With all the challenges in using and managing tape in today's IT environments, many organizations are looking at ways to reduce their use of tape. Since tape is predominately used in backups, the easiest way to reduce the use of tape is to reduce the size of your backups. The ProStor InfiniVault system can dramatically reduce the size of your backups by relocating the static data from your environment with its data preservation capabilities.

Industry research shows that as much as 70 percent of data on primary storage is static. By backing up this static information with dynamic information that really needs protection, too much tape is being consumed. By doing the one-time move of that data to the ProStor InfiniVault data preservation system with its built-in data protection, you never have to back that information up again. The overall savings include:

• Much less tape is consumed
• Backup windows are significantly shortened
• Administrative costs are reduced
• Less backup hardware is needed
• Backup software upgrades may be avoided