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• Criteria for choosing the right tape encryption solution for your data backup plan

  How do you decide which tape encryption product is right for your enterprise? Learn about what factors you need to look at before deciding on an encryption product.  Continue Reading

• New data protection schemes impact RAID rebuild times

  Data protection isn't just about protecting disks, but information. Learn about technologies that will shorten RAID rebuild times and still give good data protection.  Continue Reading

• Creating a System Recovery Disk in Windows 7: A step-by-step tutorial

  Learn how to create a Systems Recovery Disk in Windows 7 for a bare-metal restore in this step-by-step tutorial.  Continue Reading

• Low-cost data storage replication options for SMBs

  Learn about affordable and reliable data storage replication options for SMBs.  Continue Reading

• SQL Server backup and recovery best practices

  Learn the top SQL Server data backup and recovery best practices and tips in this article.  Continue Reading

• Secure your data backups with encryption key management best practices

  Here are several essential key management best practices you need to know about to maximize your investment in encryption and minimize your business risks.  Continue Reading

• Upgrading from LTO-3 to LTO-4 tape for data backup and recovery

  Upgrading from LTO-3 to LTO-4 to take advantage of LTO-4 improvements in speed and capacity is a good idea for many organizations. Here's a look at potential issues.  Continue Reading

• Data backup for virtual machines: Alternative methods to VMware Consolidated Backup

  Data backup expert W. Curtis Preston discusses alternatives to VMware Consolidated Backup for backing up virtual machines: using point products, and using data deduplication and continuous data protection.  Continue Reading

• Fail-in-place systems: Avoiding hard disk drive failures

  Fail-in-place storage systems, such Atrato's V1000 and Xiotech's Emprise 5000 or ISE, can virtually eliminate hard disk drive replacement service calls.  Continue Reading

• Is VMware Consolidated Backup right for your enterprise?

  In W. Curtis Preston's latest column, learn about whether or not VMware Consolidated Backup is right for your enterprise.  Continue Reading

• Is cloud data backup service right for your organization?

  Learn about the pros and cons of cloud data backup technology and if it's a good choice for your organization.  Continue Reading

• Choosing a Linux system backup tool: Pros and cons of popular Linux backup apps

  When it comes to choosing a data backup system tool for Linux, the problem isn't finding options. It's choosing the one that best matches your businesses' needs. Here are six popular Linux data backup offerings and the pros and cons of each.  Continue Reading

• Are data backup vendor certifications valuable for backup administrators?

  Are data backup vendor certifications valuable for backup administrators? It's important to consider whether the benefit that you will receive from data backup vendor certification is enough to offset the cost and effort expended in obtaining that ...  Continue Reading

• The state of RAID data protection in enterprise storage today

  RAID 5 and RAID 10 are the most common methods of data protection for storage enterprises, but they may not provide enough security for SMBs.  Continue Reading

• Dedupe dos and don'ts: Data deduplication technology best practices

  Learn best practices for implementing data deduplication into your backup system from backup expert W. Curtis Preston.  Continue Reading