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ALSO CALLED:
Removable Data Storage,
Electronic Data Storage,
Network Data Storage,
Remote Data Storage,
Computer Data Storage,
Offsite Data Storage
DEFINITION: An exabyte (EB) is a large unit of computer data storage, two to the sixtieth power bytes. The prefix exa means one billion billion, or one quintillion, which is a decimal term. Two to the sixtieth power is actually 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes in decimal, or somewhat over a quintillion (or ten to the eighteenth power) bytes. It is common to say that an exabyte is approximately one quintillion
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Data Storage Reports
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Five Cost-Effective Ways to Enable Fast Recovery
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
WHITE PAPER:
This white paper reviews options for a multifaceted recovery strategy, ensuring that your key systems are protected with maximum efficiency at minimal cost.
Posted: 16 Nov 2009 | Published: 16 Nov 2009
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EVault SaaS - World-class online backup service offerings packaged to fit your business
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
DATA SHEET:
EVault SaaS is our automated online backup and recovery offering that provides secure, reliable, efficient protection of your organization’s critical data, directly through the Internet. With EVault SaaS, you get a world-class data protection infrastructure that lets you safeguard your data without additional capital or IT expenses.
Posted: 16 Nov 2009 | Published: 16 Nov 2009
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Reducing the Costs and Risks of Branch Office Data Protection
sponsored by Double-Take Software
WHITE PAPER:
Read this whitepaper to learn about how Double-Take Backup reduces the window for data loss, is more efficient than tape, and less costly than tape or other replications solutions.
Posted: 16 Nov 2009 | Published: 16 Nov 2009
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Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer Software
sponsored by Hitachi Data Systems
SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD:
Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer delivers all-in-one monitoring for the data center. A single interface provides a view to the availability and performance of servers and network and storage devices on a network. It eases troubleshooting without agents.
Posted: 13 Nov 2009 | Published: 13 Nov 2009
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Storage Tiering: Achieve Efficiency by Implementing Storage Tiers
sponsored by BlueArc Corp.
WHITE PAPER:
In the age of tighter budgets and continuing data growth, storage administrators are facing an ever increasing challenge of aligning storage resources with the demands of business applications. Read this IDC paper for information on how to implement effective storage efficiency practices.
Posted: 10 Nov 2009 | Published: 10 Nov 2009
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FalconStor® Virtual Tape Library (VTL) - Tape Export with Tape Stacking Demo
sponsored by FalconStor Software
PRODUCT DEMO:
Tape export is process of moving data from virtual tape to physical tape. Tape stacking allows multiple virtual tapes to be consolidated onto a single physical tape in order to save on tape media consumption. The concept is very simple and also very useful. Please watch this video for examples of how FalconStor VTL functions.
Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Published: 09 Nov 2009
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FalconStor® Virtual Tape Library Deduplication Demo
sponsored by FalconStor Software
PRODUCT DEMO:
Because backup operations create multiple copies of the same data, FalconStor VTL provides data deduplication. As backup jobs are added to the data repository, the new data is compared to existing data and any blocks already in the repository are deleted to reduce disk space consumption. View this demo and learn more about FalconStor deduplication.
Posted: 09 Nov 2009 | Published: 09 Nov 2009
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Download F5 Data Manager Trial Version
sponsored by F5 Networks UK
TRIAL SOFTWARE:
F5 Data Manager helps you understand your file storage environment. This trial version will perform an inventory of your environment and enable you to run detailed reports that analyze which file types are being created, who is creating them, how quickly they age, and which resources they consume.
Posted: 06 Nov 2009 | Published: 06 Nov 2009
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Stop Retaining Forever, Start Archiving Now
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WEBCAST:
Learn archiving tips from HP's Manu Chadha that will help you increase application performance and comply with regulatory, governance and e-discovery obligations.
Posted: 05 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 05 Nov 2009
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Adaptec Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW:
Adaptec Series 5Z RAID controllers with Zero-Maintenance Cache Protection (ZMCP - pronounced “zemcap”) provide maximum protection for cached data and eliminate the substantial costs and environmental impact of complex, messy and expensive Lithium Ion batteries, while improving cache protection and cache performance.
Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009
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Is cloud data backup service right for your organization?
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
TECHNICAL ARTICLE:
Assessing your organization's challenges, abilities and assets will help to determine if deploying a cloud-based data backup strategy is a better alternative than relying on an on-site data backup and recovery strategy. This tutorial spells out what you need to consider when trying deciding if cloud backup is right for your organization.
Posted: 02 Nov 2009 | Published: 02 Nov 2009
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Data Deduplication – Different Approaches for Different Environments
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT:
There are so many different types of deduplication: source, target, hash-based, delta differential-based, and global dedupe, for example. Read this presentation transcript for a discussion of data backup methods, data security, and data storage strategies for various environments.
Posted: 29 Oct 2009 | Published: 29 Oct 2009
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Data Deduplication for Primary Data
sponsored by SearchStorage.com
EGUIDE:
This E-Guide will explore if Data Deduplication is suitable for primary data and what vendors are doing to keep performance high for your company’s backups. If you are an IT Professional looking to Dedupe your Primary data, this E-Guide will help you navigate all the options and decisions you need to make.
