| | | | | volumes in the latter stage. |
| How can tapes be duplicated? | | | | |
| Tapes of any size and format can be duplicated. | | | | - Dual partition tapes: Greater block sizes of tape |
| This can be done by using MediaMerge/PC (MM | | | | duplication is possible when the input and output |
| PC). It has tools to duplicate the tape, either from | | | | media allows it. The blocks can be as large as |
| one tape to another or by storing the memory in | | | | 64K. Dual partition tapes can also be duplicated in |
| the hard drive temporarily. The filemarks and | | | | this way. |
| block size of the duplicated tape is exactly the | | | | |
| same as the former. It is also feasible to duplicate | | | | - Repetition several times: For the purpose of |
| a tape into any other media like DAT to Exabyte. | | | | distribution, tape duplication involves repetition |
| Tape Duplication Service Center: | | | | many times over. Tape duplication order may be |
| Tape duplication can be done at the service | | | | for small or large amounts. In case of client |
| centers and also by purchasing the product. But | | | | demanding a small amount of tape duplication, the |
| there is an inherent risk of purchasing the product | | | | Tape Duplication Service takes hardly one day. |
| since you may not be able to copy the tape | | | | This however varies when the order is larger. |
| properly. tape duplication services guarantees | | | | |
| authentic and efficient duplication of your tape. | | | | - Disaster recovery: There is a process called |
| Step by step process of tape duplication: | | | | disaster recovery. In this process of tape |
| | | | | duplication, a copy of the tape is stored in the |
| - Monitoring the tapes: At first the labels of the | | | | building other than at the building where your |
| tape are monitored and changed according to the | | | | Personal Computer is located. This is done as a |
| requirement. This is done in order to ensure multi | | | | protective measure so that in case of fire, |
| volume copying, stacking single tape to many and | | | | tornado or any other disaster, the data remains |
| vice versa or multiple tapes to multiple tapes. The | | | | safe. |
| duplication of a tape can also be done without | | | | |
| changing the tablet of a multivolume tape. | | | | - Media Duplication Service: If your old tapes are |
| | | | | getting older and they are worn out with regular |
| - Maintaining a log: A log is required to be | | | | use, then the best way is tape duplication. |
| maintained while preparing the duplicated tape. The | | | | Sometimes, the tapes become unreadable and |
| log of various block sizes is maintained. In the log, | | | | degrade due to environmental conditions. Old |
| filemarks and the different ways in which the | | | | tapes are duplicated and your data can |
| tapes have been stacked is stored. This is done in | | | | henceforth be stored anew. |
| order to extract the individual datasets or | | | | |