Data Backup

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Data reduction and deduplication

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Highlights

Best practices for data recovery

Events such as technical failure, virus attack, deliberate sabotage or employee error can destroy valuable data. Organizations must plan for data recovery and implement mechanisms for managing the data recovery process.

How to back up virtual machines

This tip outlines the options available for backing up VMWare environments, how each works, and the pros and cons of each approach.

Quantum data management software gets data deduplication

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.

Preparing for data migration

According to a study by Gartner, a number of organizations will have to migrate their data center facilities in the year 2012. In this tip, Alan Radding outlines steps to make the move easier.

Acronis extends backup and recovery suite

Acronis has launched Acronis True Image Home 2010 Plus Pack, an add-on solution featuring advanced home users the flexibility to restore their files, applications and operating system to dissimilar hardware.

Data backup not so common, says F-Secure

According to an eight country survey conducted by F-Secure, a considerable amount of people have experienced losing irreplaceable content such as family photos, music collections or crucial work documents

Data deduplication - what you need to know

Looking to implement data deduplication but unsure of what the requirements are? In this tip, Rick Cook, talks of these requirements.

Acronis releases backup and recovery software for netbooks

Acronis True Image Home 2010 Netbook Edition is a backup and recovery software optimized for netbooks’ screen size and unique hardware configuration.

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Knowledge Central

The difference between backup and archive

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.

Simpana Software - a unique cloud-enabled platform

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.

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Cloud computing in measured steps

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.

Could Iomega be the answer to USSA's dreams for gold

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.

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A Byte of Knowledge

RAID should die

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?

Forum

Is best of breed dying?

Recently I've noticed that vendors like IBM, Oracle, SAP and EMC have started using the term "single vendor" suggesting a return to the days of single-source. Is "best of breed" a thing of the past? Why?

Learning Guides

Storage management in the Cloud

Ask a dozen people what their perception of Cloud Storage is and you would probably get a dozen different answers. Public Storage Clouds and Private Storage Clouds create a further element of confusion.