Learning Guides:Data Backup
Disk-based backup
These days, traditional tape systems often do not meet the demands of today's busy data centers, and administrators are turning to disk-based storage for data protection, backup tasks and archival storage.
Overview - Disk-based backup:
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01 Aug 2007
Article - The best way to protect valuable corporate data is to create one or more copies of that data -- backups. However, the burden of implementing a backup scheme that is fast, safe and cost-effective remains a serious challenge for storage administrators....
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How to develop a VTL data retention strategy
Tip - For VTL users, having a data retention strategy is crticial. Unlike with tape libraries, the space available for backups in a VTL is a finite resource.
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Use disk as a primary backup target and overcome shoeshining
Tip - Today's high-speed tape drives can outrun a network, causing the drive to have to wait for a data stream. Learn how to overcome this shoeshining effect.
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Prepare for next-generation backup
Tip - Learn how to plan and be well-prepared for changes, new technologies and techniques in data protection.