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Why use offsite/remote backup?
Offsite, or remote backup, is the process of vaulting or storing data at a facility or location away from the main data repository. There are several reasons to do this as opposed to on-site data storage, which is another means of backing up data, but in the same location where the main data collection is housed.
Why use tape drives for backup and storage?
Tape drives are often viewed as outmoded pieces of technology that have a great deal of difficulty competing with the availability and ease of use of conventional hard disk drives. However, though more specific in its usage, a tape drive offers many advantages over a hard drive by virtue of the different types of technology that comprise these two respective machines.
What is RAID 1?
RAID 1 is a Redundant Array of Inexpensive disks that uses a data management format known as Mirroring. A mirror is an exact replica of a piece of data created on one or more volume. This data is then stored as a “mirror-image” on the number of disks that are aligned in this configuration.