Data Backup

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Sun's Reference Architecture for Next-Generation Data Backup by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
for next-generation data backup using Symantec NetBackup software. The Sun reference architecture for next-generation data backup, powered by the Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 server and using Symantec NetBackup 6.5.2 software, provides an...
Using Snapshots in Your Data Backup Strategy by Dell | EqualLogic
the use of snapshots in your data backup strategy, as well as a new snapshot product offering from EqualLogic to simplify your backup projects. This document discusses the use of snapshots in your data backup strategy, as well as a new snapshot product...
Centralized Data Backup and Your WAN by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
strategy for combining WAN-based backup with wide-area data services (WDS) solutions. Is your organization prepared to tackle the massive challenge of protecting your data in a cost effective and timely manner? With a growing number of branch offices,...
Enterprise-ready VTLs by Storage Magazine
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 VTL looks like a traditional tape library. Benefits include...
Data Protection Using Premium Features: PowerVault™ MD3000 and MD3000i by Dell, Inc.
provide real-world benefits for data backup and data management.

The Virtual Disk Snapshot premium feature includes the following capabilities:
  • 1) Data protection by providing a readily available point-in-time image that reduces restore time,
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Simplifying SharePoint Backup and Recovery by Quest Software
native utilities for SharePoint data backup and recovery - they're useful in some situations, but limited in others.

In this new white paper, learn more about these native tools - including a key weakness - and what role they should play in your SharePoint backup and...
Data Deduplication Methodologies: Byte-level vs. Block Level Deduplication by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
why one solution's byte-level data deduplication outperforms in-line block-level 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...
Backup Express and Novell Open Enterprise Server: A Business Continuity Model for OES Migration by Syncsort
migration might complicate the data backup and recovery processes for your organization.

This white paper offers technical and tactical guidelines to assess whether your backup/recovery plans successfully assure that business-critical data and...
Sun Microsystems Open Storage and SSD Resource Center by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
This resource center is a one stop shop for all of your storage research needs around Open Storage and SSD (solid state drive). Here you will find expert editorial content as well as technical resources, business resources and free trial downloads. In this resource center get a more in-depth understanding of technologies, problems and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Converging System and Data Protection in Windows Environments by Symantec Corporation
this whitepaper learn how Symantec Backup Exec12 for Windows Servers and Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 are complementary solutions that deliver complete Windows based data and system protection and recovery. Symantec Backup Exec 12 for Windows...
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...
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...
Recovery Manager for SharePoint by Quest Software
system. Get your business-critical data back online before the entire server farm comes back. Recovery Manager for SharePoint provides granular recovery of anything in the backup of your SharePoint content database—individual documents, lists...
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...
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...
Tools to Fine-tune Your Backups by Storage Magazine
library support, tracking backup data in catalogs and supporting a variety of backup media, including disks. But B/R applications fall short when it comes to advanced capacity reporting, predicting usage patterns, performance tuning, troubleshooting...
Are Full Backups a Thing of the Past? by Storage Magazine
dead, but tools like continuous data protection and snapshots can reduce a company's dependence on full backups without compromising data protection. I recently helped a Fortune 100 client evaluate continuous data protection (CDP) products and was...
Backup and Recovery: The Benefits of Multiple De-duplication Policies by Quantum Corporation
of each, shows how different backup tasks are likely to benefit from them, and talks about the business benefits. Data de-duplication systems, which in the past have required that users apply one de-duplication methodology to all of their jobs...
Windows Enterprise Data Protection with Backup Exec - Best Practices for Implementing a Centralized SAN-Based Infrastructure by Symantec Corporation
Symantec Backup Exec 12 for Windows servers gives Windows based organizations a flexible, powerful solution they need to efficiently manage backups and restores across a distributed organization. Symantec Backup Exec 12 for...
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...
Disk-based Data Protection Options: The Changing Data Protection Landscape by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
medium for maintaining offsite backup data and long term archive data.

But in the last few years, the rapidly falling cost of SATA magnetic disk technology has come closer to the cost of magnetic tape, making it a viable option for specific data protection...
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...
Related Best Practices
How to implement snapshots
(RPOs) by supporting more frequent recovery points. When properly implemented, snapshot data can be used to restore lost files or recover from more substantial data loss. Features like data deduplication are also appearing in snapshots to reduce disk storage requirements, allowing for many more snapshots and longer retention periods. Below are a series... 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
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
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 organizations using the same tools to back up virtual server environments that they have in the past?
do is deploy the same type of environment in which they are installing a backup agent inside of the guest OS or inside the virtual machine itself. There are other instances in which people are using the server virtualization vendor tools; these tools complement the backup process. Some people are writing... More...
Can you perform a backup of a virtual machine when it is live?
are. You can take a virtual machine image, and you can take a snapshot or backup of that while the virtual machine is still writing to that image. But, that's like walking up to a server and pulling the plug, then plugging it back in, hitting the power button and hoping it turns back on. Often times it works, the... More...