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Myths and realities of backup

People have the perception that backup is nothing more than just making a copy of your data. Andrew Martin, vice president for Asia Pacific with BakBone Software, argues that your backup strategy have to include other areas. He also explains that while backup is well known, many are still confused with new technology developments that flow from backup technology.

Scalable NAS for online data respository

A clustered NAS is a NAS that is using a distributed file system running simultaneously on multiple servers. The key difference between a clustered and traditional NAS is the ability to distribute (e.g. stripe) data and metadata across the cluster nodes or storage devices. Clustered NAS, like a traditional one, still provides unified access to the files from any of the cluster nodes, unrelated to the actual location of the data. Kenny Chu, product marketing manager for HP StorageWorks, discusses some of the technical benefits of clustered NAS.

Last week, NetApp, Cisco and VMware jointly introduced a new design architecture for data centers – the industry’s first end-to-end secure multi-tenancy design. But what is the difference between this alliance and another that was announced just a couple of months ago?

Real stories of disk failure at businesses

Businesses are not immune to disk failure. Kroll Ontrack's Adrian Briscoe suggests that when purchasing a new server think about disaster recovery measures at the same time. Reliance on DVDs and tapes for long-term archive requires understanding the value of your information stored on drives.

Achieving real-time data protection

Most organizations have some semblance of disaster recovery in place. The more prepared companies have a proper business continuity strategy. The most prevalent data protection strategy, however, only does point-in-time copies and therefore achieves near-real-time data protection. Andrew Martin, vice president for Asia Pacific with BakBone Software, explains how to achieve real-time data protection without breaking the bank.

How to securely destroy data

Deleting or formating a hard drive does not mean successfully destroying data. Yeong Chee Wai, marketing director for Acronis Asia, discusses some of the common misconceptions surrounding how to destroy data securely.

Reliable backup and recovery strategies for virtual environments

With the proliferation of virtual servers and storage, companies need to understand the implication of virtualization on the backup and recovery processes that form part of a company's disaster recovery and business continuity strategy. Yeong Chee Wai, marketing director for Acronis Asia, explains in simple terms the difference between physical and virtual environments and how to re-deploy a reliable backup and recovery strategy.

Data center migration and consolidation

Data center (DC) consolidation enables companies to minimize risk and control the costs of DC operations and facilities moves. But what exactly is DC consolidation and how do you get there. Manish Bapat, VMware business manager for EMC Asia South offers insight into the DC consolidation process.

Email information management challenges

Email is a very important part of business processes today. While the focus around email has been connectivity and security, few understand the relevance of proper email information managemnet. P K Gupta, information protection practice director and chief architect at EMC Asia Pacific shares common myths and the realities surrounding proper email management strategies and best practices.

Infrastructure consideration for a virtualized data center

So you want to use virtualization more extensively in your data center. Which IT assets work well with virtualization and which needs to be thrown out? Manish Bapat, VMware business manager for EMC Asia South, lists some of the proven steps you will need to take as you virtualize your data center.