{"id":1384,"date":"2009-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otava.test\/cloud-storage-more-secure-and-more-reliable-than-tape-backup\/"},"modified":"2009-10-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-01T00:00:00","slug":"cloud-storage-more-secure-and-more-reliable-than-tape-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/cloud-storage-more-secure-and-more-reliable-than-tape-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"Cloud Storage &#8211; More Secure and More Reliable than Tape Backup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Klein recently wrote a post for Dynamic Computer&#8217;s IT Blog. Here is an excerpt of that article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;With so much talk about \u201ccloud computing\u201d it\u2019s hard to separate the hype from reality at times. However, as one of the leading managed data center operators in the Midwest, we\u2019re seeing a definitive trend with our clients moving towards \u201cstorage in the cloud\u201d or online backup and data storage. Whether you\u2019re backing up to an unknown location \u201cin the cloud\u201d or to a trusted data center such as Online Tech, the advantages of online data storage over traditional tape backup are worth considering.<\/p>\n<p>For many, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onlinetech.com\/online_data_storage\/online_data_storage_overview\/\">online data storage<\/a> is less expensive, faster, more secure, and more reliable than the tape backup systems used over the past several decades. Here are a few of the advantages to consider:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backup Costs<\/strong> \u2013 Rapidly declining storage and Internet costs has driven down the costs of online storage over the last 12 months. When you consider the real cost of a tape backup process including the hardware, maintenance, personnel costs, tape pickup and drop off, and offsite storage, online data storage can offer a far more cost effective alternative.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can read the whole article at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dcc-online.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/guest-blogger-mike-klein-cloud-storage.html\"> Dynamic Computer&#8217;s IT Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mike Klein recently wrote a post for Dynamic Computer&#8217;s IT Blog. Here is an excerpt of that article: &#8220;With so much talk about \u201ccloud computing\u201d it\u2019s hard to separate the hype from reality at times. However, as one of the leading managed data center operators in the Midwest, we\u2019re seeing a definitive trend with our clients moving towards \u201cstorage in the cloud\u201d or online backup and data storage. Whether you\u2019re backing up to an unknown location \u201cin the cloud\u201d or to a trusted data center such as Online Tech, the advantages of online data storage over traditional tape backup are worth considering. For many, online data storage is less expensive, faster, more secure, and more reliable than the tape backup systems used over the past several decades. Here are a few of the advantages to consider: Backup Costs \u2013 Rapidly declining storage and Internet costs has driven down the costs of online storage over the last 12 months. When you consider the real cost of a tape backup process including the hardware, maintenance, personnel costs, tape pickup and drop off, and offsite storage, online data storage can offer a far more cost effective alternative.&#8221; You can read the whole article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"other_category":[],"class_list":["post-1384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cloud Storage - More Secure and More Reliable than Tape Backup | OTAVA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For many, online data storage is less expensive, faster, more secure, and more reliable than the tape backup systems used over the past several decades.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/cloud-storage-more-secure-and-more-reliable-than-tape-backup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cloud Storage - More Secure and More Reliable than Tape Backup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For many, online data storage is less expensive, faster, more secure, and more reliable than the tape backup systems used over the past several decades.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/cloud-storage-more-secure-and-more-reliable-than-tape-backup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OTAVA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-10-01T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Irma Brillantes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Irma Brillantes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/cloud-storage-more-secure-and-more-reliable-than-tape-backup\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/blog\/cloud-storage-more-secure-and-more-reliable-than-tape-backup\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Irma Brillantes\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.otava.com\/#\/schema\/person\/35774075f8f4fcdd4eae80cb72034263\"},\"headline\":\"Cloud Storage &#8211; 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