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Overcoming the Challenges of Tape with a Disk-Based Backup Solution by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
of ExaGrid's disk-based backup system with data de-duplication and compression vs. tape and standard SATA disk. Many organizations use tape to back up data nightly. Tape is fairly inexpensive and low-tech, but managing and administering tape...
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...
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 and...
ESI Risk Management Part I Best Practices for IT by Google
services continue to target backup tapes. A sure way to reduce the need to make this argument is to be proactive. Evaluate your historical data ahead of litigation. Identify business records on the media, move it to an archive and apply the appropriate...
Data Deduplication Made Simple by Data Domain
and the implications go far beyond backup applications. Take this opportunity to learn the key differences between deduplication technologies available today. Data deduplication is rapidly becoming a core fundamental of any storage system, and the...
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...
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...
Thomas & King Serves up Improved Backups with ExaGrid by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
company was able to improve their backup operations with disk-based backup solutions. Read this white paper to learn more about these solutions and the benefits they deliver. Thomas & King is the eighth-largest restaurant franchise company in the US. With...
ESG - A Compelling Disk Backup Story by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
white paper explores how disk-based backup has emerged and why it is so critical in today's storage environments. Read this white paper to also learn how one company has blossomed in the disk market and the products they offer. Over the past few years, disk-based...
Disaster Recovery Basics by Dell and Microsoft
This expert Podcast will answer frequently asked questions about disaster recovery. This expert Podcast will answer frequently asked questions about disaster recovery. After listening to this podcast you will know more about the basics of disaster recovery and get expert insights into questions, such as:

  • Are tape backups a thing of...
    Using Tape Virtualization to Improve Backup Performance by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
    leveraged to produce an optimized backup infrastructure. Virtual tape library (VTL) technology is arguably the easiest way to introduce disk into a tapebased backup infrastructure. A VTL is a set of disks that emulate tape; you see a disk array, your backup...
    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...
    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...
    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,...
    Tips for Protecting the Edge: Remote-Office Data Protection by Overland Storage
    from the main data center. Date backup and recovery of remote offices is an ongoing challenge to the storage team due to issues such as lack of qualified staff or inefficient equipment. This Tipcast gives IT professionals an effective way to incorporate...
    Enterprise-ready VTLs by Storage Magazine
    addition to their disk-based backup. By storing data to disk rather than tape, the VTL speeds data backup and retrieval without requiring users to change their existing backup processes. This is because, to the backup server and backup application, the...
    Business Continuity No Longer out of Reach by Dell | EqualLogic
    44; SMBs were restricted to making backup tapes and carting them to the storage administrator's basement for safe keeping.

    This paper looks at how any company can create an affordable infrastructure that delivers the full spectrum of protection - from simple...
    VTL Data Management Issues by Storage Magazine
    disk libraries become the primary backup target for near-term data recoveries, storage managers are exploring new ways to exploit tape's strengths: high capacity, low cost and mobility. Disk is the best medium for fast backups and recoveries, but tape is often...
    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,...
    The Advantages of Deduplication-Based Disk Systems for Onsite Backup Storage by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
    for companies using tape backup to move to deduplication-based disk systems for onsite backup storage. This PowerPoint presentation is from a Storage Decisions session (New York 2008) that explores how, although disk systems are cheaper than...
    Disk-based Data Protection Options: The Changing Data Protection Landscape by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
    primary disk storage data was to backup that data onto one or more magnetic tapes on a daily basis. Magnetic tape will continue to play a critical role in data protection, offering the lowest cost storage medium for maintaining offsite backup data and...
    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...
    IT Briefing: Data Deduplication and Disk Backups: An End-User's Guide to Success by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
    job of backing up to disk. Tape-based backup solutions are fraught with problems. Restore time from tape is prohibitive and tape proliferation is a concern. These problems can be solved by backing up to disk; data deduplication reduces the size of the backup...
    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...
    US AFB Implements ProtecTIER™ — Cuts Backup Time by 50 Percent While Maximizing the Use of Existing Storage Resources by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
    decided to address growing backup and restore problems, they turned to protecTIER. Organizations performing services for the U.S. Government are held accountable for meeting strict standards as part of the services they provide. When engineers for...
    Backup & Recovery by SearchStorage.com
    How do you decide which type of backup drive to purchase? There are only eight critical decision factors, and this paper covers each of these factors in detail. How do you decide which type of backup drive to purchase? There are big drives, small drives,...
    Moving to Disk-based Backup? Seven Key Questions to Ask by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
    considering a move to disk-based backup. Dealing with tape is cumbersome and time consuming, however with the cost of SATA falling dramatically; backing up to disk has become a reality for IT departments of all sizes.

    As you may know, backing up to disk...
    Disk-Based Backup and Recovery: Making Sense of Your Options by Datalink/NetApp
    enhanced data recovery (disk-based backup) architectures and provides guidance on how to determine whether or not those architectures would be an overall fit within the IT infrastructure. Data and storage requirements are growing at unbelievable rates...
    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 meets...
    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...
    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
    Server-free backup FAQ podcast
    W. Curtis Preston discusses how server-free backup works, pros and cons of server-free backup, the server-free backup market today, and alternatives to this complicated approach to backing up large data sets.

    Check out the entire Server-free Backup FAQ.

    W. Curtis Preston is the vice... More...

    Who needs a backup reporting tool?
    Any organization that performs a regular backup can use visibility into those processes, which they're not likely to get with a backup application that has some basic reporting capabilities, such as log files.

    If you're looking at backup reporting tools, you might be in an... More...

    Server-free backup FAQ
    Not too long ago, server-free backup was the best option for backing up large data sets. However, there are some legitimate alternatives available today. W. Curtis Preston discusses how server-free backup works, pros and cons of server-free backup, the server-free... More...