Continuous Data Protection

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Tipcast - Continuous data protection: Near vs. Real CDP? by FalconStor Software
the differences between continuous data protection and near-continuous data protection, and highlights the evolution of near-CDP. This tipcast also discusses the pros and cons of true continuous data protection. This PDF of a recent tipcast highlights the...
Book Chapter: SAN for Dummies Chapter 14 Continuous Data Protection by FalconStor Software
In this chapter on Continuous Data Protection, you will learn how to use recent technical innovations to instantaneously recover data while enhancing overall data protection to make it faster, easier and more efficient. In this chapter on Continuous Data...
Tipcast: Do you really need continuous data protection? by FalconStor Software
gives an in-depth overview of continuous data protection (CDP). Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) that CDP products typically deliver is discussed in this tipcast, as well as how existing data protection software works with CDP. Continuous...
Continuous Data Protection (CDP) Strategies for the Enterprise by Symantec Corporation
for your organization. Continuous data protection (CDP) has become a traditional backup and storage system-based replication software. CDP software allows enterprise CIOs to eliminate or reduce backup and recovery times. This expert webcast presentation will...
Presentation Transcript: Continuous Data Protection (CDP) Strategies for the Enterprise by Symantec Corporation
for your organization. Continuous data protection (CDP) has become a traditional backup and storage system-based replication software. CDP software allows enterprise CIOs to eliminate or reduce backup and recovery times. This presentation will discuss the pros and...
IT Download: Symantec Backup Exec 12.5 by Symantec Corporation
based environments. Continuous data protection and patent-pending Granular Recovery Technology for critical Microsoft applications helps to ensure that business critical data is always protected and efficiently restored in seconds.

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Do you really need continuous data protection? by FalconStor Software
Continuous data protection (CDP) represents the future of data backup as companies look to provide near real-time recovery points to enterprise applications. However, CDP software is still in various stages of development, while near-CDP...
Webcast: IT Disaster Recovery - Data Domain and Simply Continuous by Data Domain
with Data Domain to provide offsite data protection and recovery services based on Data Domain deduplication storage. This joint solution offers customers an easy way to transition off of tape and provides a path to true IT disaster recovery. This on-demand webcast...
ESG Lab Validation Report: Dell PowerVault DL2000 - Backup to Disk Appliance by Dell, Inc.
appliance that offers reliable data protection with file level data deduplication and fast, drill-down recovery. The Dell PowerVault DL2000 Powered by CommVault is a customer-installable, fully integrated backup to disk appliance that offers reliable...
Enabling Enterprise Tape Library Support for Microsoft DPM 2007 Using FalconStor VTL by FalconStor Software
Manager 2007 is designed to provide continuous data protection for Windows-based servers, with additional features for business-specific Microsoft workloads such as SQL Server and SharePoint. Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 is designed to...
Continuous Data Protection: Near vs. Real CDP by FalconStor Software
business results.

Continuous data protection (CDP) represents the future of data backup as companies look to provide near real-time recovery points to enterprise applications. However, CDP software is still in various stages of development, while near-CDP...

Storage Magazine Online May 2009: Put Dedupe to the Test by SearchStorage.com
tips, four-tier storage design, and Continuous Data Protection (CDP). Deduplication is the 'it' backup technology in 2009. But, different dedupe apps can yield very different results. In this month's Storage Magazine Online cover story, our resident backup expert, W. Curtis Preston...
Enhancing Operational Recovery with TimeData™ CDP by Double-Take Software
a fast and efficient software-based Continuous Data Protection (CDP) product, TimeData, which allows companies to easily recover their data from any point in time. When an organization depends on its data, the challenge is to be able to recover that data with the minimal amount of data...
Changing the Rules of Backup for Windows Environments by FalconStor Software
Peter Eicher as he discusses how continuous data protection (CDP) can change the way backup and recovery works for you as well as Falconstor solutions for your storage challenges. Traditional storage methodologies for Windows environments are evolving. Join Product...
Presentation Transcript: Changing the Rules of Backup and Disaster Recovery by FalconStor Software
Eichers as they explore common data protection challenges and what technologies can be used to address them. Join Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston and Falconstor's Product Marketing Manager Peter Eichers as they explore:
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Continuous Data Protection by FalconStor Software
an increasingly attractive data protection and backup option for organizations today. But is CDP right for your business? In this presentation transcript, backup guru W. Curtis Preston answers such questions as:
  • What is CDP and how does it work?
  • Can you compare CDP
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Product Demo: Attractive, All-Inclusive Storage Platforms for SMB's by EMC Corporation
to disk, replication, continuous data protection, and deduplication across physical and virtual environments. NetWorker's versatility makes it the ideal backup software for every environment, from large data centers to remote offices.

In this video, Michael Wilke...

