High-Performance Hybrid Arrays (HPHAs)
sponsored by Adaptec, Inc.
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
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Optimize your VMware protection strategy Leveraging Quantum Technology in a VMware Environment
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
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
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Long-Term Data Protection and Retention: Finding the Correct Balance
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
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
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Kronos Streamlines Backup, Eliminates Failures and Speeds Up Restores
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
CASE STUDY:
With a large IT backbone and growing backup challenges, Kronos decided it needed to upgrade its data protection infrastructure. After evaluating several alternatives, the company chose to deploy Quantum’s Scalar i2000 enterprise tape library.
Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2009
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Cornerstone Group Sees Six-Fold Reduction in Backup Time and Administration
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
CASE STUDY:
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.
Posted: 08 Oct 2009 | Published: 08 Oct 2009
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Learn about the 7 Advantages of Backing up into the Cloud
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
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
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i365 EVault Data Protection
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
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
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Disk Backup versus Tape Backup
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
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
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12 Best Practices for Data Backup and Recovery
sponsored by i365, A Seagate Company
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
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ESG Report: Key Questions to Ask When Considering Deduplication and D2D Backup
sponsored by Data Domain
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
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Buying Criteria for Disk-to-Disk Solutions
sponsored by Data Domain
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
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Tucson Police Department Moves To Digital Imaging With Linear Systems And LSI 3ware RAID Controllers
sponsored by LSI Corporation.
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
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What is Tape Without Pain™?
sponsored by Spectra Logic Corporation
WHITE PAPER:
Spectra Logic, with 30 years experience in the field of high technology, is committed to protecting data - your data. Spectra has extensive expertise with all forms of backup, and therefore understands the continuing and increasingly important role of tape in protecting data. To that end, Spectra Logic has set itself a goal: Tape Without Pain.
Posted: 01 Sep 2009 | Published: 01 Sep 2009
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Detecting Worn Tapes Before it's Too Late
sponsored by Maxell Corporation of America
WHITE PAPER:
Damaged or worn out tape cartridges can force you to recreate lost data, which can be costly or even impossible. How do you know which cartridges should be retired? This paper details how a cartridge memory chip inside a storage tape cartridge provides a wealth of information on the remaining viability of that cartridge.
Posted: 26 Aug 2009 | Published: 26 Aug 2009
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Iron Mountain Solves Data Protection Problems
sponsored by Iron Mountain Digital
CASE STUDY:
The Gas Operations Division of Airgas has an extensive staff of mobile sales representatives and field technicians. IT was concerned about protecting vital business data on laptops. Airgas uses Iron Mountain Off-site Tape Vaulting to securely store tapes. IT found it had the features he needed to protect employee laptops properly.
Posted: 20 Aug 2009 | Published: 20 Aug 2009
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Everything you wanted to know about upgrading to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) Version 6, but were afraid to ask
sponsored by Mainline Information Systems
WHITE PAPER:
The release of Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) version 6 from IBM has sparked numerous questions from existing TSM v5 customers. This white paper is designated for existing TSM v5 customers who would like to explore the options for upgrading to the latest and greatest release of TSM.
Posted: 17 Aug 2009 | Published: 17 Aug 2009
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Solid State Disk (SSD) and the Enterprise - Breaking the Array
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
ANALYST BRIEF:
This Taneja Group technology brief assess the challenges before SSD arrays, and takes a look at one solution – the EqualLogic PS6000s – that promises to deliver a tradition breaking approach that will make SSD granularly scale-out total array performance like few other solutions on the market.
Posted: 12 Aug 2009 | Published: 12 Aug 2009
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Best Practices for Deployment of Oracle® ASM with Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS iSCSI Storage System
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
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This paper outlines the different options available to expand the storage capacity in Oracle databases environments that are deployed on PS EqualLogic™ storage and Oracle ASM.
Posted: 12 Aug 2009 | Published: 12 Aug 2009
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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:
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.
Posted: 21 Jul 2009 | Published: 21 Jul 2009
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Securing Sensitive Information: An Examination of Information Security Issues, Methods and Securing Data With LTO-4 Tape Drive Encryption
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
ANALYST BRIEF:
Each month many companies, big or small, well known or unknown, experience a data security loss with the potential exposure of thousands to millions of sensitive customer or employee records. This brief examines cryptographic methods, specifically tape data encryption, to combat such security losses.
Posted: 21 Jul 2009 | Published: 21 Jul 2009
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Choosing The Right Hardware and Software for Data Protection Solutions
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:
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.
Posted: 17 Jul 2009 | Published: 17 Jul 2009
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D2D Virtual Tape Library Replication Primer
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:
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.
Posted: 17 Jul 2009 | Published: 17 Jul 2009
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O'Neill "Surfs" Through Backups and Recoveries with Data Domain
sponsored by Data Domain
CASE STUDY:
O'Neill is a lifestyle brand focused on boardriding products. To address its challenges with tape-based backups and growing data volumes, O'Neill turned to Data Domain.
Posted: 26 May 2009 | Published: 26 May 2009
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Avoiding the Disk Bottleneck in the Data Domain Deduplication File System
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER:
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.
Posted: 10 Apr 2009 | Published: 10 Apr 2009
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Enabling Enterprise Tape Library Support for Microsoft DPM 2007 Using FalconStor VTL
sponsored by FalconStor Software
WHITE PAPER:
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.
Posted: 10 Feb 2009 | Published: 10 Feb 2009
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