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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Recovery Manager for SharePoint by Quest Software
recovery of anything in the backup of your SharePoint content database—individual documents, lists, document libraries, sites, workspaces. It restores all information stored in the databases, including alerts, permissions, metadata and custom views...
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...
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...
Tools to Fine-tune Your Backups by Storage Magazine
tools that work alongside major backup apps help you predict usage patterns and troubleshoot issues. Backup and recovery (B/R) applications do a good job of managing tasks such as job scheduling, tape management, library support, tracking backup data in...
University of St. Thomas implements a tiered storage approach from Quantum, including Data De-duplication Technology to Cut Backup Time in Half by Quantum Corporation
to do something to shorten their backup windows and make everything more reliable and more robust, so they chose Quantum DXi™ appliance. St. Thomas is an independent Catholic liberal arts university with its main campus in St. Paul, Minnesota. They...
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...
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...
Data Deduplication Methodologies: Byte-level vs. Block Level Deduplication by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
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 renewed focus on them recently as they are being utilized by products in the disk-based backup...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Advanced Backup School I by Sun StorageTek
will deconstruct the common backup system and point out the mistakes that may be hampering your backup operations. In part one of this webcast, W. Curtis Preston will deconstruct the common backup system and point out the mistakes that may be hampering...
E-mail Recovery, Restoration, Search & Analysis by Kroll Ontrack
with your existing Exchange backup architecture and procedures, Ontrack PowerControls quickly and easily restores message-level items from any previous full backup. After all, a backup program is really only as good as its ability to restore lost...
Thomas & King Serves up Improved Backups with ExaGrid by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
company was able to improve their backup operations with disk-based backup solutions. Read this white paper to learn more about these solutions and the benefits they deliver. Thomas & King is the eighth-largest restaurant franchise company in the US. With...
ESG: Disk-based Backup With Data De-duplication by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
Lab's hands-on testing of the ExaGrid backup to disk solution with a focus on ease of deployment, performance, disk capacity optimization, WAN-efficient remote replication and scalability. A growing number of organizations are embracing disk-based backup...
Syncsort AdvancedClient: The New Data Protection Paradigm by Syncsort
Traditional backup strategies are fast becoming obsolete. Read this white paper to learn about a new solution that revolutionizes data protection strategies compared to the technologies of yesterday. Traditional backup...
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...
Sun Fire X4540 Server as Backup Server for Zmanda's Amanda Enterprise 2.6 Software by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
the Sun Fire X4540 server as a backup server for Amanda Enterprise Edition software. Explosive data growth, combined with demanding requirements for data availability, has placed a tremendous burden on IT operations staff at businesses of all...
Using Tape Virtualization to Improve Backup Performance by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
leveraged to produce an optimized backup infrastructure. Virtual tape library (VTL) technology is arguably the easiest way to introduce disk into a tapebased backup infrastructure. A VTL is a set of disks that emulate tape; you see a disk array, your backup...
Enterprise-ready VTLs by Storage Magazine
addition to 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...
Are Full Backups a Thing of the Past? by Storage Magazine
a vital complement to point-in-time backup tools, and will remain so in any comprehensive data protection strategy. The tricky part is to decide how to mix and match backup methods to best meet recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs...
The Backup Exec Challenge: Does Your Backup Stack Up by Symantec Corporation
Does your backup stack up to Backup Exec 12.5? Take the challenge and answer six quick questions to learn the answer today. Does your backup stack up to Backup Exec 12.5? Take the challenge and answer six quick questions to learn the...
Related Best Practices
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... More...
How to implement disk-to-disk backups
As capacities grow and costs per gigabyte shrink, disk is being used as a backup storage target more frequently. Disk offers far better performance than tape systems, allowing for faster data transfers as well as greater long-term reliability. Disk can accept complete backup volumes, as well as simple file copies. For example, backup software... 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
Are there any benefits or drawbacks of choosing a separate tool for backup reporting compared with using a tool that's integrated with your backup software?
The backup applications usually provide some fundamental reporting on backup operations. You might have a dashboard view and some canned reports that focus on things like backup job status or media, or device error. And if you need to drill... More...
What is server-free backup, and how does it work?
Server-free backup is an umbrella term for two different kinds of backup. The general distinction is that it is backup that is going to be done outside of the server that is being backed up -- hence the name. Some of the methods for doing server-free backup... More...
What types of innovations are being introduced in this space?
In a recent survey, we asked the question, "Are you using the same backup tools for your virtual environment as you are for your nonvirtualized environment?" Seventy-five percent are using the same tools and of the 25% implementing new tools, we're seeing that people want management tools similar to... More...