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Portable storage encryption best practices
Sensitive corporate data often resides on portable storage devices, which could present a liability if lost or stolen. Here are some tips for encrypting data on these devices.
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Five questions for evaluating a tape encryption product
As you evaluate the different places in your data backup infrastructure where encryption can reside, here's a list of key questions to ask.
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Demystifying VMware data protection: Three VMware data
In part 1 of this series on VMware data protection, we detail the different approaches of VMware data backup and restore methods, and the pros and cons of each approach.
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Do you really need continuous data protection?
Here's a checklist of questions to help you determine if you really need CDP or a near-CDP product.
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What is electronic vaulting?
Electronic vaulting usually fits between tape backup and disk mirroring as part of an overall data protection plan.
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Using file virtualization for remote data protection
File virtualization is a powerful but often overlooked way to provide increased levels of remote data protection for network file servers.
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Five signs that you are headed for a backup disaster
Here are five warning signs that your data backup environment is in trouble.
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Three reasons to avoid virtual tape libraries
Virtual tape libraries (VTLs) are very popular for backup, but there are drawbacks to using them, too.
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How to back up desktops and laptops
Losing all of the data on your laptop can be a catastrophe if it hasn't been properly backed up. Here are some laptop and desktop backup best practices.
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Choosing a tape encryption product
Here's a look at the pros and cons of three different tape encryption products.
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Five tips for creating a backup service-level agreement
Learn how to write a backup service-level agreement that will keep the peace between IT and information users.
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Near vs. real continuous data protection
Near-continuous data protection (CDP) and real-CDP products are compared in this article.
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How to recover deduplicated data faster
Data deduplication can cause your backup recovery windows to increase. Here's how to make sure that doesn't happen.
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Learn how to back up virtual machines
Learn two approaches to backing up virtual machines.
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Top 5 backup/DR tips of 2007
Here are the top 5 backup/DR tips of 2007, based on our readers' interest. This list covers topics such as data deduplication, LTO tapes and outsourcing backup.
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How to back up virtual machines
This tip outlines the options available for backing up VMWare environments, how each works, and the pros and cons of each approach.
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Avoiding storage-related bottlenecks in virtualized env
Although virtual machines can be managed like physical ones, many factors must be taken into account when designing a storage infrastructure for a virtualized environment. The only way storage mana...
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Troubleshooting automated tape libraries
Between shared libraries, LAN free backups, HBAs, drivers and firmware, many things can cause an automated tape library to function unpredictably. Learn how to troubleshoot automated tape library p...
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How to resolve storage issues in virtualized server env
Here are five storage-related issues that are likely to rear their ugly heads when you're creating a virtualized server environment.
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How to choose a Web-based email archiving vendor
Using a Web-based email archiving service is an attractive option for storage administrators. However, to get the most out of it, you have to select the right vendor. This tip outlines what you nee...
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Cloud backup services succeed from managing data
Independent backup and disaster recovery expert Jon Toigo discusses the importance of data management and testing for cloud backup services.
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Four things to know about Hyper-V backups
In this tip, independent backup expert Brien Posey outlines four things you need to know about Microsoft Hyper-V backups to avoid common pitfalls.
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Deduplication and data lifecycle management
Independent backup expert Brien Posey offers information about how data deduplication impacts data lifecycle management in this tip.
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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.