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Transforming Your Backup Through Data De-Duplication by Quantum Corporation
to become part of a complete backup and retention solution set that also includes conventional disk backup, tape, replication, and encryption. Quantum's solutions allow data de-duplication technology to become part of a complete backup...
Complete Data Protection for VMware Virtual Infrastructure by Hewlett-Packard Company
to manage and deploy an effective backup strategy in a VMware Virtual Infrastructure. Rapid adoption of server virtualization accelerates the deployment of high-utilization VMs, which in turn increases storage capacity usage. These changes are forcing...
Tape Backup Performance and Reliability Best Practices by Dell | EqualLogic
best practices related to tape backup performance and reliability, troubleshooting automated tape libraries, and managing long term tape archives. This document discusses best practices related to tape backup performance and reliability,...
Business Value of Streamlining and Automating Data and System Protection for Small and Mid-sized Organization by Symantec Corporation
Backup Exec System Recovery supports the recovery of systems from complete disaster, system corruption, and failed upgrades or application installations and it simplifies complete hardware migrations. Data or system...
Using the F5 Acopia ARX for Automated Storage Tiering by F5 Networks
solution provides an automated tiering approach, without the drawbacks associated with other solutions. The amount of file data in the enterprise is growing at unprecedented rates. In addition, data is being retained for longer periods of time...
Always Be Open for Business: iSeminar by Oracle Corporation
comprehensive data protection and backup functionality to guard against potential losses from a wide range of internal and external threats.

Consolidating data -- Dispersed data can lower productivity and operational efficiency. Creating a single,...
Securing Data Stored on Tape with Encryption: How to Choose the Right Encryption Key Management Solution by Quantum Corporation
each year-many of them on backup tapes-businesses must take steps to improve data confidentiality and integrity. Luckily, the data encryption capabilities built into every Quantum LTO-4 tape drive can help organizations prevent a costly...
Cisco Storage Media Encryption: Meeting the Security Challenge by Cisco Systems, Inc.
data via theft of disk drives, loss of backup tapes, and security breaches from inside the firewalls. This white paper details a heterogeneous, standards-based encryption solution for data at rest with comprehensive built-in key-management features that...
Optimizing Storage in VDI Environments by Storage Decisions and i365, A Seagate Company
and updates, performance, backup and recovery, and management visibility. VDI-Optimized Storage dramatically improves boot performance and has greater VDI scalability. The benefits of VDI-Optimized Storage are significant savings in storage...
Optimizing Storage in VDI Environments by SearchStorage.com
updates, performance, backup and recovery, and management visibility. VDI-Optimized Storage dramatically improves boot performance and has greater VDI scalability. The benefits of VDI-Optimized Storage are significant savings in...
Recovery Manager for Active Directory by Quest Software
Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory offers an easy-to-use solution for fast, granular, online recovery of Active Directory (AD) in the event of inadvertent modification of AD due to software failure or human error. Quest Recovery Manager for Active Directory is an advanced administrative system that facilitates account and...
Better Business Continuity with VMware Virtual Infrastructure by Hewlett-Packard Company
VMware virtual infrastructure software helps organizations increase availability by reducing both planned and unplanned downtime. VMware virtual infrastructure software helps organizations increase availability by reducing both planned and unplanned downtime.

Most data center downtime is typically planned...
Using Disk-based Backup for Better Backups and Restores by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
Camera and how they overcame their backup woes through an efficient disk-based backup solution. Concord Camera Corp. designs, develops, manufactures and markets, popularly priced, easy-to- use image capture products. The IT staff at Concord Camera was...
Global Data Deduplication Results with NetBackup PureDisk by Symantec Corporation
and to more efficiently centralize backup data to multiple sites for assured disaster recovery. Veritas NetBackup PureDisk from Symantec uses data deduplication technology to help customers address these data protection challenges.

At the heart of...
The Power of Disk-based Backup with Symantec Backup Exec by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
have benefited from using Symantec Backup Exec along with the ExaGrid system for cost-effective disk-based backup with data de-duplication. Four such companies are profiled here. Symantec Backup Exec users may be surprised how quickly they can have their...
General Backup Purchasing Considerations by Quantum Corporation
of evaluating and purchasing backup products. Also discussed are the issues to be aware of during this process, such as recovery deadlines, scalability, security, and more. The process of evaluating and purchasing backup products can be an intimidating...
10 Best Practices for Archiving by Quest Software
Using an automated archive solution offers companies a way to capture a variety of data types and mange the data for compliance and litigation readiness. The explosion of electronically stored information and e-mail, in...
Konica Minolta Reduces Backup Window, Improves Disaster Recovery Strategy with ExaGrid by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
their disaster recovery and backup operations with a disk-based backup system from Exagrid. Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc. is a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies. The firm's IT staff had been backing up all of its data...
Recovery Manager for SharePoint by Quest Software
recovery of anything in the backup of your SharePoint content database—individual documents, lists, document libraries, sites, workspaces. It restores all information stored in the databases, including alerts, permissions, metadata and custom views...
Magnum Semiconductor Cuts Backup Costs in Half, Reduces Backup Time by 80% with ProtecTIER™ by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
their hardware.

