Manage
 | Understand and control how
tape drives are used throughout the enterprise. |
 | Develop a complete
inventory of drives and media and the usage statistics for each. Assure
the integrity of your valuable data. |
DLTSage can answer questions such as:
 | Is there a problem with the
drive or media? |
 | Are there some drives that
are underused? |
 | Is the tape rotation
protocol working to even out tape usage? |
 | Are backups being performed
at the frequency expected by management? |
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Predict
 | Assess which tapes and
drives are nearing the end of their useful lives. Improve backup
credibility by ensuring that drive and media combinations offer acceptable
levels of confidence. |
 | Use drive and media
statistics to implement predictive maintenance protocols. |
DLTSage can see important trends:
 | Are error rates trending
up? |
 | Where is the problem,drive
or media? |
 | Has the media reached
end-of-life? |
 | Has the drive reached
end-of-life? |
 | Predict drive failure. |
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Prevent
 | To spot failures as they
happen and be able to correct them. |
 | How much better is it to
know at the time of backup that there may be a questionable result and to
correct the problem at that time rather than need a backup and find it to
be unusable. |
DLTSage can address the causes of failure:
 | Are read/write error rates
unacceptable? |
 | Are environmental
temperatures too high? |
 | Is there a problem with the
cooling system? |
 | Are there some that are
being stressed too hard? |
 | Does the drive need
cleaning? |
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