Tape migration

If Tape Archiving is the current system, then Tape Migration is a definite solution.

With the explosion in electronically stored information (ESI), the need to constantly review current archiving practices, health of storage media, personnel knowledge of existing backup practices and procedures, or even to simply establish your organisation’s compliance with industry specific regulation on data storage best practice, are of vital importance.

Increased layering and complexities of IT infrastructures from; virtualised systems, cloud storage and greater data consolidation, can have a significantly impact resources. However, the need to cost-effectively manage one of your organisation’s most valuable assets, and ensure that you have permanent and secure data availability, is essential.

The BRTF note that digital preservation and access to data requires long-range planning and support. The agreement on formats, standards, implementation of interoperable hardware and software systems, and the collaboration of all stakeholders are prerequisites for successful long-term planning. (4)

Constant monitoring of historical data is a prerequisite for modern organisations to avoid conversion and migration projects becoming unwieldy and unnecessarily costly. Employing a proactive stance on legacy data management will also provide significant ROI in the middle and long-term.

Employing a proactive stance towards your backup data compatibility with production IT environment, and to maintain permanent data integrity and data availability, tape migration is often the most cost-effective solution.

With our unrivalled investment in proprietary tools and techniques, that have been born out of over 25 years’ data management experience we are uniquely positioned to assist with your organisation’s data migration needs.

Our, fully project managed, Ontrack Taper Services, can assist in the development of a bespoke strategy to ensure the permanent availability of your organisations’ data and to assist with the compliance of your relevant industry regulations, simply through the cost-effective migration of your data to a more robust backup medium.

To ensure total success, tape migration projects normally incorporate a combination of the following Ontrack Tape Services’ solutions:

- Tape Extraction
- Tape Recovery
- Tape Conversion
- Tape Audit & Media Consolidation
- Tape Deduplication
 

See Migration challenges and solutions that are most commonly affecting organisations.

 (4) "2008 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach"; The Ponemon Institute. February 2009. ponemon.org