape is TAIT1-40C, and the latest tape cartridge is TAIT2-80C. Attractive features of this tape system are unmatched data compression (2.6 to 1) and space efficiency. Performance of AIT-turbo system seamlessly enhances with data compression functionality, thus providing superior value and long term reliability.
RDX is an emerging small & mid-range backup technology. SMB customers are attracted to this RDX disk format because the benefits of tape technology like robustness, portability and off-site media storage are also provided by this RDX technology. Imation, Quantum, Hewlett-Packard HP and many other companies are manufacturing RDX disk products, which reflects the success of RDX backup technology. Media disks are available in different capacities and most importantly, the RDX dock stations support all generations. 108GB/hour data streaming speed has significantly reduced the backup time, and satisfies the requirements of all major enterprise applications. Random data access makes RDX a smart option for busy I.T centers, whereas the RDX cartridges increased durability provides complete assurance of safe on-site and off-site media handling.
SMB customers can choose any of these backup systems and enjoy unmatched storage efficiency.
