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Demystifying VMware data protection: Data backup products
In Part 1 of my series on demystifying VMware data protection, I discussed the three primary methods by which one can backup and restore VMware Virtual Infrastructure servers:
A local backup agent within each virtual machine (VM) A backup agent in ESX Service Console VMware Consolidated Backup (VCB-Proxy) In Part 2... More...
Unreadable magnetic tapes: How to deal with tape errors
What you will learn from this tip: Learn what you can do when you are faced with errors when trying to read your magnetic tapes.
There can be many reasons why a magnetic tape cannot be read; some of the issues can be temporary and others are more permanent. Some tape errors can be attributed to operational or pilot error... More...
Using file virtualization for remote data protection
As file sizes grow and retention periods get longer, companies are distributing data across more tiers of storage to satisfy budget and legal constraints. However, spreading data across multiple NAS appliances creates new difficulties when it comes to providing the right level of remote data protection for...
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Five things to consider when using virtualized servers for disaster recovery
Disaster recovery (DR) isn't the No. 1 reason enterprises decide to virtualize their servers, but it is one of the major benefits. Running your applications on virtualized servers puts all your applications, data and configuration, in one neat package that's easy to move around as needed. A properly virtualized...
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Where should you encrypt your data?
For a long time, practically no one bothered with tape encryption. But thanks to a few high-profile losses of data through misplaced or stolen backup tapes, regulators and everyone else are suddenly paying attention. But there are many choices when it comes to tape encryption, so picking what's best for your...
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Inline vs. post-processing deduplication appliances
Choosing between appliances that do inline or post-processing data deduplication can be difficult, and the answer as to which is the best method for your environment often "it depends." To help you decide between the competing approaches, here are some general guidelines that you can follow to select the...
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Source-side data reduction and backup
Data reduction strategies abound today. There's data deduplication technology, which identifies redundant streams of data and eliminates the duplicates. There's single instancing, which identifies like files and eliminates them. Finally, there's standard compression. With all of these technologies, the data...
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How to choose the right tape library
Tape libraries are ideal for long-term storage of archives or backups. They are also a major capital expense and there are many things you need to consider when purchasing one. In this context, tape libraries are a step up, sometimes a long step up, from autoloaders. Autoloaders are simpler, less-expensive devices...
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Data backup strategies: Migrating from tape to disk
You've read numerous articles about moving from tape to disk for data backup and you've attended many conferences and webinars about it. But have you really considered all of the implications of this technological change?
We must first define what disk-to-disk (D2D) backup actually means. The most generally... More...
Top tape rotation strategies
Tape backup is typically the final step in backing up or archiving your data, but only making a single copy of your data is asking for trouble. To be really secure, you need to have multiple copies with at least one copy stored securely offsite. Most backup schemes use a combination of partial backups interspersed...
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How to back up laptops
While most companies have backup and recovery plans for servers, there has been little focus on laptops and other types of disconnected clients. Exploding data growth rates, driven in part by new regulations and Web 2.0 applications, are putting more critical data onto laptops, which are generally not backed up...
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Top 10 things to ask a vendor when buying backup software
If you are buying new backup software, here are 10 questions you should ask your backup software vendor before you make a purchasing decision.
What devices -- tape, disk or removable media -- does the backup software support? Does it also support all the operating system environments you have and virtualized... More...
Using Dump for Linux/Unix data backup
Dump is a standard utility for backing up file systems on Linux, Unix and BSD machines. It's free, powerful, fast and, in spite of its drawbacks, is widely used to back up *nix systems. Dump is losing some ground to third-party backup software, but because of its advantages many users prefer it. Here are some of the major...
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CDP: Getting what you need
What you will learn from this tip: Many experts say CDP will replace traditional backup. But before you take the plunge into CDP, here are some key points to consider.
At some point you will find yourself considering implementing a continuous data protection (CDP) product for critical application data. CDP provides... More...
Data backup failure: Five tips for prevention
Data backup troubleshooting tip: Media failure, human error and hardware failure are among the most common reasons data backups fail. Learn what you can do to prevent these issues and others to perform legitimate, usable backups.
Backups are central to any data protection strategy, but by some estimates more than... More...
Best practices for long-term tape archives
What you will learn from this tip: Best practices for magnetic tape for data retention and how to store tapes for long duration.
The advantages of using tape to store long-term archival and compliance data include low cost per gigabyte and relative ease of transportability, assuming the tapes do not get lost in... More...
Archiving unstructured data
What you will learn from this tip: Just archiving files and e-mail may not be enough to satisfy auditors; finding related information based on a variety of criteria may also be required.
The problem of indexing and archiving an organization's unstructured data is often swept under the rug. A typical response is to... More...
Archive or backup?
What you will learn from this tip: Archiving, backup and their differences.
Backups and archives consist of copies of data kept for a certain amount of time for future access (at a very high level). In essence, both are very similar in nature except for their respective lifespan. Generally, most view a backup as a short... More...
Portable storage encryption best practices
Portable data storage devices such as laptops, thumb drives, Blackberries and iPods are now a permanent part of the corporate data landscape. Sensitive corporate data and intellectual property is residing on these devices, which, if lost, could present a serious liability to companies. Here are some best...
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Five signs that you are headed for a backup disaster
In spite of the latest wave of backup technology advances, data backup is still the outsider in terms of enterprise IT. But when the backup environment suffers a catastrophic outage, everyone (especially the CIO) wants to know who fell asleep at the switch. In the interest of preserving of your data -- and potentially...
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Virtual tape libraries: Five tips in five minutes
What you will learn from this tip: This tip takes a look at the recent rise in interest in virtual tape libraries and offers a collection of tips and expert responses to reader queries.
Virtual tape libraries (VTLs) offer a number of advantages over traditional tape backup and disk-to-disk-to-tape. It's likely that the... More...
Choosing Linux backup software
When it comes to backup, Linux storage administrators probably have a wider range of choices than on any other OS. While other OSs, such as Windows, may have more actual backup software products, Linux backup software has a broader range of approaches, not to mention prices.
The good news is that this makes it easier to... More...
Is a VTL right for your organization?
What you will learn from this tip: Ever since virtual tape libraries were ported to open systems, the technology has gained in popularity. This tip will help you evaluate the reasons why you may or may not want to implement virtual tape.
Virtual tape library (VTL) technology has been around for many years and was once... More...
Implementing IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
What you will learn: How to decide if IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager is the right backup software for your IT environment.
IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) has been around for many years. Introduced in the early 1990s as ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager (ADSM), the software was built on mainframe data storage... More...
Effective data backups: Seven rules to follow
What you will learn from this tip: Establishing metrics, reducing the possibility of human error and collecting feedback from administrators are a few ways your organization can take better data backups. Learn how to refine your data backup procedure.
Consistency is not merely a virtue when it comes to handling... More... |
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