13 March 2010
Saturday
I was watching "2012" last night. As buildings crumbled it dawned on me that all the world's information - including what I am writing now - is stored on technology that is over 20 years old. RAID! And nothing has changed much. Why?
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.
Contrary to popular belief that the slowdown of the global economy in 2008 would also retard the process of information generation, the pace of digital information being created actually skyrocketed during this period. This includes information generated and transmitted over the Internet, phone networks and airwaves.
Quantum Corp. adds data deduplication to its StorNext data management software. Effective next month, StorNext 4.0 will be able to deduplicate data in its file systems.
So having understoood what deduplication is and isn't, what can we learn from those who have deployed the technology earlier on? Acronis Asia's Yeong Chee Wai continues with this education process and offers three very important (and practical) best practices for data deduplication.
Just months after acquiring Data Domain in a lively tug-of-war with NetApp, EMC has dumped long-time OEM partner Quantum in favor of its newly bought technology.
Why are companies looking at data deduplication technologies? Acronis Asia's Yeong Chee Wai offers insight into the drivers and motivations behind the deduplication movement.
Enterprise IT managers can only expect the “digital universe” to explode exponentially at an annual rate of up to 60%. According to an IDC report, this explosive increase is due to more people having access to PCs and the Internet.
This paper outlines the storage savings with deduplication and Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 in terms of both storage volume and actual IT budget saved, based upon a typical customer scenario.
What is the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of storage for data deduplication? According to Acronis Asia's Yeong Chee Wai, there are 2 major metrics that you need to consider. Watch this video and get access to a free calculator to do your deduplication TCO.
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Backup and archiving have changed over recent years partly riding on advances in technology. When do you perform backup and when to archive? What are the technical and operational considerations that need to be looked into for each. This paper looks at Simpana Software as a platform for achieving both.
This paper looks at Simpana as a platform for seamlessly extending local backup and archive to a new tier of cloud-based storage. Virtually unlimited storage capacity from our integrated cloud storage partners helps users dramatically reduce costs and operational complexity while improving long-term compliance.
The move to cloud computing is not easy, and its important to get it right the first time. Curtin University of Technology with the help of Optus Business, Alphawest, Cisco, EMC, and VMware, takes the first steps that will provide Curtin with an on-demand access to a fully virtualized private data center.
Asian sports associations looking to improve performance (winning gold medals) can take a leaf off the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA)'s book, when it comes to blending the best in both athletic and IT infrastructure.
