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by garydw

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Does anyone know of a standalone application that will emulate a range of tape devices?

For example, I'd like to be able to emulate a DLT tape drive on a server. I'd like the server to think that it has got a DLT tape drive installed but have the software 'grab' the backup data and put it somewhere on another disk.

Thanks for any suggestions!

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Gary Williams.

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by maxwell edison

EMC modifies disk array to emulate tape libraries

APRIL 05, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - EMC Corp. today plans to announce a data-archiving device that offers the speed and file-level granularity of disk storage but looks like a tape library to application servers.

http://www.computerworld.com/hardwaretopics/storage/story/0%2C10801%2C91926%2C00.html

Too expensive? Well, at six-figures, I should say so.

Another "cheaper" option"

Certance brings virtual tape technology to the masses with its CP 3100 D2D2T (disk-to-disk-to-tape) device. It combines a 160-gigabyte SATA (Serial ATA) disk drive with a DAT (digital audiotape) drive to emulate a DAT autoloader, and is available in several packages, including disk-only versions that connect to your existing DDS4 (20/40) or DAT72 drive and models that integrate both disk and DAT72 tape drives. Certance even throws in a copy of Yosemite Technologies' TapeWare XE backup software.

http://ba.smallbizpipeline.com/28900002

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