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Functionality
Fixed drive
Removable media
You can set the option to clean up the archive "When
there is insufficient space while backing up" within the
Custom (p. 69) backup scheme.
Yes
No
Simplified naming (p. 77) of backup files...
...is unavailable.
...is always used.
You can replicate backups (p. 99) to the removable
device.
Yes
No
You can replicate backups from the removable device.
No
No
An archive with several full backups can be created.
Yes
No. Before creating a
new full backup, the
software will delete the
entire archive and start
a new one.
You can delete any backup of any archive.
Yes
No. You can delete only
a backup that does not
have dependent
backups.
Since the removable device mode determines the naming scheme for backup files, the Name backup
files using the archive name... check box does not appear when the backup destination is a
removable device.
7.4 Tape devices
The following sections describe in detail how to use tape devices for storing backup archives.
You can work with tape devices only if you have Acronis Backup Advanced.
7.4.1 What is a tape device?
A tape device is a generic term that means a tape library or a stand-alone tape drive.
A tape library (robotic library) is a high-capacity storage device that contains:
one or more tape drives
multiple (up to several thousand) slots to hold tapes
one or more changers (robotic mechanisms) intended to move the tapes between the slots and
the tape drives.
It may also contain other components such as barcode readers or barcode printers.
An autoloader is a particular case of tape libraries. It contains one drive, several slots, a changer and
a barcode reader (optional).
A stand-alone tape drive (also called streamer) contains one slot and can hold only one tape at a
time.
7.4.2 Overview of tape support
Acronis Backup agents can back up data to a tape device directly or through Acronis Backup Storage
Node (p. 19). In either case, fully automatic operation of the tape device is ensured. When a tape