By the late 1990s, personal computer tape backup was largely abandoned due to CD-ROMs and the Internet. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

It is one of two new virtual tape libraries ... appliance compared to hardware appliances, the right choice for customers depends on a number of factors, including backup performance requirements ...

Although tape libraries are still widely supported ... amount of data and software compression rates of software or hardware backup devices. Reports can also flag exceptions to data.