Based on keeping backup data on the storage array for a 60-day retention time, Intellistore was confident these combined solutions would allow Magnum to save 50% over their current tape backup costs. Not ruling out tape altogether,...
Time to Rethink Backup and Recovery - Virtualization Changes the Paradigm by Vizioncore Inc.
This raises the bar for backup and recovery applications like vRanger Pro. Virtualization is becoming more widely used and accepted. As the level of use rises, experienced users are adopting virtualization to run more of their production...
Virtual Server Backup Explained by Data Domain
gives an overview of virtual server backup and what you need to know to prepare an effective virtual server backup strategy including the available tools, tactics used for deployment, best practices and potential drawbacks. With the ongoing headaches...
Big Files Create Big Backup Issues by Storage Magazine
on a server, completing a successful backup becomes harder. It's a long-standing problem: As data piles up on a server, completing a successful backup becomes harder. Backup apps become bogged down with millions of files to examine, and network and CPU limits can...
Tools to Fine-tune Your Backups by Storage Magazine
tools that work alongside major backup apps help you predict usage patterns and troubleshoot issues. Backup and recovery (B/R) applications do a good job of managing tasks such as job scheduling, tape management, library support, tracking backup data in...
University of St. Thomas implements a tiered storage approach from Quantum, including Data De-duplication Technology to Cut Backup Time in Half by Quantum Corporation
to do something to shorten their backup windows and make everything more reliable and more robust, so they chose Quantum DXi™ appliance. St. Thomas is an independent Catholic liberal arts university with its main campus in St. Paul, Minnesota. They...
VMware® Site Recovery Manager: Automated Disaster Recovery by Hewlett-Packard Company
VMware® Site Recovery Manager makes disaster recovery rapid, reliable and manageable, so that organizations can meet their recovery objectives. VMware Site Recovery Manager is a pioneering disaster recovery management and automation solution for VMware Infrastructure. Site Recovery Manager accelerates recovery by...
The Benefits of Second Generation Disk-Based Backup Technology by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
and second generation disk-based backup systems. The question of how to effectively back up data has been plaguing IT departments for years. To date, magnetic tape has been the medium of choice because it is inexpensive and easy to transport offsite for...
Data Deduplication Methodologies: Byte-level vs. Block Level Deduplication by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
data deduplication in a disk-based backup system. Read this white paper to learn more. Though data deduplication technologies have been around for years, there is a renewed focus on them recently as they are being utilized by products in the disk-based backup...
Satisfying the 7 Requirements of Cost-Effective Disk-based Backup by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
scalable, cost-effective disk-based backup solution that works with your existing backup application. Learn how it satisfies the 7 requirements of cost-effective disk-based backup and the advantages it has over other solutions. Organizations today cannot...
Morningstar Invests in ExaGrid, Gains Better Backups by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
full backups of up to 18TB, its backup windows had grown out of control to overcome it they use ExaGrid solution. Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia and Asia. Morningstar...
Related Best Practices
How to implement snapshots
It can take up to 12 hours or more to process a full backup job and move the entire backup volume to tape or disk. For many companies, that's just too much time. IT departments can use snapshots to capture entire storage environments, or simply track changes to the state of mission-critical systems. Snapshots can establish... More...
How to implement disk-to-disk backups
As capacities grow and costs per gigabyte shrink, disk is being used as a backup storage target more frequently. Disk offers far better performance than tape systems, allowing for faster data transfers as well as greater long-term reliability. Disk can accept complete backup volumes, as well as simple file copies. For example, backup software... More...
How to improve tape backup performance and reliability
The role of tape is clearly changing, shifting away from everyday data backup and moving toward deep archiving or offsite storage, but tape is still an important element of many data centers. Storage professionals must contend with concerns about tape performance and reliability that have remained almost unchanged for decades. In spite... More...
FAQ's
How can you ease encryption key management issues?
do this for you and you don't want to have to copy it anywhere.

For example, a backup product like Tivoli Storage Manager is fully integrated with IBM's LTO-4, so the backup product would take care of key management. This is an ideal set up because you don't want to have to worry about another component taking care of... More...

Backup reporting FAQ
The old joke, "The backup is fine -- it's the restore that doesn't work," is all too often true. But tools designed specifically to monitor and report on backups can help eliminate those restore surprises. Lauren Whitehouse, analyst with the Enterprise... More...
Are there any alternatives to server-free backup that address the same problems?
advent of CDP and near-CDP has created real alternatives to server-free backup. And, I think the large ISVs are agreeing with that. Many, if not most, of them have either acquired CDP technology or they are writing it themselves.

With a large server, I don't have enough time in the day or enough CPU cycles to back up... More...