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Data backup failure: Five tips for prevention
Learn what you can do to prevent data backups from failing. Media failure, human error and hardware failure are among the most common reasons backups fail.
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Archive or backup?
How long does a backup object have to be retained before it is considered an archive? Or, is it actually not just a simple matter of time? This tip presents information that will help draw your own...
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Agent-based vs. agentless backup: Pros and cons
Backup expert W. Curtis Preston discusses the pros and cons of agent-based backup software, such as TSM or Netvault, compared to an agentless backup product like Asigra.
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Unreadable magnetic tapes: How to deal with tape errors
Learn what you can do when you are faced with errors when trying to read your magnetic tapes.
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CDP: Getting what you need
Many experts say CDP will replace traditional backup. But before you take the plunge into CDP, here are some key points to consider when choosing a CDP product.
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Backup/DR tips: What's hot this summer?
Virtual tape libraries, disaster recovery, iSCSI backup and backup optimization are topics that our readers are currently contemplating.
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Server-free, LAN-free or SAN-free backup: Which do you
Learn whether server-free backup, LAN-free backup or SAN-free backup is best for your environment.
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Compression, deduplication and encryption: What's the d
Learn the distinction between compression, deduplication and encryption as these concepts are gaining importance in everyday storage.
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Virtual tape libraries: Five tips in five minutes
This tip takes a look at the recent rise in interest in virtual tape libraries and offers a collection of tips and expert responses to reader queries.
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Choosing an email archiving strategy
This tip outlines three potential strategies to consider for email archiving, and the benefits and drawbacks of each.
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Integrate a virtual tape library with real tape
Storage expert Rick Cook explains how hanging a tape drive or library off of a VTL and pruning your data are two ways to integrate your VTL with tape.
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Prepare for next-generation data backup
Learn how to plan and be well-prepared for changes, new technologies and techniques in data protection.
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How to troubleshoot your D2D2T system
Checking your tape drive, inspecting your logs and adjusting your buffers can help you to determine what may be wrong with your D2D2T system.
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Is a VTL right for your organization?
Ever since virtual tape libraries were ported to open systems, the technology has gained in popularity. This tip will help you evaluate the reasons why you may or may not want to implement virtual ...
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Taking another look at solid-state disk
The price of solid-state disks over the past few years has decreased dramatically. This tip outlines how this price change has changed the way companies use solid-state disk.
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Three steps for evaluating a VTL product
This tip offers three helpful steps for evaluating a virtual tape library (VTL), virtual tape system or disk library and a template that can be used for comparison evaluations.
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Backup guidelines: Keeping off-site storage 'in-house'
You may have considered handling your long-term tape media storage internally for security or cost-efficiency reasons. This tip provides in-house tape handling and storage information that can save...
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Disaster recovery approaches for your virtual tape libr
It's possible for you to leverage your virtual tape library (VTL) to support business continuance (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) products. Learn how a VTL can be an integral part of a data protect...
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Best practices: Optimizing your backups
Most organizations back up data one way or another nowadays -- but just how many do it well? This tip will show you some of the areas of backups you should consider optimizing.
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Can SATA handle nearline apps?
New SATA drivers are tailored for nearline apps like backup and archiving.
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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.