CD-R / CD-RW / CD-ROM

Have you ever tried to recover a server? How long can you afford to have your email server out of commission? When a network server fails, due to human error, hardware failure or even a major disaster, the system must be carefully recovered before the applications and backed-up data can be restored. This is a manual, error-prone, and time-consuming process. This White Paper tells you how VERITAS automates the process to deliver rapid server recovery with the Backup Exec Intelligent Disaster Recovery Option. It reduces the time and cost of restoring a server, and helps reduce the overall impact to your business tech news

Some of the most significant products brought to market have been hybrids. Toshiba's CD-RW/ DVD-ROM drives combine the write ability of a CD-Rewritable (CD-RW) drive with the multimedia playback and high capacity storage of a DVD-ROM. With its low-cost rewriteable media, and backward compatibility to read virtually all types of CD's. The Combination drives provide customers with a sound investment and an effortless transition from CD to DVD. Prior to the introduction of the Combination CD-RW/DVD, consumers were forced to choose between either a CD or DVD drive when purchasing a computer, or paying the added price for two drives. Listening to its customers, Toshiba came up with a solution that combines the best of both worlds - customers no longer have to choose one or the other. tech news

Many configurations for storage are available, from direct attach storage to clusters to storage area networks. Dell analyzes five models to determine which has the best reliability, availability, and mean time between failures. tech news

Everything you ever wanted to know about Compact Disc-Recordable and CD-ReWritable storage items, but were afraid to ask, will be answered here in this updated & revised version of a 1997 paper on optical storage and CD technology. tech news

Blank discs -- blank on top, not in the data recording area -- are not exactly useless but they can certainly be inconvenient. If you have ever searched through a collection of discs that have not been labeled, looking for one particular disc, or even trying to decide what data is on each of them, and haven't kept them with some external identifying mechanism, such as a labeled jewel box or sleeve, you understand completely why customizing has become an issue of much discussion among users. tech news