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This article is part of the Storage issue of Vol. 3 No. 2 April 2004
For most U.S. enterprises, data protection will undergo a complete overhaul in the next 24 months. Simply put, the current data protection environment is at a breaking point and those organizations that must comply with new regulations have no choice but to revamp their backup and restore infrastructure. Backup windows are shrinking as our Web-based economy expands and organizations do business around the clock. A major user study conducted by the Taneja Group, Hopkinton, MA, in conjunction with Storage in September 2003 showed that 67% of the respondents had a backup window of eight hours or less. (See "Plan on disk-based backup") Yet the amount of data to be backed up daily continues to mount. At the same time, businesses have adopted a zero-tolerance policy for data loss and have instituted stringent recovery time objectives. During the past 20 years, there hasn't been much change in the way businesses perform backups and restores. But cheap disk prices, along with the commercialization of content-addressed storage (CAS)--...
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Features in this issue
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DWDM a Boon for the Few
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Firm Takes Standards Route For Compliance Vault
Centera still too costly for some
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Backup Bundles of Joy?
Are you any closer to backup nirvana?
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Hashing Makes a Comeback
Hashing is back
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IP storage delivers
Despite all the FUD surrounding IP SANs, early users say IP-based storage isn't all that difficult to manage and that performance is sufficient. The key is knowing what applications IP SANs should be used for.
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Disaster recovery relief
The cost of disaster recovery tools can be even more than the value of the data that these very tools are supposed to be protecting. Fortunately, newer approaches to DR are restoring sanity to this high-pressure task.
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Extreme backup
Newsflash: Conventional data protection has reached its limits and will be dramatically changing in the next couple of years. But all roads don't lead to the same result. Here's how to analyze which route is best for you.
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Get control of capacity
Although storage resource management tools can be complicated to implement, they're a better alternative to breaking the bank and rushing out to purchase more storage. Get precise with your vendors on what you need and you'll wind up with better results.
Columns in this issue
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Storage vendors need to start thinking about security
Everyone--except storage vendors--is concerned about security these days. Here's how to get them thinking in the right direction.
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How many storage admins do you need?
When creating your dedicated storage management group, there are better ways to determine staff levels than relying on a simplistic metric based on the number of terabytes per manager.
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Snapshot: Number of terabytes of disk capacity managed
How Many Terabytes Do You Manage?
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Why don't storage managers consider renting storage?
Your pack-rat neighbor uses public storage to stash belongings that don't fit in his tiny townhouse. So why don't storage managers consider renting storage?