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7 Key Steps for Overcoming the Limitations of Tape Backup
This document is a 7-step guide for making the move from tape to disk backup with deduplication. Within these steps, the Guide provides a concise summary of the downsides of tape backup, and then examines the superiority and economy of second-generation disk backup with data deduplication. It also presents key functional requirements for a disk backup system with deduplication as well as a framework for assessing the cost savings of a disk-based backup system with data deduplication vs. tape.