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12 Best Practices for Data Backup and Recovery
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
 | White Paper: | Posted: 30 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 30 Sep 2009 | |
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With disk-to-disk technology, your backup data resides on disk drives, proven to be far more reliable than tapes. When your backup completes, you know the data is secure and accessible on the disk drive. Read this paper to learn other best practices on disk-to-disk technology and more.
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3PAR Thin Technologies
sponsored by 3PAR
| Product Overview: | Posted: 13 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 12 Nov 2009 | |
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3PAR Thin Provisioning software improves storage system efficiency and optimizes capacity utilization system-wide. No more up-front capacity allocation. No more dedicating resources for each application. No more paying to power, house, and cool disks you may not need for months or years to come, or may never actually need.
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Achieving Cost Savings in Backup with Deduplication
sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 27 Jan 2009
| | Published: | 27 Jan 2009 | |
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This document discusses that dollars and time currently consumed by existing tape libraries can be far better utilized by moving to disk back-up with deduplication.
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Avoiding the Disk Bottleneck in the Data Domain Deduplication File System
sponsored by Data Domain
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Apr 2009
| | Published: | 10 Apr 2009 | |
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This paper introduces three techniques employed in the production Data Domain deduplication file system and shows how they can be used to relieve the disk bottleneck.
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Buying Criteria for Disk-to-Disk Solutions
sponsored by Data Domain
| Analyst Report: | Posted: 29 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 01 May 2007 | |
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Disk-to-Disk (D2D) backup has emerged in recent years to become a critical storage component of an enterprises’ data protection environment. Taneja Group has identified a locus of buying criteria that we believe compose the overall simplicity of operation of a D2D solution.
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Choosing The Right Hardware and Software for Data Protection Solutions
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
| White Paper: | Posted: 17 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 18 Jun 2008 | |
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With the increasing importance of disk-based data protection, the question arises on what are the relative choices of disk and tape for basic operational recovery. The answer lies in what data protection software technologies are used and for what reasons. This white paper gives more information.
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Cornerstone Group Sees Six-Fold Reduction in Backup Time and Administration
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
| Case Study: | Posted: 08 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 08 Oct 2009 | |
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The company’s previous tape system wasn’t meeting Cornerstone’s needs, particularly with 50 percent annual data growth. Cornerstone selected the Quantum Scalar i500 intelligent tape library platform due to its modularity, speed and the ability to move to LTO-4 tapes.
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D2D Virtual Tape Library Replication Primer
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
| White Paper: | Posted: 17 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 17 Jul 2009 | |
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With the introduction of HP Dynamic deduplication and low bandwidth replication (LBR) on HP D2D2500, D2D4000 and D2D4100 Backup Systems, the way data protection can be implemented has been transformed. This whitepaper explains the terminology and concepts behind these technologies and establishes some sizing rules through worked examples.
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Disk and Tape Square Off Again - Tape Remains King of the Hill with LTO-4
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
| Analyst Brief: | Posted: 21 Jul 2009
| | Published: | 29 Feb 2008 | |
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This bulletin reviews new storage technologies against the value of retaining, or upgrading, your current tape environment. To do this, it establishes a framework of comparison - using a backup/recovery and archive scenario - between the latest disk technologies and the latest iteration of tape storage, LTO-4 technology.
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Disk Backup versus Tape Backup
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
| White Paper: | Posted: 30 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 30 Sep 2009 | |
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Review the comparisons in this paper and learn the various ways that moving to disk-based backup and data protection solutions – as onsite software, SaaS or managed service – can be the smart move for your company.
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Disk-based data backup and recovery for SMBs (Podcast)
sponsored by Zenith Infotech
 | Podcast: | Posted: 17 Nov 2009
| | Premiered: | 17 Nov 2009 | |
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As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston, discusses the role of disk-based backup in the SMB space.
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eGuide: A Guide to Virtualization Ready Servers
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
| eGuide: | Posted: 17 Dec 2008
| | Published: | 17 Dec 2008 | |
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This expert E-Guide from the writers at SearchServerVirtualization.com brings you up-to- date on the latest virtualization developments and explains how they can benefit your IT shop.
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Enabling Enterprise Tape Library Support for Microsoft DPM 2007 Using FalconStor VTL
sponsored by FalconStor Software
| White Paper: | Posted: 10 Feb 2009
| | Published: | 10 Feb 2009 | |
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Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 is designed to provide continuous data protection for Windows-based servers, with additional features for business-specific Microsoft workloads such as SQL Server and SharePoint.
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Encryption Key Management: A Technical White Paper
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
| White Paper: | Posted: 29 Jan 2008
| | Published: | 01 Oct 2007 | |
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Quantum's Encryption Key Manager (Q-EKM) is a centralized key manager application that manages the encryption keys used as part of the LTO Ultrium 4 (LTO-4) drive-based data encryption process.
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ESG Report: Key Questions to Ask When Considering Deduplication and D2D Backup
sponsored by Data Domain
| Presentation Transcript: | Posted: 29 Sep 2009
| | Published: | 28 Jan 2008 | |
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Please read this presentation transcript featuring the first of a two-part ESG e-Seminar Series on data de-duplication. In part one, Tony Asaro, ESG Senior Analyst, and Heidi Biggar ESG analyst, will discuss the various technology considerations when applying data deduplication technology to disk backup.
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