Because there is more to tape management than you ever realized https://rtfm.tapetrack.com/ 2026-04-06T05:51:02+00:00 https://rtfm.tapetrack.com/ https://rtfm.tapetrack.com/_media/logo.png text/html 2025-01-21T22:07:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rtfm.tapetrack.com/dictionary/operators?rev=1737497272&do=diff Operators An operator is a term applied to a person who physically handles Volumes in the process of data backup. Operators are usually responsible for: * Inserting or removing Volumes from robotic tape libraries * Sending to or receiving Volumes from offsite storage text/html 2025-01-21T22:07:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rtfm.tapetrack.com/dictionary/scratch_tape?rev=1737497272&do=diff Scratch Tapes A scratch tape is a magnetic data storage tape that is either new (blank) or contains expired data and can be written over. dictionary text/html 2025-01-21T22:07:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://rtfm.tapetrack.com/dictionary/virtual_library?rev=1737497272&do=diff Virtual Libraries A virtual tape library is a system consisting of hard disk drives that looks (to software) and acts like a physical tape library. Virtual tape libraries are typically used for backup and data archiving purposes. The array of disks are presented to the backup software as a tape library.