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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,...
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...
Centralized Data Backup and Your WAN by Riverbed Technology, Inc.
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, an increasing number...
Enterprise-ready VTLs by Storage Magazine
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 VTL looks like a...
Data Protection Using Premium Features: PowerVault™ MD3000 and MD3000i by Dell, Inc.
and Virtual Disk Copy. These data protection features 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
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Simplifying SharePoint Backup and Recovery by Quest Software
your valuable SharePoint data is critical, but native tools are limited. In this new Quest white paper, discover the strengths and weaknesses of native tools, and how you can extend them. Read this white paper today. For many organizations, SharePoint...
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
whether your business-critical data and applications are protected and available during a migration project. In an ideal world, your organization's routine IT tasks are unhindered by an open server migration project. Yet the complexities of today...
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
are seeking new ways to tackle their data protection challenges. While data growth is not new, the pace of growth has become more rapid, the location of data more dispersed, and the linkage between data sets more complex. Data deduplication offers companies...
Using Disk-based Backup for Better Backups and Restores by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
the company's ability to restore data from tape in the event of an emergency. Finally, this organization realized that disk-based backup was a practical option.

This white paper presents a case study on Concord Camera and how they overcame their backup...
Transforming Your Backup Through Data De-Duplication by Quantum Corporation
Quantum's solutions allow data de-duplication technology 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...
Konica Minolta Reduces Backup Window, Improves Disaster Recovery Strategy with ExaGrid by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
staff had been backing up all of its data onto tape, but with 5TB of data to protect, backup windows were long and relying on tape meant juggling multiple backup jobs with several different backup servers and tape libraries.

Finally, Konica Minolta realized...
Big Files Create Big Backup Issues by Storage Magazine
It's a long-standing problem: As data piles up 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...
General Backup Purchasing Considerations by Quantum Corporation
or upgrade to a larger disk--not with data volumes growing at 60% per year. In addition, as more vendors deliver more backup products to meet specific backup needs, it gets harder for IT organizations to make informed product choices. This backup product buying...
Converging System and Data Protection in Windows Environments by Symantec Corporation
deliver complete Windows based data and system protection and recovery. Symantec Backup Exec 12 for Windows Servers and Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 are complementary solutions that deliver complete Windows based data and system...
The Benefits of Second Generation Disk-Based Backup Technology by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
of how to effectively back up data has been plaguing IT departments for years. This paper will examine the differences between the first and second generation disk-based backup systems. The question of how to effectively back up data has been...
The Power of Disk-based Backup with Symantec Backup Exec by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
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 first backup running on the most cost-effective and scalable disk-based backup...
Recovery Manager for SharePoint by Quest Software
item from across multiple database backups before restoring it. Best of all, you can leverage the backups you already have; no proprietary platforms and no site- or item-level backups required. Leverage Your Existing Backup Infrastructure Recovery Manager for...
Morningstar Invests in ExaGrid, Gains Better Backups by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
44; but with nightly incremental backups of nearly 6TB and weekly 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...
Magnum Semiconductor Cuts Backup Costs in Half, Reduces Backup Time by 80% with ProtecTIER™ by Diligent Technologies Corporation, an IBM Company
daily incrementals and weekly full backups to the VTL system. Fast backups from the VTL to the Quantum tape library could be performed on the back-end, without interruption to production applications. In addition, once a month, the latest full backup of...
Time to Rethink Backup and Recovery - Virtualization Changes the Paradigm by Vizioncore Inc.
processes are causing redundant data to be stored (something we call backup bloat), so virtualization can cause backup and recovery to become more costly and complex with more demands on the network, the need to maintain multiple backup solutions, rising...
Virtual Server Backup Explained by Data Domain
evaluating new ways to backup their data in hopes of developing a more user friendly backup process within the IT department. As more organisations embrace virtualisation, virtual server backup has emerged as a viable solution for storage...
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
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, now provide a choice. For larger backup environments where multiple jobs,...
Windows Enterprise Data Protection with Backup Exec - Best Practices for Implementing a Centralized SAN-Based Infrastructure by Symantec Corporation
confidently manage the explosive data growth and avoid the pitfalls of Windows single server-based backup, all with reduced management requirements. Whether your enterprise requires centralized backup and recovery, license inventory and...
Complete Data Protection for VMware Virtual Infrastructure by Hewlett-Packard Company
and outlines how to apply HP Data Protector 6.0/6.1 software and other key HP StorageWorks storage array technologies to manage and deploy an effective backup strategy in a VMware Virtual Infrastructure. Rapid adoption of server virtualization...
Disk-based Data Protection Options: The Changing Data Protection Landscape by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
the benefits of all new disk-based data protection options to allow you to select the best technology for each of the data types to be protected in your environment. Over the past 40 years of computing, the standard way of protecting primary disk storage...
Satisfying the 7 Requirements of Cost-Effective Disk-based Backup by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
today cannot run their data protection operations with just strictly tape solutions. Although tape may be cheaper than disk, the overall costs of tape are becoming more expensive than disk as tape is slow and requires additional purchases to...
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... More...
FAQ's
Which data deduplication appliances and backup software do you view as enterprise ready?
If you have 20 TB of data to backup, I would say most data deduplication appliances on the market today can handle that without too much of a problem. When you start scaling to 50 TB, 100 TB, 1 PB of backup data, the dynamics really change. You have backups going... 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...

CDP FAQ
Continuous data protection (CDP) is becoming an increasingly attractive data protection and backup option. But is CDP right for your business? W. Curtis Preston, vice president of data protection services at GlassHouse Technologies, compares... More...