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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...
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How to implement disk-to-disk backups
error-prone process.
Consider the use of removable hard drives Where disk capacity is finite, a tape backup can be almost any size (within the limits of the operating system and backup software) -- just add more tape cartridges. Tapes can also be transported for offsite storage. A new generation of removable hard drives from vendors like Imation Corp., Prostor Systems Inc... 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...
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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 on. You have...
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Are these types of tools really expensive and what can you do if you need some of this functionality but you're on a budget?
comply with an e-discovery request and you need to have instant access to information, you need to know up-to-date information about your backup environment.
If you don't have the budget to afford this type of a solution, many of the vendors are offering sort of a service-level offering where it's a pay-as-you-go model. So... More...
Data replication for backup best practices
organizations. In this interview, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston, discusses synchronous and asynchronous replication, deduplication and management best practices. His answers are also available below as an MP3 download.
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