Posted: 22 Oct 2009 | Published: 22 Oct 2009
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Kerzner International Keeps Its Properties Running with Robust Backup, DR
sponsored by Syncsort
DATA SHEET:
Because their IT department couldn’t guarantee prompt, efficient data restores, Kerzner International centralize backups by combining SyncSort with NetApp storage. The result was quicker and more efficient restores.
Posted: 21 Oct 2009 | Published: 21 Oct 2009
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Podcast: Data Deduplication -- Different Approaches for Different Environments
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
PODCAST:
As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, backup expert W. Curtis Preston, discusses the role of disk-based backup in the SMB space. Curtis takes a closer look at the benefits and cost differentiators of moving from tape to disk for data backup.
Posted: 21 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 21 Oct 2009
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FAQ Presentation Transcript: Global Deduplication
sponsored by FalconStor Software
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT:
Global data deduplication allows users to deduplicate data across multiple boxes, which can simplify management as companies back up more and more data. W. Curtis Preston, executive editor of the Storage Media Group, discusses the pros and cons of global deduplication, who should consider it, and which vendors are offering it today in this Q&A.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009
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eBook: Smart Data Management: 3 ways to boost development productivity
sponsored by IBM
EBOOK:
As IT budgets get tighter and skills get more expensive, companies are starting to think of ways to get more out of their existing workforce. This e-book proposes three solutions that can help your developers and architects realize the best possible value from their existing infrastructure.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Published: 19 Oct 2009
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Data Deduplication -- Different Approaches for Different Environments
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
VIDEO:
As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, backup expert W. Curtis Preston, discusses the role of disk-based backup in the SMB space. Curtis takes a closer look at the benefits and cost differentiators of moving from tape to disk for data backup.
Posted: 19 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 19 Oct 2009
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How an SRM Tool can Improve and Centralize Storage Technologies
sponsored by Northern Parklife
WHITE PAPER:
Massive data growth and long retention periods of fixed-content data is changing the landscape of enterprise data storage and is challenging storage administrators to deliver a cost effective storage strategy. A Storage Resource Management [SRM] tool can help manage the flow/volume of data.
Posted: 16 Oct 2009 | Published: 16 Oct 2009
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Intelligent Secure Cloud Archiving for Application Data
sponsored by Iron Mountain Digital
DATA SHEET:
Iron Mountain’s Archive Services Platform API provides developers with the ideal remedy to take control of their data archiving challenges. A Web services interface allows developers to easily integrate their data-intensive applications, using almost any programming language, with Iron Mountain’s ultra-secure, highly scalable archive.
Posted: 15 Oct 2009 | Published: 15 Oct 2009
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Virtualization as a disaster recovery strategy
sponsored by Compellent
PODCAST:
In this podcast, industry expert Mike Karp addresses how virtualization is increasingly being used within midmarket organizations and discusses the major pros and cons of relying on a virtual environment for backup.
Posted: 13 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 13 Oct 2009
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Speeding ETL Processing in Data Warehouses
sponsored by Syncsort
WHITE PAPER:
For processing data for BI analytics and other applications, the usual go-to software products include various extract, transform, load (ETL) and data warehousing solutions. However, these products do not always provide the speed required to deliver data on time. An additional product can speed the processing of high volumes of data.
Posted: 12 Oct 2009 | Published: 12 Oct 2009
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Solving the Challenges of Exponential Data Growth
sponsored by Syncsort
WHITE PAPER:
This paper explores the reasons why data volumes are increasing and where bottlenecks most frequently occur. It then explains why adding more hardware isn’t a solution to these performance problems and delves into the various methods that can be used to break through the bottlenecks to speed applications.
Posted: 12 Oct 2009 | Published: 12 Oct 2009
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FalconStor® File-interface Deduplication System for Backup Capacity Reduction
sponsored by FalconStor Software
PRODUCT DEMO:
Please join Peter Eicher, Product Marketing Manager, FalconStor, as he highlights file-interface deduplication for backup capacity reduction. This presentation talks about why data deduplication is needed and how it works. It also describes how FalconStor’s FDS works and what applications it is useful for.
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 | Published: 09 Oct 2009
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Reducing the Costs and Risks of Branch Office Data Protection
sponsored by Double-Take Software
WHITE PAPER:
Read this whitepaper to learn about how Double-Take Backup reduces the window for data loss, is more efficient than tape, and less costly than tape or other replications solutions.
Posted: 09 Oct 2009 | Published: 09 Oct 2009
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DATA STORAGE DEFINITION (continued): … An exabyte (EB) is a large unit of computer data storage, two to the sixtieth power bytes. The prefix exa means one billion billion, or one quintillion, which is a decimal term. Two to the sixtieth power is actually 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes in decimal, or somewhat over a quintillion (or ten to the eighteenth power) bytes. It is common to say that an exabyte is approximately one quintillion bytes. In decimal terms, an exabyte is a billion gigabytes.An exabyte of storage could contain 50,000 years' worth of DVD-quality video. Data Storage definition sponsored by SearchStorage.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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