• Tape backup has been around for more than 25 years, but still has a 50% failure rate.

• More than 50% of employees back up their data to a mis-configured tape backup system.

• More than 34% of employees do not test their backups. Of the remaining employees that do test, 77% find their tape backup has failed to recover (Storage Magazine).

• Nearly 50% of tape-based backups (or backup systems) fail to restore correctly (Gartner Group) .

• Tapes wear out, but give you no visual indication that they no longer work.

• Tape drives are expensive and difficult to replace; new tapes cost $50 to $180 per unit and should be rotated out of service monthly.

• To be effective, tape backup needs to be run daily, but it's easy to miss a day (or a week).

• People forget to rotate the tapes, and tapes are rarely taken and stored offsite.

70% Of Businesses That Suffer A Major Data Loss Are Out Of Business Within 18 Months.

(Source: DTI)