Disk-Based Backup

Disk Based Backup
Storage Heaven Virtual Tape Libraries (VTL) and Virtual Tape Drives (VTD) are data storage virtualization technology used for archival storage purposes. Our VTL and VTD presents a storage component (such as a single hard disk or a raid array) as tapes available for use with tape drive and tape autoloader and library emulations. Virtualizing the storage as tape hardware allows integration of VTLs with existing archiving policies and backup software while taking advantage of the benefits of storage virtualization. The benefits of tape virtualization include storage consolidation and faster data restore processes. Storage Heave's VTL solutions uses high availability SATA disk drives and RAID Arrays as the primary storage component due to their relatively low cost and high reliability. By backing up data to disks instead of tapes, VTL often increases performance of both backup and recovery operations. The data stored on the VTL's disk array can also be exported to other media, such as tapes (D2D2T), for disaster recovery purposes.