Pro Data Backup and Recovery

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Virtual Backup Media

Physical media have been the basis for the backup since the first large-scale computer systems.

However, physical media, as previously shown, have a number of limitations. The ability to allocate

resources to the right areas, the details required in management of the backup media, and the general

overhead required to simply maintain physical media can make physical media environments difficult

to manage at scale.

Enter virtual media. Virtual media emulate the physical hardware with the goal of reducing or

eliminating the management and hardware issues associated with physical media. By eliminating ...