Disk Storage Systems

WHITE PAPER: This document is a 7-step guide for making the move from tape to disk backup with deduplication. Within these steps, the Guide provides a concise summary of the downsides of tape backup, and then examines the superiority and economy of second-generation disk backup with data deduplication.

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 | Published: 20 Nov 2009

WHITE PAPER: If all storage array vendors buy disk drives from the same small set of disk manufacturers then why is there such a big reliability gap between storage vendors?

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 | Published: 18 Nov 2009

PODCAST: Discover the benefits of disk over tape-based storage systems. This podcast will examine a large medical nonprofit’s transition from a tape-based storage system to a disk-based system. Find out how this organisation increased backup performance, shortened RTOs, lightened management burden, cut costs and more by switching to disk-only storage.

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 | Premiered: 18 Nov 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: 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.

Posted: 13 Nov 2009 | Published: 13 Nov 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Built on Adaptec Unified Serial® (SATA/SAS) Series 5Z, Series 5 and Series 2 storage controller technology, High-performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs) provide for maximum performance at the lowest capital investment and operating costs.

Posted: 04 Nov 2009 | Published: 04 Nov 2009

PODCAST: Disk offers significant management and performance benefits over tape-based storage systems. Now, with advances in virtualization and deduplication, disk-only storage is also less expensive than tape. This podcast explores a real-world example of an organization going tapeless and outlines the processes required and the resulting benefits.

Posted: 23 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 23 Oct 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Organizations are often challenged by the need for a “mixed” data protection strategy that includes VCB or esXpress, agent-based backups of VMs, and backups of non-VMware systems. Quantum provides a broad portfolio of highly scalable disk and tape solutions designed to meet the data protection needs of any VMware environment.

Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 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: 08 Oct 2009

VIDEO: With EVault disk-based backup solutions, your data is automatically backed up and can be stored on-site, offsite or both with local and remote vaults. Learn about the 7 Advantages of Backing up into the Cloud by view this video.

Posted: 06 Oct 2009 | Premiered: 06 Oct 2009

PRODUCT OVERVIEW: i365’s EVault Data Protection solutions are powered by the industry’s only fully integrated data protection technology for both physical and virtual environments. Our solutions scale seamlessly as your company grows, accommodating nearly any combination of network components. Our disk-to-disk backups eliminate the hassles of tapes.

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 | Published: 02 Oct 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: 01 Oct 2009

WHITE PAPER: 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.

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 | Published: 30 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: 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.

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 | Published: 30 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper compares traditional data protection options and provides an overview of the impact data deduplication is having on the storage industry. Deduplication is quickly gaining momentum in the growing disk-to-disk backup market and offers several significant improvements over traditional data protection methods.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: We are beginning to see the next generation of backup and recovery solutions appear. New data protection solutions led by Data Domain’s deduplication architecture are quickly gaining market momentum improving data and application availability while increasing the probability for a business to survive most types of outages.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper chronicles the implementations and results of three enterprises that addressed their data protection issues using Data Domain enterprise protection storage systems.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: 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.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009

ANALYST REPORT: Understanding and measuring an offering’s operational simplicity is crucial criteria for selecting a D2D solution. As we at Taneja Group will explore in this brief, we believe that Data Domain has delivered an offering that personifies this notion of operational simplicity.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009

ANALYST REPORT: 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.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Disaster recovery and remote office replication are top-of-mind issues for IT professionals, with frequent natural disasters underscoring the fallibility of tape-based backup strategies. This paper highlights the advantages of deduplication technology in disk-to-disk backup and wide area network (WAN) replication.

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 | Published: 29 Sep 2009

WEBCAST: Every company with multiple locations has the challenge of managing backup data across different sites, media types, and retention periods for short term protection and long term retention. View this webcast to learn about a new consolidated approach to solving this problem by combining disk, deduplication, and tape storage systems.

Posted: 21 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 21 Sep 2009

CASE STUDY: When the Tucson Police Department decided to equip its crime scene specialists with digital cameras, it chose Linear Systems Enterprise DIMS ImageServer for the ID Section’s server and storage needs. For its RAID protection, Linear Systems chose the LSI 3ware 9650SE controller card. Read on to find out the amazing results.

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009

ANALYST REPORT: Disk-based backup, deduplication, and MAID are three of the most talked about technologies in the storage industry—each is so popular that organizations often purchase them individually just to see the capabilities they can bring to their environments. Now, all three are available in Nexsan's DeDupe SG—an integrated system from Nexsan & FalconStor.

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 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

JOURNAL ARTICLE: Today, let's focus on one of the leading players in the data deduplication space, FalconStor. FalconStor can rightfully claim the market share leadership space for VTLs, even though there are other strong players in the space. But the market is fiercely competitive and FalconStor is not resting upon its laurels.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 09 Sep 2009