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How to improve your virtual server storage setups
One of the biggest challenges of building a virtual server infrastructure is fine-tuning the storage that supports the virtual machines. Having multiple server OSes running on a single physical server can easily overload a storage network and supp... E-Zine
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The king of all backup jobs: Backing up the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the ultimate backup job, preserving petabytes of Internet data and created from turning physical files into digital ones. Feature
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Backup 2012: Tape, cloud, CDP backup and mobile device encryption
Check out our top backup videos of 2012, in which our experts tackle tape, cloud, mobile device data encryption and CDP backup. Feature
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Data deduplication technology today and tomorrow
It may seem like data deduplication for backup has been around forever, but there are plenty of companies that have yet to add dedupe to their backup operations. Feature
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Hot data storage technologies for 2013
These six storage technologies will play pivotal roles in transforming data centers in 2013. Feature
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Dealing with (and reducing) tape’s legal discovery nightmares
When litigants initiate the process of legal discovery, the longevity of tape and its opacity presents IT with abundant headaches. Feature
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Backup definitions: Top terms you need to know
Check out this list of important data backup definitions on SearchDataBackup.com. The list includes both terms you probably know and some that you may not. Feature
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Druva Inc. inSync 4.1 Enterprise
Druva inSync 4.1 Enterprise offers secure access to backup data with multiple restore points from Druva’s client application, a Web browser or a mobile device. 2011 Products of the Year
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Best data storage products 2011
The Storage magazine/SearchStorage.com 2011 Products of the Year awards recogonize the best storage products in six categories. Guide
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2011 Products of the Year finalists
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Archiware, Tandberg unveil products; IDC: Big data fuels storage need
Recently, IDC announced that big data was driving storage growth, while Tandberg Data and Archiware had new releases for backup customers. News | 06 May 2013
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EMC backup boss Churchward on dedupe's role in flash, cloud, primary
Guy Churchward, chief of EMC's backup and recovery systems division, looks at how data deduplication will fit with flash, cloud and primary storage. News | 29 Apr 2013
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Hitachi Data Systems aims HDIM at copy data
Hitachi Data Systems launches Hitachi Data Instance Manager (HDIM), which it says will bring smart copy data management across an organization. News | 16 Apr 2013
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Latest Oracle tape library scales to 10x entry-level configuration
StorageTek SL150 -- the latest Oracle tape library -- starts at 30 slots and scales to 300 slots or 900 TB of raw data with LTO-5 drives. News | 19 Jul 2012
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Quantum tunes up StorNext for 'big data' files
Quantum gives StorNext a new underlying database, an Archive Vault tier and faster performance to better handle 'big data' files. News | 13 Jul 2012
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EMC Data Domain backup – addition by subtraction?
EMC rolls out bigger, faster Data Domain system, discontinues separate global dedupe and archiving products, and adds tape support for Avamar. News | 23 May 2012
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Financial firm replicates way to lower recovery time objective
Financial services firm overhauls data protection to meet recover time objectives and recovery point objectives. News | 15 May 2012
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Execs talk Backup Exec 2012, integrated appliances at Symantec Vision
Our senior news director Dave Raffo attended Symantec Vision last week, and we have compiled his reporting for your convenience. News | 14 May 2012
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Symantec extends integrated backup appliance strategy
Symantec doubles down on its backup appliance plans, putting NetBackup 7.5 and Backup Exec 2012 on appliances with dedupe software and media servers. News | 07 May 2012
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Week in review: Nirvanix completes new round of funding
In our week in review podcast, Senior News Director Dave Raffo talks about the week’s top storage news with Assistant Editor John Hilliard. News | 04 May 2012
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Integrating e-discovery process with traditional backup
Independent backup expert Brien Posey looks at how the e-discovery process and traditional backup software products have become more integrated today. Tip
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Effective data sanitization: How regulations and standards address it
Effective use of data sanitization techniques lessens the chance that valuable data could be stolen or compromised. Tip
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Moving workloads to new servers
The task of moving a workload to a new server often seems simple enough, but the process is plagued with gotchas. Here’s what to watch for before making the move to new hardware. Tip
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Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 archiving best practices
With Exchange Server 2010, Microsoft Corp. made significant changes. Learn Microsoft Exchange 2010 archiving best practices in this tip. Tip
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Cloud-based email archiving pros and cons
Cloud-based archiving is an attractive proposition for many firms, but before you start using the cloud, there are some things you need to consider. Tip
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Small business email archiving solutions explained
Follow these tips and experts advice to help you choose the best small business email archiving solution. Tip
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Data archiving techniques: Choosing the best archive media
Read this tip about data archiving techniques and to discover what's the best archive media for your organization: tape, disk, optical or the cloud. Tip
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Developing an electronic data retention policy
Every organization should have a documented electronic data retention policy. Learn how to develop and enforce a data retention policy in this tip. Tip
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Data archiving best practices: The difference between backups and archives
In this collection of data archiving tips, learn data archiving best practices and the differences between backups and archives. Tip
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Cloud archiving: Choosing the best features from the best cloud service provider
Cloud storage and archiving continue to gain support, but which provider should you choose? Read about two popular options to help you decide. Tip
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Learn how to extract files from a tarball
Backup expert Brien Posey details how information technology administrators can extract files from a tarball. Answer
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The state of mobile device and laptop backups
Backup expert Brien Posey discusses the state of enterprise backups for mobile devices and laptop computers in this Expert Answer. Answer
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Pros and cons of various endpoint data backup methods
Backup expert Brien Posey discusses the pros and cons of various methods of data backup, including cloud, CDP and scheduled backups. Answer
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Finding an enterprise backup solution for different mobile platforms
Backup expert Brien Posey discusses the issues with finding an enterprise backup product that is compatible with different mobile platforms. Answer
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Using desktop virtualization to protect laptop data
Backup expert Brien Posey explains the role desktop virtualization can play in an organization's efforts to protect data stored on laptops. Answer
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Solving SQL VSS writer problems during backup
Backup expert Brien Posey explains how to solve common SQL VSS writer problems users can face during SQL database backups. Answer
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In-house vs. public cloud archiving
Brien Posey offers information about public cloud archiving in this Expert Answer. Answer
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Backup and archive: Is archiving software necessary?
