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Podcast: Changing the Rules of Backup: Go Beyond Virtual Tape Library for Accelerating Your Backup by FalconStor Software
For most IT organizations, traditional server backup remains the primary means of protecting data. And despite decades of technology development in this area, challenges remain. This podcast will discuss methods for backing up data and the relative performance characteristics of each method. For most IT organizations, traditional...
HP StorageWorks tape and disk-to-disk data protection by Hewlett-Packard Company
such as disk-to-disk backup, virtual tape libraries, data deduplication, and low-cost hard drives--enable you to add layers of data protection that go beyond traditional solutions at prices that are more affordable than ever. These include:

  • Traditional
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iSCSI for TL-Series Tape Libraries by Dell, Inc.
SAS bridge card for the TL-series of tape libraries. This allows a customer to directly attach a tape backup target to their iSCSI 1Gb Ethernet SAN with little to no degradation in transfer speed. This white paper explores this setup and configuration. To...
Exploring the Return on Investment of Virtual Tape Library Deduplication Solutions: How HP StorageWorks Stands Up Against the Competition by Hewlett-Packard Company
This paper examines two different models developed by Hewlett Packard to determine the return on investment of the HP VLS9000 deduplication system and the D2D4112 deduplication appliance. Particularly in today's economy, costs and return on investment (ROI) often dominate product selection decisions. However, gathering the...
Essential Guide to Data Backup for SMBs by SearchSMBStorage.com
Data backup is still the No. 1 pain point for storage administrators. The tips in this guide will help you simplify your backup process and put together a reliable backup and recovery plan. Data backup is still the No. 1 pain point for storage administrators. The tips in this guide will help you simplify your backup process and put together a...
Enabling Enterprise Tape Library Support for Microsoft DPM 2007 Using FalconStor VTL by FalconStor Software
FalconStor® Virtual Tape Library (VTL) solution with Single Instance Repository (SIR) for deduplication complements Microsoft DPM 2007 to meet the data protection and recovery challenges of both Windows and non-Windows enterprise environments...
ESG Report: Data Deduplication Diversity: Evaluating Software- vs. Hardware-Based Approaches by CommVault Systems, Inc.
target storage hardware, including virtual tape libraries (VTLs) and storage appliances; however, recent introductions by backup vendors have shifted the spotlight. How do hardware and software approaches differ? What should be considered when evaluating...
Using Tape Virtualization to Improve Backup Performance by Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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 software sees a tape drive or a tape...
Optimizing Oracle RMAN and ASM Environments with FalconStor VTL and Integrated Deduplication by FalconStor Software
FalconStor® Virtual Tape Library (VTL) with integrated Single Instance Repository deduplication technology offers advanced backup and global deduplication capabilities that support Oracle Recovery Manager and Automatic Storage Management...
Victaulic Speeds Backup and Restores, Cuts Capacity with SEPATON VTL and Data Deduplication by SEPATON
implemented a SEPATON S2100-ES2 virtual tape library (VTL) with DeltaStor data deduplication software. Victaulic Company is the industry's leading manufacturer of mechanical pipe joining systems with locations and business operations around the world. To manage...
Enhancing Disk-to-Disk Backup with Data Deduplication by FalconStor Software
solutions such as FalconStor Virtual Tape Library (VTL) include disk mirroring to protect against local storage failure as well as replication to protect against disasters. The solution also includes a failover capability, which lets you recover data and respond to...
Presentation Transcript: Changing the Rules of Backup: Go Beyond Virtual Tape Library for Accelerating Your Backup by FalconStor Software
FalconStor Software provides solutions that can dramatically improve backup speeds while working with your current backup technology and operations. Management can be streamlined even while performance improves. For most IT organizations, traditional server backup remains the primary means of protecting data. And despite...
Changing the Rules of Backup: Go Beyond Virtual Tape Library for Accelerating Your Backup by FalconStor Software
FalconStor Software provides solutions that can dramatically improve backup speeds while working with your current backup technology and operations. Management can be streamlined even while performance improves. For most IT organizations, traditional server backup remains the primary means of protecting data. And despite...
Interstate Hotels & Resorts Stays with SEPATON for Advanced Data Protection by SEPATON
IT staff installed SEPATON S2100 virtual tape libraries (VTL) to meet both its short and long-term secondary storage needs. This case study explains the process and results. As the largest independent hotel management company in the US, Interstate Hotels & Resorts...
Backup Optimization Best Practices by FalconStor Software
Learn about the benefits of a virtual tape library (VTL), common problems with backup environments, and the latest Falconstor VTL solutions. Join Paul Kruschwitz, Director of Enterprise Solutions for Falconstor Software, as he discusses best practices for backup...
