Saturday, May 1, 2010

Tape Drive Failures

Most people don’t realize that all tape drives fail at some point. But what’s really dangerous is that most companies don’t realize it’s happened until it is too late.

That’s why thousands of businesses lose millions of dollars worth of data to disasters like fires, power outages, theft, equipment failure, and even simple human mistake. In almost every case, these businesses were horrified to find out their back-ups weren’t working when needed most.

As a matter of fact, you’ve probably experienced these problems with your tape drive already.

What if someone forgets the tapes, goes on vacation, or leaves the company, and the rotation plan falls through? Are the tapes being constantly monitored to make sure they are working? Have you ever tried to recover data from your tape drive, only to discover how difficult it was, or that the data you thought was being backed up, in fact, wasn’t?

Finally, (God forbid) if your office gets flooded, hit by an earthquake, burned to the ground by a fire, or burglarized, your tape backup will be damaged along with everything else and will be completely worthless!

Fortunately there is a way to eliminate the risk and hassle of tape drive backups with one of our proven Sentinel Backup solutions that eliminate the risk and hassles of tape backups finally and forever! Give us a call today (949) 481-1232 for a plan to get rid of those outdated tapes.

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