Brien Posey discusses backup and archive software, as well as e-discovery in this Expert Answer. Answer (ATE)
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Comparing email archiving software with general archiving software
Brien Posey compares email archiving software with general-purpose archiving software in this Expert Response. Answer (ATE)
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Tape archiving with a vaulting provider
David Hill discusses tape archiving with a vaulting provider in this Expert Answer. Answer
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dark backup
A dark backup is one that can be run automatically without manual intervention. Definition
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centralized backup
Centralized backup is a process that involves automatically replicating data from remote sites and sending it over a network to a main (centralized) location for storage. Definition
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differential backup
A differential backup is a type of backup that copies all data changed since the previous full backup. Definition
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asynchronous replication
Asynchronous replication is a "store and foreward" approach to data backup. Definition
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incremental backup
An incremental backup is a type of backup that only copies files that have changed since the last backup. Definition
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data archiving
Data archiving is the process of moving data that is no longer actively used to a separate data storage device for long-term retention. Definition
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near-continuous data protection (near CDP)
Near-continuous data protection, sometimes called near-continuous protection, is a general term for backup and recovery products that take snapshots at set intervals. The term evolved from a need to differentiate products that take snapshots on a pre... Definition
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archival storage
In computers, archival storage is storage for data that may not be actively needed but is kept for possible future use or for record-keeping purposes. Definition
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Use storage snapshots as an alternative to traditional backup
In this video, learn more about storage snapshots, how they work, and how to use them as an alternative to traditional backup and score more benefits. Video
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Backup challenges: Slow backup and recovery, growing capacity demands
Our recent survey data indicates slow backup and recovery, growing capacity demands and virtual server backup remain IT pain points. Photo Story
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Posey on CDP: Continuous data protection catches on as backup strategy
In this Storage Decisions video, backup expert Brien Posey digs deep into the pros and cons of continuous data protection, or CDP. Video
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TechTalk: Analyst Jon Toigo discusses tape media today
In this 2012 Chicago Storage Decisions TechTalk interview, analyst Jon Toigo discusses tape media today. Video
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Tape vaulting: What you need to know about tape backup and archiving
Industry analyst Lauren Whitehouse discusses the latest developments in tape storage and best practices for tape vaulting. Podcast
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SSD Trends: Solid state addresses I/O bottlenecks for companies of all sizes
Faster than a spinning hard disk, learn about the latest trends in solid-state storage, reliability and what SSDs can offer to enterprises. Podcast
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How centralized backup can ease remote site data protection challenges
Listen to our podcast to learn about the technologies available for centralized backup of remote sites. Podcast
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Archiware, Tandberg unveil products; IDC: Big data fuels storage need
Recently, IDC announced that big data was driving storage growth, while Tandberg Data and Archiware had new releases for backup customers. News
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How to improve your virtual server storage setups
One of the biggest challenges of building a virtual server infrastructure is fine-tuning the storage that supports the virtual machines. Having multiple server OSes running on a single physical server can easily overload a storage network and supp... E-Zine
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Integrating e-discovery process with traditional backup
Independent backup expert Brien Posey looks at how the e-discovery process and traditional backup software products have become more integrated today. Tip
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EMC backup boss Churchward on dedupe's role in flash, cloud, primary
Guy Churchward, chief of EMC's backup and recovery systems division, looks at how data deduplication will fit with flash, cloud and primary storage. News
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Learn how to extract files from a tarball
Backup expert Brien Posey details how information technology administrators can extract files from a tarball. Answer
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The state of mobile device and laptop backups
Backup expert Brien Posey discusses the state of enterprise backups for mobile devices and laptop computers in this Expert Answer. Answer
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Pros and cons of various endpoint data backup methods
Backup expert Brien Posey discusses the pros and cons of various methods of data backup, including cloud, CDP and scheduled backups. Answer
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Finding an enterprise backup solution for different mobile platforms
Backup expert Brien Posey discusses the issues with finding an enterprise backup product that is compatible with different mobile platforms. Answer
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Use storage snapshots as an alternative to traditional backup
In this video, learn more about storage snapshots, how they work, and how to use them as an alternative to traditional backup and score more benefits. Video
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Using desktop virtualization to protect laptop data
Backup expert Brien Posey explains the role desktop virtualization can play in an organization's efforts to protect data stored on laptops. Answer
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About Archiving and backup
Archiving and backup are often considered the same, but there are important differences between them. Data archiving is the process of moving data that is no longer actively used to a separate data storage device for long-term data retention. Different than data backups, which are copies of data kept in case the original copy is lost or destroyed, data archiving systems often free up primary data storage space and help reduce overall data storage costs. Learn about the differences between data archiving and data backup. Read about the different types of data archiving tools, including email archiving and database archiving tools. Learn how to choose the best data archiving system for your enterprise. Read about challenges enterprise data storage administrators and backup administrators face with data archiving as well as new and improved data archiving software features in data backup and recovery environments. And browse articles, news, tips and tutorials to stay up to date on data archiving information and resources.