Disk Backups

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines several challenges and recommends solutions for ensuring data availability in an Isilon scale-out NAS clustered storage environment. The best solutions typically involve the use of multiple technologies.

Posted: 05 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: Small data centers and network rooms vary dramatically in the amount of uninterruptible power supply (UPS) runtime deployed. This paper identifies four steps to identifying if a standby generator is required.

Posted: 01 Apr 2010 | Published: 01 Jul 2007

WHITE PAPER: Application performance can be dramatically increased using a solid state disk. This Texas Memory Systems’ paper introduces solid state disks and includes a comparison of methods for increased application performance.

Posted: 16 Mar 2010 | Published: 16 Mar 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper will demonstrate differ­ences in comparative SSD products. The analysis reconciles instanta­neous benchmark data to actual user performance, over time in a work­ing system under a true enterprise workload.

Posted: 01 Mar 2010 | Published: 25 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: Since the cost comparison between tape and disk is obviously far more complex than the media itself, this brief outlines all the considerations necessary for a more complete understanding of the benefit and true cost comparison between tape and disk to help IT professionals choose and justify their backup environment.

Posted: 25 Feb 2010 | Published: 23 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: For IT professionals, disk-based backup is becoming an increasingly attractive alter­native to slow and cumbersome tape backup in the data center. Virtual Tape Librar­ies (VTLs) bridge the two technologies – combining modern disk backup with tradi­tional tape infrastructure.

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 | Published: 19 Feb 2010

WHITE PAPER: Managing backup and recovery in today's environment is a multi-dimensional challenge with both near and long term business requirements. This paper explains 5 topics to think about as you design your long-term data retention plans.

Posted: 03 Feb 2010 | Published: 23 Oct 2008

WHITE PAPER: The risks attached to not having a BC or DR plan are neither small nor cheap. Every good plan employs certain technologies and methodologies to limit the disruptiveness of an outage. CDW offers storage, power and networking specialists to assist with disaster recovery needs.

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 | Published: 27 Jan 2010

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to successfully protect server data outside a centralized data center and focus on specific needs and requirements for SMBs.

Posted: 11 Jan 2010 | Published: 01 Sep 2006

WHITE PAPER: Deduplication software has been shown to reduce the amount of backup data stored in typical environments by a ratio of 20:1 - significantly lowering the amount of backup storage media required. However, deciding how to implement deduplication requires a better understanding of the alternatives available.

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 | Published: 09 Dec 2009

WHITE PAPER: Tape remains the most cost effective, energy efficient and reliable program technology for storing large amounts of inactive, off-line or near-line data while complimenting disk-based data protection and retention solutions. Read this paper and find out why.

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 18 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: The data protection market has evolved with a number of alternatives that can save costs. One type of solution is a disk-based backup solution. Implementing a disk-based backup solution can save up to 40% when compared to traditional tape backups.

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 | Published: 30 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This document describes the basic concepts and integration guidelines for FalconStor® File-interface Deduplication System (FDS) in a Veritas NetBackup™ environment. It is intended to provide best practices for configuring all components.

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This document describes the basic concepts and integration guidelines for FalconStor FDS in an EMC NetWorker environment. The document is intended to provide an architectural overview of FalconStor FDS being used with EMC NetWorker and the benefits of a combined solution.

Posted: 26 Aug 2009 | Published: 01 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: The deduplication capabilities of CommVault® Simpana® 8.0 software in the Dell™ PowerVault™ DL2000 – Powered by CommVault are designed to eliminate unnecessary copies of backup and archive data—providing an integrated, simplified way to streamline storage throughout the enterprise.

Posted: 24 Aug 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: This guide provides a comprehensive look at the complete HP data protection and recovery solution offering. Choose the solution that best fits your business requirements and budget, and get the assurance you need—knowing your assets are protected.

Posted: 13 Aug 2009 | Published: 11 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: When a full backup of the city's 125-plus servers became impossible overnight on a legacy tape system, Burbank went looking for a better answer. The city chose Quantum's DXi7500 Express disk-based backup solution with deduplication technology.

Posted: 22 Jul 2009 | Published: 01 Jul 2009

WHITE PAPER: No matter the business, industry, or size, reliable data access is essential to operations. As that data continues to grow exponentially, it is important to have a backup and recovery strategy that meets current business needs and has the flexibility to grow and change. Read this white paper to learn about HP data protection solutions.

Posted: 23 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Today's storage environments need a way to keep data intact without consuming corresponding disk storage. The FalconStor® File Interface Deduplication System provides the solution. Read on to discover the amazing benefits of this data deduplication solution.

Posted: 20 May 2009 | Published: 20 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: In many companies, Microsoft Exchange is now commonly viewed as a mission-critical application. Protecting Exchange information is critical and backup is still the primary method used. This paper focuses on the traditional backup and recovery practices for Microsoft Exchange Server along with solutions from Data Domain.

Posted: 08 May 2009 | Published: 08 May 2009

WHITE PAPER: The call to protect corporate data in less time and for less money has inspired a whole new way of thinking about backup - a complete backup redesign. This paper explores a better way to backup and protect data and applications - disk-based application.

Posted: 10 Apr 2009 | Published: 10 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: This white paper is as an introduction to data deduplication, answering the what, how, and where of this storage technique. Data deduplication is a method of reducing the amount of duplicate copies of data on your system. It makes a whole lot of sense - instead of storing multiple copies of an item, stores the data once.

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 May 2008

WHITE PAPER: This White Paper describes the best practices for managing tape media throughout its lifecycle to minimize data loss. Best practices include the implementation of proper processes, user training and tape handling.

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2008

WHITE PAPER: Is deduplication right for you? With all the industry excitement about data deduplication, this is a question you need to ask. This paper reviews the specific benefits of deduplication and how you can evaluate your organization's data in terms of deduplication's potential advantages.

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 | Published: 01 May 2008

WHITE PAPER: In 2008, HP introduced two products to the HP StorageWorks D2D Backup System Family. Both feature Dynamic deduplication based on an HP-patented algorithm that packs up to 50 times more backup data into the same disk footprint. This paper explains how Dynamic deduplication works and also establishes how a 50:1 deduplication ratio may be achieved.

Posted: 03 Mar 2009 | Published: 03 Mar 2009