Tape backup systems are the most common data backup method in use today.

Tape Drives and the actual tape media are infamous for unpredictable failure. 34% of businesses fail to test their tape backups, and of those that do, 77% have found failures.

Backup Tapes usually stay on-site, so in the event of a catastrophe such as fire, flood, tornado or theft, there is a good chance that your backup data would not survive.

Tape Backup systems require manual intervention... someone needs to change the tape and most times, manually start the backup routine. Backing up your data should be a daily routine but having to take time out of your day to perform this task usually means that most of the time it doesn't get done.

Time involved to perform backup or restore procedures using Tape Backup systems is expressed in hours...
For Online Backup systems it is expressed in minutes.

Given the overall lack of reliability of tape backup, an affordable, automatic and reliable Online Backup system is the perfect solution!