Evaluate

Evaluate

Weigh the pros and cons of technologies, products and projects you are considering.

• Tardy Symantec NetBackup 7.6 focuses on performance, feature parity

  Symantec NetBackup 7.6 arrived late, but the vendor said backup and recovery performance will stand out in lieu of groundbreaking features. Continue Reading

• Turn to continuous data protection (CDP) for disaster recovery

  In his Storage Decisions presentation, W. Curtis Preston of TruthInIT discusses using continuous data protection (CDP) for disaster recovery. Continue Reading

• Preston: Erasure code use provides basic object-level redundancy

  In this segment of his Storage Decisions presentation, W. Curtis Preston of TruthInIT discusses how erasure code use provides object-level redundancy. Continue Reading

• Is this the end for target deduplication storage appliances?

  Marc Staimer examines why the target deduplication storage appliance market appears to be in decline, even with the presence of EMC, Symantec and HP. Continue Reading

• Nakivo adds multi-tenancy, dynamic licensing for VM backups

  Nakivo adds features to its virtual machine backup application that make it easier to manage backups from multiple clients. Continue Reading

• Data backup hardware: 2013 Products of the Year finalists

  Data backup hardware category finalists range from Oracle's high-speed, ultra-high-capacity tape drive to Riverbed's cloud-attached appliance.Continue Reading

• Backup and disaster recovery software: 2013 Products of the Year finalists

  Backup and DR software and services finalists illustrate the diversity of tools available for data protection both in and beyond the data center.Continue Reading

• Backup infrastructure: VTL, dedupe array, or integrated appliance

  Brien Posey discusses whether virtual tape libraries or dedupe arrays are better backup infrastructure fits in this Expert Answer.Continue Reading

• Drawbacks of integrated backup appliances

  Independent backup expert Brien Posey offers insight on some drawbacks of integrated backup appliances in this Expert Answer.Continue Reading

• Take the temperature of tape systems technology

  Tape media, drive and library technology advances with increasing capacity and innovations aimed at making data more accessible. While many shops have moved to disk for backup, tape systems are still the go-to for long term data retention, as tape ...Continue Reading

• Data backup process angst persists, but dedupe and cloud offer relief

  Our latest survey finds respondents implementing deduplication and evaluating cloud backup services to deal with issues in their data backup process.Continue Reading

• Data protection management alerts users to backup success or failure

  New data protection management tools can provide early warnings about gaps in the data protection process.Continue Reading

• Backup Exec.cloud customers hunt for data protection alternatives

  Symantec's Backup Exec.cloud customers need another way to protect data, and many must pay for two services until migrating off Symantec's cloud.Continue Reading

• Dedupe tools available today

  Brien Posey discusses who is using deduplicating disk arrays today and the latest dedupe tools in this Expert Answer.Continue Reading

• Waterbury Hospital turns to PHD Virtual for VM and tape support

  Waterbury Hospital in Connecticut needed diverse backup support, so it chose PHD Virtual because it offered support for virtual machines and tape.Continue Reading