When you're storing mission-critical data for the long term, durability alone isn't enough. The real question is can you reliably recover that data when you need it?
This white paper explains why erasure coding — dividing data into fragments, generating parity fragments, and distributing them across devices or nodes — works well in disk-based storage environments, but introduces significant risk in tape-based systems.
In this white paper, you’ll learn:
- Why durability and recoverability are both critical for long-term archives
- Why applying erasure coding to tape is a category error
- Why replication remains the most reliable protection model for tape-based archives
- How data-protection strategies must align with the storage medium
When archive value matters most, the real measure of success is recoverability.
Read this white paper to learn how choosing the right protection model for the right storage medium ensures your data remains accessible for decades.
