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• File-level versus image-level data backup: Chapter excerpt from "VMware VI3 Implementation and Admin

  Learn about file-level backup versus image-level backup, and attaching tape drives to ESX hosts in our chapter excerpt from "VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration."  Continue Reading

• Data protection strategies for remote and branch offices

  Many large corporations have many smaller remote offices or branch offices (ROBOs) that create and use data. Learn the best strategy for your ROBO data protection.  Continue Reading

• Backing up your virtual environment

  Learn all about backing up your virtual environment, whether with traditional backup and backup scripts in this except of Eric Seibert's new book "VMware VI3 Implementation and Administration."  Continue Reading

• Avoid data loss with proper tape storage handling procedures

  Learn how to properly store your tape drives and avoid data loss with proper tape storage handling procedures.  Continue Reading

• Using network-attached storage as a target for disk-based data backup and recovery

  For many businesses, using network-attached storage (NAS) as a target for disk-based backup and recovery is an attractive proposition. But, how do you decide if it's right for your organization? Curtis Breville, independent storage expert and ...  Continue Reading

• Using bare-metal recovery to migrate physical machines to virtual machines with VMware

  Learn how to use the bare-metal recovery procedure to migrate physical machines into virtual machines in VMware.  Continue Reading

• Symantec Veritas NetBackup data backup and recovery best practices

  Symantec Corp. Veritas NetBackup is an enterprise-level data backup application used in some of the world's largest companies. Learn NetBackup best practices for backup and recovery.  Continue Reading

• Creating a custom data backup process and customizing backup scripts

  Customizing your data backup process and customizing your backup scripts may make things much more complex. Read W. Curtis Preston's latest column about customizing backup systems.  Continue Reading

• Data deduplication approaches in backup today

  The data deduplication market has become a confusing landscape. SearchDataBackup.com asked users about the deduplication products they've deployed, and the pros and cons of each.  Continue Reading

• Tape backup and tape library technology tips

  Despite all the hype around new technologies like data deduplication, tape is still at the core of many backup operations most businesses. Here's our top tape backup tips.  Continue Reading

• Data destruction options for your backup data

  When data backups are deleted in your business, are they really gone? In this FAQ, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston discusses data destruction in backup environments.  Continue Reading

• Data replication for backup best practices

  Replication is increasingly becoming a critical business need for many organizations. In this interview, Executive Editor and Independent Backup Expert W. Curtis Preston discusses synchronous and asynchronous replication, deduplication and ...  Continue Reading

• Data protection FAQ

  Eric Burgener, senior analyst with the Taneja Group, discusses data protection technology, VTLs, the changing role of tape, CDP, cloud-based storage, and dense storage platforms.  Continue Reading

• Disk-based data backup and recovery for SMBs

  As storage capacity needs grow in SMBs, disk is increasingly being used as a backup storage target. In this FAQ, W. Curtis Preston, the leading independent expert on the topic of backup and recovery technology, discusses the role of disk-based ...  Continue Reading

• SharePoint Backup FAQ

  SharePoint use is increasing and so are the complexities of managing it. Enterprise Strategy Group analyst Lauren Whitehouse talks about what this means for your organization. This interview is also available below as an MP3 download.  Continue Reading