MultiCare Health System Speeds Recovery of Data with SEPATON VTL and Data Deduplication by SEPATON
deployed the SEPATON S2100-ES2 virtual tape library (VTL) with DeltaStor software for data deduplication and increased its backup performance dramatically. This case study reveals it was configured and how the company benefited from it. MultiCare Health System, a...
Using Deduplication with Modern Mainframe Virtual Tape by Data Domain
disk/tape) to a modern mainframe Virtual Tape solution with Data Domain deduplication storage. Mainframe IT managers have used physical tape for backup and recovery for decades. However, they no longer have to accept the limits that physical tape technologies...
Network-Optimized, Secure Replication for Enterprise-Class Disaster Recovery by SEPATON
software for the SEPATON S2100-ES2 virtual tape library (VTL) delivers network-optimized, secure replication for data-intensive enterprises that have complex data protection environments. Read this paper for details. DeltaRemote software for the SEPATON S2100-ES2...
Virginia Modeling, Analysis and Simulation Center Reduces Backup Time with SEPATON by SEPATON
data, they chose a SEPATON S2100-ES2 virtual tape library with dramatic positive results. As part of the Office of Research at Old Dominion University, VMASC supports the University's modeling and simulation graduate degree programs and it partners with industry...
The New Generation of De-duplication Technology Offers Clustered Architecture and Linear Performance Aggregation by FalconStor Software
45;leading FalconStor® Virtual Tape Library (VTL). This white paper explains how VTL with SIR reduces storage and replication bandwidth requirements with unique features such as clustered architecture and linear performance aggregation...
ESG Brief: CommVault® Simpana® 8: Emphasis on Efficiency by CommVault Systems, Inc.
key data protection/management considerations, and closes by providing an analysis of CommVault® Simpana® 8 software. CommVault introduced a number of efficiency-themed features in Simpana 8 - many of which break ground for enterprise-class data management...
WAN-optimized Replication: Built into FalconStor Solutions by FalconStor Software
WAN optimization requires the purchase and installation of expensive hardware. FalconStor solutions, on the other hand, include built-in advanced data replication technology that is many times more WAN-efficient than other types of solutions, providing...
Demystifying Data De-Duplication: Choosing the Best Solution by FalconStor Software
This document provides the background information required to make an informed data de-duplication purchasing decision. Data de-duplication has been described as the next evolutionary step in backup technology. Many vendors lay claim to the best data de-duplication approach, leaving customers to face the difficulty of separating...
Webcast: Data Deduplication and Disk-to-Disk Backup Systems by Data Domain
a more compelling alternative to tape. Please join Tony Asaro, Senior Analyst, ESG and Heidi Biggar, Analyst, ESG as they discuss the various technology considerations when applying data de-duplication technology to disk backup. Data de-duplication...
Five Key Considerations for Evaluating the Scalability of Disk-based Backup Solutions by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
This paper outlines the five key questions you should ask when evaluating the scalability of any disk-based backup solution. This paper outlines the five key questions you should ask when evaluating the scalability of any disk-based backup solution.

  • Can the system size to your current requirements and accommodate near-term
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Matching Data Deduplication Approaches to Workload Characteristics: The Quantum DXi7500 by Quantum Corporation
This Technology Brief discusses different approaches to data deduplication in the market today along with the pros and cons of each, and then matches some of the most common backup problems to a recommended deduplication approach. The brief close with a spotlight on Quantum's DXi7500 enterprise disk backup and replication system...
Realizing the Benefits of Deduplication in a Backup and Restore System by Hewlett-Packard Company
many companies relied solely on tape data storage for data protection. Increasingly, SMBs face the daunting task of managing the ever-increasing amount of data. Today, in addition to traditional tape storage backup, customers have more options to employ...
Five Key Considerations for Enterprise Disaster Recovery and Backup by SEPATON
by simply copying data to physical tape and shipping the tapes to an off-site storage facility. They can also replicate data over their network with a disk-based backup system. However, solutions that would suffice for smaller organizationss like tape and...
Securing Data Stored on Tape with Encryption: How to Choose the Right Encryption Key Management Solution by Quantum Corporation
for organizations with a single tape library. For customers with multiple tape libraries distributed throughout the organization, Quantum's Q-EKM solution provides a robust, transparent, fully automated approach to enterprise encryption key...
Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Exchange Server by Data Domain
explores the various practices and considerations for backing up Microsoft Exchange data to Data Domain systems and how to effectively exploit this technology...
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 recovery points in just a fraction of the time... More...
How to implement disk-to-disk backups
as well as simple file copies. For example, backup software can send a full backup volume to a virtual tape library (VTL) emulating the behaviors of a traditional tape system. But disk platforms don't just emulate tape. Files can just as easily be copied to a disk array in the same data center or located on the other side of the world. Storage administrators can then recover... 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... More...