Client/Server and Tape Backup: Vanishing Technologies?
In an article titled, "Submerging Technologies: Five That Are Sinking Fast", Computerworld Magazine lists six current IT systems that may be disappearing within the next few years.
Two of them are:
Quote: CLIENT/SERVER COMPUTING
Why it's sinking: Two-tier computing with fat clients had its day, but there are now better ways to distribute data and computing power for flexibility, ease of maintenance and business continuity.
The original client/server scheme—where the application's visual presentation and business logic reside on the desktop, and data resides on a server—is an idea whose time has passed. It's being replaced by Web browser clients, n-tier systems and Web services.
and
Quote: TAPE BACKUP
Why it's sinking: Tape is cheap, but disk technology is closing the cost gap. For day-to-day backups, disk-to-disk systems that use inexpensive ATA technology make sense.
Although magnetic tape's cost per megabyte will give it a role in keeping archival records for years to come, better technologies and techniques are eroding tape's dominance for day-to-day backup and recovery tasks. "It will be replaced by other kinds of protection, like journaling and/or replication, snapshots or point-in-time copies"...
Both of these changes could make a lot of difference in how server rooms, ISPs, and business networks are run. Does anyone have any comments to add?
mairving posted this at 18:24 — 23rd October 2003.
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I can't say that I agree much with either of those. C/S is still going strong especially at the small/medium business level. Things in the Enterprise level or changing somewhat. Tape backup is still what I recommend again at the small/medium business level. The reason is simple that you have something that can be stored offsite in the event of a catasprophe, it's cheap, generally reliable and easy to recover. We use a Sony AIT-3 drive at works that works great.
Of course, neither of these thoughts are new. They have been saying both for years while growth continues with each.
Mark Irving
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