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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...
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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
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 CDP to...
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How about when doing target data deduplication on the virtual tape library (VTL) or backup appliance? Is there a similar performance impact?
has a little bit different performance impact. The knock on target-based data deduplication is that you aren't really reducing the amount of data you are sending over the network. So you are still sending the full amount of data over the network every time you do a backup. You are reducing the amount of data...
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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... |