| Tape Backup Pros: | | | | by far the easiest and most available solution for |
| No matter what kind of hard drive you have, a | | | | large businesses looking to archive large amounts of |
| backup system is imperative for data integrity and | | | | data. |
| security. Tape backups are one of the first types of | | | | Tape Backup Cons: |
| backup systems that have been around for mostly | | | | The cons to tape backups are mostly their clunky |
| business use. Tape backups were a way for | | | | methods to store data. Tape backups can store a |
| businesses to backup large amounts of data and | | | | wide range of large data archives, but the method is |
| send it to an offsite location to ensure the safety of | | | | antiquated and often undesirable for those businesses |
| the data. The pro of this method is that it is an easy | | | | that need their data recovered and restored quickly |
| way to backup data and it takes little effort. Tape | | | | after a severe hard drive damage or data loss. Tape |
| backups are not very feasible for personal use, but | | | | backups are slow in that the archives must be read |
| for businesses it has long been a reliable way to | | | | sequentially, much like fast forwarding music in the |
| backup data for a history of months or even years. | | | | tape drive of a car. |
| In general, tape backup drives are the best solution | | | | The use of DVD and CD ROM drives have taken |
| for businesses that have a large amount of data with | | | | over a lot of the tape drive backup methods used |
| a need to archive it offsite. Tape backup drives are | | | | years ago. The use of tape drives still have a use |
| priced expensively for businesses with most solutions | | | | since they can overcome a lot of the data limitations |
| priced at four or five figures for large corporations. | | | | that inhibit the use of even high capacity drives like |
| These solutions are also in need of an information | | | | writable DVD drives. While tape backup still has a |
| technology installation expert to integrate the backup | | | | place in the corporate world, the use of simpler |
| solution with current network topology and software | | | | drives like DVD and CD ROMs are perfect for |
| configurations. | | | | personal use. Regardless of the method, it is |
| Tape backup is also an easy solution for those | | | | imperative that data recovery methods are used to |
| businesses that need a way to automate their | | | | ensure the safety of your data. |
| backup and data recovery solutions. Tape backup is | | | | |