Enterprise Data Protection and Recovery - The Why, The How, and Who To Go To by Iron Mountain Digital
An effective data protection and recovery strategy not only restores data that has been destroyed, or misplaced but also prevents it from falling into the wrong hands. Read this white paper to learn tips for implementing a stable data...
How to Protect Your Enterprise's Critical Data Wherever It Is by Iron Mountain Digital
all of your company's backup and data protection needs, read this white paper to discover tips and advice for creating a comprehensive data protection strategy and solutions that can help you accomplish this. There is more data in your organization than ever...
Case Study: Real estate services firm leverages FalconStor solutions to ensure data availability and optimize support for clients and end users by FalconStor Software
make storage consolidation and data protection one of the IT team's highest priorities. "We are totally reliant on data held in Microsoft SQL and Oracle databases to deliver the services we provide to our clients," said Mansoor Rahaman, CBRE's Chief Technology Officer...
Holistic and Efficient Protection for Oracle Databases with FalconStor CDP by FalconStor Software
44; FalconStor® Continuous Data Protector™ (CDP) optimizes application and data availability as well as storage management capabilities. This white paper explains how FalconStor CDP delivers a comprehensive backup, restore, and recovery...
Podcast: Changing the Rules of Backup: Go Beyond Virtual Tape Library for Accelerating Your Backup by FalconStor Software
the primary means of protecting data. And despite decades of technology development in this area, challenges remain. This podcast will discuss methods for backing up data and the relative performance characteristics of each method. For most IT...
Guide to Reducing the Risk of Costly Data Breaches: The 3 Pillars of Data Protection by Iron Mountain Digital
153; and Connected® Backup/PC data protection solutions can be utilized to create total security solution in accordance with Iron Mountain's "Three Pillars" of data protection. The purpose of this White Paper is to assist Iron Mountain customers and technical...
FalconStor Continuous Data Protector by FalconStor Software
Enter the HP Solutions Demo portal for an interactive flash demo and overview on FalconStor CDP with HP Solutions. Enter the HP Solutions Demo portal for an interactive flash demo and overview on FalconStor CDP with HP Solutions...
Demo: Connected® Online Backup for Desktop/Laptop by Iron Mountain Digital
With PC data protection from Iron Mountain, your organization can extend the reach of current data protection policies to effectively protect data stored on PCs. With PC data protection from Iron Mountain, your organization can...
Data Protection Strategies Leveraging Replication: An In-Depth Look at Evaluation Criteria and Usage Scenarios by Double-Take Software
This paper examines four data protection strategies and compares their merits for the most common business continuance scenarios. As dependence on continuous access to critical data grows, so does the importance of avoiding service interruption. This...
Getting Back to Business: Speed of Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Begins with Adequate Levels of Protection by BakBone Software
most common approaches to Exchange data protection and effective ways to meet and manage Exchange RTO and RPO requirements. Today's thriving Microsoft Exchange environments handle large volumes of business communications that represent the fabric of a company's...
Nexsan iSeries™ - Enterprise Class iSCI SAN by Nexsan Technologies
Data is growing exponentially in size and complexity, challenging organizations to improve how they store, manage, access and protect all their data without increasing resources. Nexsan iSeries overcomes these...
Related Best Practices
How to implement snapshots
recovering files that they're not authorized to access.

Integrate snapshots into the broader data protection scheme

Evaluate the importance of your snapshots and determine the level of data protection that is appropriate for your snapshot data. RAID 5 or even RAID 6 protection is usually adequate in the snapshot storage system itself, while some organizations take it... More...

How to implement disk-to-disk backups
as backup targets. Storage space is finite, which can limit the allowable retention period for data. Data reduction technologies like data deduplication and delta differencing can dramatically extend the effective storage capacity. Also, indexing and search are can be valuable when rapid file organization and location are needed. Below are a series of best... More...
How to improve tape backup performance and reliability

Use data backup tools to locate bottlenecks

Experts point to a growing number of backup and data protection management tools that can analyze backup traffic and highlight potential problem areas. For example, you might identify tape as your data bottleneck and spend significant capital dollars for upgrades and other changes -- only to discover that the problem was... More...

FAQ's
Data protection FAQ
any unexpected developments in the data protection market?

One is in the continuous data protection (CDP) space. When vendors started selling products in this space, they were primarily selling what we would call an enterprise CDP-type of solution. There would be an appliance sitting in a network collecting data off of a very large... More...

Tape Encryption FAQ
continuity and disaster recovery planning services, and corporate data protection. How can you protect your tapes once they leave your hands? Pierre Dorion, Data Center Practice Director with Long View Systems Inc., answers today's most common tape encryption questions. His answers are also available as an MP3... More...
Do you think data should be deduplicated while the backup is occurring or after it is complete?
to this. There's the post-processing architecture that accepts all the data incoming and then stores the data on disk. Then, there is the more common in-line architecture.

Personally, I'm more in the post-processing camp right now. I'm trying to fully understand the benefits of doing it in-line. My concern at the... More...