Ask the Experts

Ask the Experts

• Disparity among backup products for backing up virtual servers

  Learn more about the challenges of backing up virtual servers in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.  Continue Reading

• Are storage snapshots an alternative to backup?

  Are storage snapshots an alternative to traditional backup? Find out in this Expert Answer from Brien Posey.  Continue Reading

• Are cloud backups enterprise-ready?

  Brien Posey says that there are a number of limitations that keep cloud backups from being enterprise ready in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Tape archiving with a vaulting provider

  David Hill discusses tape archiving with a vaulting provider in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• The challenges of tape vaulting (don't outweigh its benefits)

  David Hill discusses some of the challenges associated with tape vaulting in this Expert Response.  Continue Reading

• Choosing archive management software

  David Hill discusses considerations for choosing archive management software in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• Why tape works for active archiving

  David Hill, analyst with the Mesabi Group, discusses tape’s role in active archiving.  Continue Reading

• Run virtual machines from backup without first restoring them

  Find out how common it is to run virtual machines from backup without first restoring them in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.  Continue Reading

• CDP’s (continuous data protection) advantages in virtual server backup

  Find out the advantages CDP (continuous data protection) offers in backing up virtual servers in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.  Continue Reading

• Magnetic tape’s changing storage role

  David Hill, analyst with the Mesabi Group, discusses the changing role of magnetic tape in this Expert Answer.  Continue Reading

• The difference between target and source deduplication for VM backup

  Find out the difference between target and source deduplication for virtual server backup in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.  Continue Reading

• Why Microsoft VSS is important to virtual server backup

  Find out why Microsoft VSS is so important to virtual server backup in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.  Continue Reading

• How VMware backups differ from Hyper-V, Xen backup

  Find out how VMware backups differ from Hyper-V or Xen backup in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.  Continue Reading

• Agent-based vs. hypervisor-level backups of virtualized servers

  Find out why so many organizations continue to make agent-based backups of virtualized servers in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.  Continue Reading

• The impact of the vStorage APIs on VMware backup

  Find out how, if at all, vStorage APIs have leveled the playing field for VMware backup in this Expert Response from Brien Posey.  Continue Reading