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Ask the Experts

• Backing up virtual servers for long-term retention

  IT expert Brien Posey explains the pros and cons of different methods for backing up virtual servers for long-term retention.  Continue Reading

• Can you virtualize backup servers?

  Independent backup expert Brien Posey discusses whether to virtualize backup servers and why in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• How rdiff-backup works

  Independent backup expert Brien Posey discusses rdiff-backup in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• Finding software tools to gauge data storage requirements

  Brien Posey discusses whether there are software tools to gauge data storage requirements when deploying a new disk backup appliance.  Continue Reading

• Prioritizing SQL database backup among other nightly backups.

  Backup expert Brien Posey offers advice for prioritizing among SQL database backup, Exchange database backup and other nightly backup tasks.  Continue Reading

• VMware VDP offers data protection for small organizations

  Independent backup expert Brien Posey discusses VMware VDP in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• Testing VSS-based Exchange backups

  Independent backup expert Brien Posey discusses how to test VSS-based Exchange backups in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Copy-on-write snapshots vs. differencing disk snapshots

  Independent backup expert Brien Posey compares copy-on-write snapshots and differencing disk snapshots in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Using CDP for laptop and mobile device backup

  In this Expert Answer, Brien Posey discusses whether CDP can be used for laptop and mobile device backup.  Continue Reading

• Backing up Active Directory? Here's what you should know

  In this Expert Response about backing up your Active Directory, Brien Posey says you typically don't need to back up every domain controller.  Continue Reading

• Hypervisor-based replication vs. traditional replication

  Learn more about hypervisor-based replication and how it compares with other software-based replication in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.  Continue Reading

• Does today's RAID data protection make the grade?

  RAID data protection is becoming an obsolete protection strategy for the multi-terabyte drives required in big data storage, says analyst John Webster.  Continue Reading

• Post-process vs. inline deduplication and more

  Rachel Dines, a Forrester Research analyst, outlines post-process and inline deduplication, as well as fixed and variable-block length dedupe.  Continue Reading

• What's hot in dedupe technology

  Rachel Dines, an analyst with Forrester Research, discusses important recent developments in dedupe technology, including deduplication accelerators.  Continue Reading

• What types of data yield a high deduplication ratio?

  Rachel Dines, an analyst with Forrester Research, outlines the types of data that yield high deduplication ratios in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading